Miss who? (Art Pepper) (LP 2111)

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

Genre: Jazz 

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.

What's new (Art Pepper) (LP 288)

Art Pepper Discoveries - The Savoy Sessions (Vinyl - Savoy, 1977) ****

Genre: Jazz  

Places I remember: Ray's Jazz at Foyles' flagship store in Charing Cross Road (London)  

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles/ Gear costume: Suzy The Poodle 




Active compensatory factors: Yes, joy oh joy, you can cruise through the vinyl bins in Ray's Jazz section at Foyles. Heaven.

This Soho/Covent Garden corner of London is one of my happy places. Not only Fopp, but Foyles as well. Huge!

I can while away many happy hours in this magic corner.

Last week I picked up three albums - Shorty Rogers, Red Garland and this double from Art Pepper. All for the sum of 20 quid. 

There's something I find very relaxing about listening to jazz. Even Art's frenetic piling up of jazz sounds on his sax puts me in a relaxed mood.

Where do they all belong? I used to have this album many years ago but sold it off at some stage. It's good to have it back in the collection.