Art Pepper
Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American alto saxophonist and clarinetist.
Early life
Art Pepper was born in Gardena, California, on September 1, 1925. His mother was a 14-year-old runaway; his father, a merchant seaman. Both were violent alcoholics, and when Art was still quite young he was sent to live with his paternal grandmother. He expressed early musical interest and talent, and he was given lessons. He began playing clarinet at nine, switched to alto saxophone at 13 and immediately began jamming on Central Avenue, the black nightclub district of Los Angeles.
Career
At the age of 17 he began playing professionally, with Benny Carter and then became part of the Stan Kenton orchestra, touring with that band, until he was drafted in 1943. After the war he returned to Los Angeles and joined the Kenton Innovations Orchestra. By the 1950s Pepper 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. Along with Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan and Shelly Manne, and perhaps due more to geography than playing style, Pepper is often associated with the musical movement known as West Coast jazz, as contrasted with the East Coast (or "hot") jazz of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. Some of Pepper's most famous albums from the 1950s are Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section, Art Pepper + Eleven - Modern Jazz Classics, Gettin' Together, and Smack Up. Representative music from this time appears on The Aladdin Recordings (three volumes), The Early Show, The Late Show, The Complete Surf Ride, and The Way It Was!, which features a session recorded with Warne Marsh.
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ALBUMS
- The Savoy Recordings released: 2010
- Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section released: 2010
- The Early Show (Original 1952 Recordings) released: 2009
- Discoveries released: 2009
- Besame Mucho released: 2007
- Tokyo Debut released: 2007
- Art Pepper Today released: 2007
- Winter Moon released: 2007
- Goin' Home released: 2007
- Tête-à-tête released: 2007
- The Complete Free Wheeling Sessions released: 2006
- Richie Cole Meets Art Pepper released: 2006
- Intensity released: 2006
- The Trip released: 2006
- Art Pepper With Warne Marsh released: 2006
- Living Legend released: 2006
- No Limit released: 2006
- Mosaic Select 15: Art Pepper released: 2005
- Those Kenton Days released: 2004
- Complete Surf Club Sessions released: 2004
- Young Art released: 2003
- Live in Tokyo '79: Landscape released: 2003
- Live in Tokyo '79: Besame Mucho released: 2003
- Complete Straight Ahead Sessions released: 2002
- Complete Discovery-Savoy Master Takes released: 2002
- Chili Pepper released: 2001
- The Hollywood All-Star Sessions released: 2001
- Renascence released: 2000
- Art Pepper Collection released: 2000
- Surf Ride released: 1998
- Gettin' Together! released: 1997
- Straight Life released: 1996
- The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions released: 1995
- Art 'N' Zoot released: 1995
- The Complete Galaxy Recordings released: 1994
- The Best of... released: 1993
- Two Altos released: 1992
- Friday Night at the Village Vanguard released: 1992
- Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard released: 1992
- The Artistry of Pepper released: 1992
- Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard released: 1992
- Living Legend released: 1991
- Landscape released: 1991
- Straight Life released: 1991
- Arthur's Blues released: 1991
- Intensity released: 1991
- One September Afternoon released: 1991
- Winter Moon released: 1991
- Art Pepper + Eleven released: 1991
- The Art of Pepper, Volume 3 released: 1990
- The Return of Art Pepper: The Complete Aladdin, Volume 1 released: 1988
- Stardust released: 1985
- New York Album released: 1985
- Straight Life - The Savoy Sessions released: 1984
- The Complete Pacific Jazz Small Group Recordings Of Art Pepper released: 1983
- Darn That Dream released: 1982
- High Jingo released: 1982
- Fat Tuesday's, New York (1981-04-15) released: 1981
- So in Love released: 1980
- Mucho Calor released: 1958
- Picture of Heath released: 1956
- Popo released: 1952
- Les Genies Du Jazz (Tome 6, No. 7): Art Pepper (A Jazz Survivor) released:
- Among Friends released:
- Original Jazz Classics released:
- The Way It Was! released:
- Modern Art released:
- Art Pepper Today released:
- Tête-à-tête released:
- In Copenhagen 1981 released:
- Goin' Home released:
- Warner Jazz Les Incontournables released:
- Playboys released:
Discoveries
Released 2009- Chili Pepper (take 3)
- Chili Pepper (take 5)
- Suzy the Poodle (take 3)
- Suzy the Poodle (take 5)
- Everything Happens to Me (take 2)+
- Everything Happens to Me (take 3)+
- Everything Happens to Me (take 6)+
- Nutmeg (take 6)
- Nutmeg (take 7)
- Cinnamon (take 2)
- What's New (take 1)
- Thyme Time (take 1)
- Straight Life (take 1)
- Art's Oregano (take 1)
Winter Moon
Released 2007- Our Song
- Here's That Rainy Day
- That's Love
- Winter Moon
- When the Sun Comes Out
- Blues in the Night
- The Prisoner (Love theme from "The Eyes of Laura Mars")
- Ol' Man River
- Here's That Rainy Day (alternate take)
- Winter Moon (alternate take)
- When the Sun Comes Out (alternate take)
- Our Song (alternate take)
- The Prisoner (alternate take)
Goin' Home
Released 2007- Goin' Home
- Samba Mom Mom
- In a Mellow Tone
- Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'
- Isn't She Lovely
- Billie's Bounce
- Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)
- The Sweetest Sounds
- You Go to My Head
- You Go to My Head (alternate take)
- Stardust
- Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' (alternate A)
- Darn That Dream
- Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' (alternate B)
Born: 1925-09-01
Died: 1982-06-15
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