Sunday, December 3, 2023

Miss who? (Art Pepper) (LP 2111)

Art Pepper  Today (Vinyl, Galaxy Records, 1979) ****  

GenreJazz 

Places I remember: Little Red Bookstore (Hastings)

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Miss Who?

Gear costume: Lover Come Back To Me

Active compensatory factors: Wow! Art Pepper's successful comeback is sealed with this excellent set. His tenor sax flurries sound terrific, his power undimished, and he gets great support from Roy Haynes and others. 

The many sides of Pepper are displayed here - the virtuoso, the tender romantic (Patricia especially), the band leader, the team player, the frenetic tenorman. He's goooood!

Where do they all belong? Next up in the jazz section - Charlie Rouse.

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