Art Pepper

 

Artist:  Art Pepper
Birth Name:  Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr.
Born:  September 1, 1925. Gardena, California, USA
Died:  June 15, 1982 (Aged 56).  Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Saxophonist, Clarinetist, Composer
Instruments:  Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet

Art Pepper was an American Alto Saxophonist and Clarinetist.  He began playing professionally at the age of 17, with Benny Carter and then became part of the Stan Kenton Orchestra and he was recognized as one of the leading Alto Saxophonists in Jazz, finishing second only to Charlie Parker as Best Alto Saxophonist in the Down Beat Magazine Readers Poll of 1952.

Title:  Artworks (2023)

Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Omnivore Recordings

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Body And Soul (4:40)

 2.  Anthropology (Take 2) (6:37)

 3.  Desafinado (Take 2) (8:05)

Side 2:

 1.  Donna Lee (5:59)

 2.  You Go To My Head (6:03)

 3.  Blues For Blanche (Alterante A) (7:31)

Personnel:

Art Pepper:  Alto Saxophone, Clarinet on Track 1/2

George Cables:  Piano, except on Track 1/2

Charlie Haden:  Bass

Billy Higgins:  Drums

Artworks is an album by Art Pepper, originally released in 1984 by Galaxy, remastered and reissued on July 28, 2023 by Omnivore Recordings, featuring George Cables, Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins.