Art Pepper

• 180 GRAM VINYL

• MONO EDITION

• ALL-ANALOG MASTERING FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPES

• ACOUSTIC SOUNDS SERIES

By the time of this, Art Pepper's tenth recording as a leader, he was making his individual voice on the alto saxophone leave the cozy confines of his heroes Charlie Parker and Lee Konitz. Joining the Miles Davis rhythm section of pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Philly Joe Jones made the transformation all that more illuminating. It's a classic east meets west, cool plus hot but never lukewarm combination that provides many bright moments for the quartet during this exceptional date from that great year in music, 1957.

PERSONNEL:

• Art Pepper (alto sax)
• Red Garland (piano)
• Paul Chambers (bass)
• "Philly" Joe Jones (drums)

Los Angeles, January 19, 1957

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
• A2. Red Pepper Blues
• A3. Imagination
• A4. Waltz Me Blues
• A5. Straight Life

• SIDE B
• B1. Jazz Me Blues
• B2. Tin Tin Deo
• B3. Star Eyes
• B4. Birks Works