Results for "Art Pepper"

Art Pepper: Winter Moon

by John Eyles
July 11, 2002

Recorded in 1980, Winter Moon is Art Pepper's “with strings" album. I know that phrase will strike fear and loathing into the heart of many a jazz fan, but this album is as sympathetic a meeting as it is possible to imagine. Pepper never sounds compromised or constrained by the strings (as has been the case ...

The Hollywood All-Star Sessions

By Art Pepper

Label: Galaxy Music Group
Released: 2001
Track listing:

Disc 1

Renascence

By Art Pepper

Label: Galaxy Music Group
Released: 2001
Track listing: Good Bait; What Laurie Likes; Here's That Rainy Day; Straight Life. (Total Time: 51:38)

Art Pepper: The Hollywood All-Star Sessions

by Jack Bowers
December 1, 2001

Aside from serving as a casebook study in self–destructive behavior, Art Pepper was one of the most consistently brilliant saxophonists ever to emerge from the so–called West Coast school of Jazz. The well–named Hollywood All–Star Sessions, on which he performed as a “sideman,” were recorded in 1979–82, the last of them (with alto saxophonist Lee Konitz) ...

Art Pepper: The Hollywood All-Star Sessions

by C. Michael Bailey
August 1, 2001

Just when the jazz community believes no more gold can be mined from the archives of the titan altoist Art Pepper, a mother lode is released. First of all, a thumbnail sketch. Art Pepper emerged in the late 1940s as a formidable foil to the supremacy of Charlie Parker in the alto saxophone arena. After playing ...

Art Pepper: Renascence

by C. Michael Bailey
August 1, 2001

More Live Pepper. The last ten years has seen a significant trickle of previously unissued or limited issued Art Pepper live music. The most recent include:Tokyo Debut (Galaxy 4201, 1989)Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 (Galaxy 8201, 1981)Art 'N Zoot (Pablo 2310, 1995)  Now showing up is Renascence, a recording made at the famous ...

Art Pepper: The Hollywood All-Star Sessions

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 1, 2001

Let’s face it, when historians and other purveyors of the jazz legacy consider the scene during the 1970s, a bleak outlook is usually the upshot. Jazz had become commercialized, fusionized, rock infested, and raped. Even the modest amount of mainstream fare that was being released to little public notice seemed to pale in comparison with the ...

Renascence

By Art Pepper

Label: Galaxy Music Group
Released: 2000
Track listing: Good Bait; What Laurie Likes; Here's That Rainy Day; Straight Life

Intimate Art Pepper

By Art Pepper

Label: Victor
Released: 2000

Art Pepper: Renascence

by Dave Nathan
November 1, 2000

Art Pepper was one of those rare jazz players whose playing was immediately recognizable upon hearing the first few measures. Combining the technical fluidity of Charlie Parker with the pure, cool sound belying his West Coast origins, he had enough talent for two alto players.At the time of this recording, Art Pepper had just recordedLiving Legendfor ...