TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Informal
Album notes dont always tell the whole story. Contemporary president Lester Koenig, who rightly felt that Art had yet to record with musicians who were his equal, wanted to take advantage of Miles Davis quintet being in L.A. But Pepper hadnt been playing for several months, and his horn was in a state of disrepair.
To minimize anxiety, the session was kept secret from Art until the last minute. But Pepper always rose to a challenge: he taped up his dried-out cork, arrived for the date, and proceeded to record an album widely considered the most important of his career.
Features:
Vinyl LP
Musicians:
Art Pepper
Red Garland
Paul Chambers
Philly Joe Jones
Selections:
1. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
2. Red Pepper Blues
3. Imagination
4. Waltz Me Blues
5. Straight Life
6. Jazz Me Blues
7. Tin Tin Deo
8. Star Eyes
9. Birks' Works
Recorded January 19, 1957 at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles.
Album notes dont always tell the whole story. Contemporary president Lester Koenig, who rightly felt that Art had yet to record with musicians who were his equal, wanted to take advantage of Miles Davis quintet being in L.A. But Pepper hadnt been playing for several months, and his horn was in a state of disrepair.
To minimize anxiety, the session was kept secret from Art until the last minute. But Pepper always rose to a challenge: he taped up his dried-out cork, arrived for the date, and proceeded to record an album widely considered the most important of his career.
Features:
Vinyl LP
Musicians:
Art Pepper
Red Garland
Paul Chambers
Philly Joe Jones
Selections:
1. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
2. Red Pepper Blues
3. Imagination
4. Waltz Me Blues
5. Straight Life
6. Jazz Me Blues
7. Tin Tin Deo
8. Star Eyes
9. Birks' Works
Recorded January 19, 1957 at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles.
