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Art Pepper: Jazz Showcase, Chicago
By Track review of "Pepper Pot"That said, Pepper was returning to full-time music making after scuffling around the previous number of years. He opens this Chicago show with his original composition "Pepper Pot" from his salad days in the 1950s. It is a swing piece, bearing a glancing nod to Pepper's Central Avenue experiences and his stint in the Kenton Band. He begins the piece on alto summoning little of his dry martini tone of the song's period. Pepper is already effecting the transition to his later, more incendiary, more emotive tone that characterized his late period recordings. Constructed over the "I've Got Rhythm" changes, "Pepper Pot" provides and expanse in which the whole band participates. Pepper and pianist Willie Pickens take long solo breaks. After Pickens' extended solo, Pepper returns on clarinet, further focusing the composition's swing roots. Pepper was clearly in ascent at Chicago's Jazz Showcase.
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Art Pepper
saxophone, altoArt Pepper: alto saxophone, clarinet; Willie Pickens: piano; Steve Rodby: bass; Wilbur Campbell: drums.
Album information
Title: Jazz Showcase, Chicago | Year Released: 2010 | Record Label: Widow's Taste
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