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ART PEPPER

THE RETURN OF ART PEPPER
Label GREYSCALEJAZZ
Catalog GSJGZ016CD
Format CD
Discs 1
Category JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY
Street Date 2018-06-22
Description
Alto saxophonist Art Pepper’s first incarceration for drugs took place between August 1954 and July 1956, a period conspicuous for Pepper’s absence from the recording studio. Pepper’s first recording as a leader after his release was, aptly, The Return of Art Pepper. He had been busy as a sideman for trumpeters Shorty Rogers (Big Shorty Express (RCA, 1956)) and Chet Baker (The Route (Pacific Jazz, 1956)) before entering Capitol Studios on August 5, 1956 to record the ten pieces that would become the final recording. Blue Note Records later collected the sides Pepper recorded for Jazz West (a subsidiary of Aladdin Records), releasing The Return of Art Pepper—The Complete Art Pepper Aladdin Recordings, Volume 1 with additional masters from the sessions. Pepper sounds surprisingly good for having been away from recording nearly two years. At this point, he retained the cool and dry tone which would later give way to the torrential playing of his final comeback. The music is vintage West Coast cool, slickly arranged and performed.
tracklisting
1. Pepper Returns
2. Broadway
3. You Go To My Head
4. Angel Wings
5. Funny Blues
6. Five More
7. Minority
8. Patricia
9. Mambo De La Pinta
10. Walkin Out Blues
11. Pepper Steak
12. Youre Driving Me Crazy
13. Tenor Blooz
14. Yardbird Suite
15. Straight Life
 

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