Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section

Artist: Art Pepper
Label: Ojc
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 025218633826
EAN: 0025218633826
ASIN: B000000YIT

Release Date: 1991-07-01

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Tracks:

You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Red Pepper Blues
Imagination
Waltz Me Blues
Straight Life
Jazz Me Blues
Tin Tin Deo
Star Eyes
Birks Works

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Customer Reviews:

What is so great about this?.......2007-03-06

While it has all of Miles' guys on it, I just don't get what is fab about Art Pepper on this recording. Seems like a bunch of boring wanking. I mean I can listen to Parker or Desmond over and over and get it. But what gives with the 5 stars?

East Coast Hard Bop meets West Coast Cool in 1957.......2005-08-22

I think this is a great record, and all the musicians are in good form. My only wish is that Art had opened up a bit more on the blues numbers. He may have been a bit intimidated by "The Rhythm Section" (who wouldn't be?) and played it safe.
Having said that, I heartily recommend this music to anyone who loves good jazz and especially those interested in the various sub-genres like hard bop vs cool. So, 1 start off for the somwehat conservative solos, but 4 stars ain't bad!

Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section.......2005-04-10

This is the classic Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section. This album is great as a whole. It is mostly made up of pop and jazz standards, and originals. Done in the mid 50's when jazz was at one of its peaks, the album is a wonderful listen from start to finish.

Art Pepper, saxophonist on the west coast, was basically belonged to the west coast school of players along with Shelly Manne, Victor Feldman, Stan Getz, Conte Candoli, Gerry Mulligan, and Chet Baker. On this recording, Pepper is teamed up with a rhythm section from the east coast, consisting of pianist Red Garland, Paul Chambers on bass, and the fireous drumming of Philly Joe Jones.

This was a neat cut. The playing time is quite heafty, due to the number of tracks, with average playing times of about 4 minutes each. Art's playing isn't up to par as he stated. I believe he hadn't played in a long time prior to the recording of this album. His sound here is brittle, but is improvisations are spectacular.

You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To, is a nice standard with some blues influence. Philly Joe Jones' solo is beautiful as usual. The collaboration between Garland and Pepper results in Red Pepper Blues.

There is extraudinary playing throughout. Art blows through his original Straight Life, and the band's playing is as soulful as can be.

Art was a big fan of Dixieland jazz, as demonstrated on Jazz Me Blues, the old New Orleans standard. The fine Dizzy Gillespie piece Birk Works is a kicker! But the real highlight for me is Tin Tin Deo. This has one of the best "B" sections I have ever heard.

This is the west coast meets the east coast. The east coast musicians were said to be more soulful, as opposed to the mostly white, west coast school. This album prooves it isn't true. Art rips through the pieces and swings throughout. A classic recording! Has been loved by many for years.

Five stars!
Classic Art Pepper!

Awesome.......2005-02-14

Here Art Pepper's saxophone playing is awesome. The musicians backing him up are awesome. The song selection is inspiring. All of these qualities can only add up to an awesome record. My favourite tracks are "Imagination", "Tin Tin Deo" and "Birks Works". A GEM!

A place to start.......2004-09-16

It is the place to start, the first album you should acquire in order to fall in love with Pepper's alto original personality, second only to Parker (in the early fifties poles) but number one in his accurate high register romantic sound.
The choices are diverse in style and represent Pepper's capability to create something special from the ordinary known melody: From the swinging "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" to the high-tense virtuoso playing of "Straight Life". And, of course, the formidable Miles Davis rhythm section inspiring Pepper to play another Contemporary masterpiece despite his dry reed and broken cork (he didn't play a few weeks before the recording took place).
Buy this one and then go on to explore Art's other Contemporary albums and his Galaxy great musical will.

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