Art Pepper The Way It Was! Hybrid Stereo SACD

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Altoist Art Pepper teams with the enigmatic, underrated tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh, pianist Ronnie Ball, bassist Ben Tucker and drummer Gary Frommer for intriguing explorations of four standards on this reissue of the 1972 recording. The remainder of the album is comprised of a trio of classic Art Pepper albums backed by three separate rhythm sections which include pianists Red Garland, Dolo Coker or Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers or Jimmy Bond on bass and Philly Joe Jones, Frank Butler or Jimmy Cobb on drums. A fantastic bop standards album that finds Art Pepper in top form.

Art Peppers The Way it Was! was recorded for Contemporary between 1956-60, these seven tracks sat dormant in the label's vault until 1972. The album is built around four previously un-released tunes pairing Pepper with the tenor of Warne Marsh. Filling out the program are three incredible tracks from Pepper's masterpieces; Gettin' Together and Intensity (both 1960) plus Meets the Rhythm Section (1957), all of which were left off due to the timing limitations of vinyl. Supported by the likes of Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Cobb and Red Garland, their workouts on the standards The Man I Love, Autumn Leaves and especially The Way You Look Tonight establish a brilliant east-coast meets west-coast summit. Art's creamy alto more than holds it's own with some of New York's bop-elite, resulting in a masterpiece in its own right.

MoFi went to great lengths to preserve these historic sessions. After auditioning the master tapes, the engineers discovered that the commercial CD version had artificial echo added and the bass was summed. Having the bass summed is common practice for LP cutting when the bass is recorded to one side, by summing the bass it moves the lower frequencies closer to the middle of the soundstage and therefore allows the cutter head to inscribe the lacquer more effectively. There was no need for the bass to be summed in MoFis version and since the original tapes had no artificial echo, MoFi engineers saw no reason to manipulate the master tapes in this way. In fact, the tapes sounded so good that there was no equalization done in the transfer process. The Tim de Paravicini modified Studer A-80 was plugged in directly to the Meitner A/D converters with nothing in the signal path, just a straight wire. As always special attention was made to calibration; getting the azimuth spot on. The results are stunning, what can be easily heard now is the natural tone of the room, improved detail, better soundstage and depth of field and the most natural instrument tonality. Now for the first time listeners can hear the un-altered versions of these classic Art Pepper sessions.

Features:
Super Audio CD
SACD Stereo SACD Layer
This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!

Musicians: (Tracks 1-4, 8-9)
Art Pepper, alto sax
Warne Marsh, tenor sax
Ronnie Ball, piano
Ben Tucker, bass
Gary Frommer, drums
Recorded November 26, 1556

Musicians: (Track 5)
Art Pepper, alto sax
Red Garland, piano
Paul Chamber, bass
Philly Joe Jones, drums
Recorded January 19, 1957

Musicians: (Track 6)
Art Pepper, alto sax
Dolo Coker, piano
Jimmy Bond, bass
Frank Butler, drums
Recorded November 23, 1960

Musicians: (Track 7)
Art Pepper, alto sax
Wynton Kelly, piano
Paul Chambers, bass
Jimmy Cobb, drums
Recorded February 29, 1960

Selections:
1. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me
2. All the Things You Are
3. What's New
4. Tickle Toe
5. The Man I Love
6. Autumn Leaves
7. The Way You Look Tonight
8. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (alternate take)
9. All The Things You Are (alternate take)