Art Pepper Today
1979 studio album by Art Pepper
Art Pepper Today | ||||
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Studio album by Art Pepper | ||||
Released | 1979 | |||
Recorded | 1 & 2 December 1978 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Galaxy Records | |||
Producer | Ed Michel | |||
Art Pepper chronology | ||||
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Art Pepper Today is a 1978 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper, playing with pianist Stanley Cowell, bassist Cecil McBee, drummer Roy Haynes and percussionist Kenneth Nash.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Tom Hull | B+ ()[4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow said that "Art Pepper, in the midst of a successful comeback, recorded this excellent set for Galaxy," which includes "a definitive version of his intense ballad 'Patricia'."[1]
Track listing
- "Miss Who" (Art Pepper) – 4:42
- "Mambo Koyama" (Art Pepper) – 6:40
- "Lover Come Back To Me" (Sigmund Romberg; Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:51
- "Patricia" (Art Pepper) – 10:24
- "These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)" (Harry Link; Jack Strachey; Holt Marvell) – 5:44
- "Chris's Blues" (Art Pepper) – 3:50
- (Recorded on 1 December & 2 December 1978.)
Personnel
- Art Pepper – alto saxophone
- Stanley Cowell – piano
- Cecil McBee – bass
- Roy Haynes – drums
- Kenneth Nash – congas & percussion on "Mambo Koyama"
Other tracks recorded at the same sessions but unissued at the time:
1 December 1978
- "I Love You" (Cole Porter) – 4:35
- Untitled Original (a.k.a. "Pepper Pot") (Art Pepper) – 6:40
- "Lover Come Back To Me" (Sigmund Romberg; Oscar Hammerstein II) alternate version – 0:00
2 December 1978
- "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) – 5:18
- "Over The Rainbow" (Harold Arlen; E.Y. Harburg) – 8:50
- "These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)" (Harry Link; Jack Strachey; Holt Marvell) alternate version – 5:54
- "Over The Rainbow" (Harold Arlen; E.Y. Harburg) alternate version – 9:09
Sources
- Richard Cook & Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin, 4th edition, 1998. ISBN 0-14-051383-3
References
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Art Pepper Today – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1143. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 160. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Hull, Tom (November 2013). "Recycled Goods (#114)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- v
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Years given are for the recording(s) featuring Art Pepper, not first release.
leader
or
co-leader
- Surf Ride (1952–54)
- Two Altos (with Sonny Red, 1952–57)
- The Return of Art Pepper (1956)
- Playboys/Picture of Heath (1956)
- The Art Pepper Quartet (1956)
- Art Pepper with Warne Marsh (1956)
- Modern Art (1956–57)
- Collections (1957)
- Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957)
- Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics (1959)
- Gettin' Together (1960)
- Intensity (1960)
- Smack Up (1960)
- Living Legend (1975)
- The Trip (1976)
- A Night in Tunisia (1977)
- Tokyo Debut (1977)
- No Limit (1977)
- Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977)
- Friday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977)
- Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977)
- More for Les at the Village Vanguard (1977)
- San Francisco Samba (1977)
- Among Friends (1978)
- Art Pepper Today (1978)
- New York Album (1979)
- So in Love (1979)
- Artworks (1979)
- Landscape (1979)
- Besame Mucho (1979)
- Straight Life (1979)
- One September Afternoon (1980)
- Winter Moon (1980)
- APQ (1981)
- Art 'n' Zoot (with Zoot Sims, 1981)
- Arthur's Blues (1981)
- Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 (1981)
- Roadgame (1981)
- Art Lives (1981)
- Goin' Home (with George Cables, 1982)
- Tête-à-Tête (with George Cables, 1982)
Stan
Kenton
- The Kenton Era (1940–54)
- Stan Kenton's Milestones (1943–47)
- A Presentation of Progressive Jazz (1947)
- Stan Kenton Classics (1947)
- Encores (1947)
- Innovations in Modern Music (1950)
- Stan Kenton Presents (1950)
- The Innovations Orchestra (1950–51)
- This Modern World (1951)
- Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (1950–52)
Shorty
Rogers
- Modern Sounds (1951)
- Popo (1951)
- Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953)
- Cool and Crazy (1953)
- The Swingin' Nutcracker (1960)
others
- Chet Baker Big Band (1956)
- Mucho Calor (Conte Candoli, 1957)
- Hoagy Sings Carmichael (Hoagy Carmichael, 1956)
- California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976)
- Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959)
- On the Road (Art Farmer, 1976)
- Birds and Ballads (Johnny Griffin, 1978)
- Mistral (Freddie Hubbard, 1980)
- Very R.A.R.E. (Elvin Jones, 1979)
- Some Like It Hot (Barney Kessel, 1959)
- The West Coast Sound (Shelly Manne, 1953)
- Cool Heat (Anita O'Day, 1959)
soundtracks
- The Gauntlet (Jerry Fielding, 1977)
- Heart Beat (Jack Nitzsche, 1980)
- The Subterraneans (André Previn, 1960)