Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics
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Art Pepper + Eleven - Modern Jazz Classics | ||||
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Studio album by Art Pepper | ||||
Released | January/February 1960 | |||
Recorded | 12 March, 24 March, 12 May 1959 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 53:55 | |||
Label | Contemporary/OJC | |||
Producer | Lester Koenig | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics is a 1960 jazz big band album by saxophonist Art Pepper performing under the direction and arrangements of Marty Paich. The recording is one of several dates Pepper made with Paich and his big band in 1959 and is the only one with Pepper as leader. The recording focuses on big band arrangements of modern jazz classics by Marty Paich, including Denzil Best's "Move," Thelonious Monk's "’Round Midnight," Gerry Mulligan's "Walkin' Shoes". Highlights of the recording are Pepper's clarinet performances on "Anthropology" and the alternate takes of "Walkin'."
Contents
Track listing
- "Move" (Denzil Best) –3:26
- "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) –3:22
- "Opus de Funk" (Horace Silver) –3:13
- "'Round Midnight" (Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Williams) –3:32
- "Four Brothers" (Jimmy Giuffre) –2:57
- "Shaw 'Nuff" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) –2:58
- "Burnie's Tune" (Leiber, Miller, Stoller) –2:44
- "Walkin' Shoes" (Gerry Mulligan) –3:31
- "Anthropology" (Gillespie, Charlie Parker) –3:19
- "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) –3:01
- "Walkin'" [Original Take] (Carpenter) –5:15
- "Walkin'" [Alternate Take] (Carpenter) –4:54
- "Walkin'" [Alternate Take] (Carpenter) –4:58
- "Donna Lee" [Original Take] (Charlie Parker) –3:23
- "Donna Lee" [Alternate Take] (Charlie Parker) –3:22
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- (Recorded on 12 March, 24 March, 12 May 1959.)
Personnel
- Art Pepper — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Pete Candoli — trumpet
- Al Porcino — trumpet
- Jack Sheldon — trumpet
- Dick Nash — trombone
- Bob Enevoldsen — valve trombone, tenor saxophone
- Vince DeRosa — French horn
- Herb Geller — alto saxophone
- Bud Shank — alto saxophone
- Charlie Kennedy — alto saxophone
- Bill Perkins — tenor saxophone
- Richie Kamuca — tenor saxophone
- Med Flory — baritone saxophone
- Russ Freeman — piano
- Joe Mondragon — bass
- Mel Lewis — drums
- Marty Paich — arranger, conductor
References
- ↑ Yanow, Scott. Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics at AllMusic
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Sources
- Art Pepper & Laurie Pepper. Straight Life. New York, Schirmer, 1979. ISBN 0-306-80558-8
- Art Pepper Discography Page (http://www.jazzdisco.org/pepper/)
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