Art Pepper Today
Studio album by
Art Pepper
Released1979
Recorded1 & 2 December 1978
GenreJazz
LabelGalaxy Records
ProducerEd Michel
Art Pepper chronology
Among Friends
(1978) 		Art Pepper Today
(1979) 		New York Album
(1979)

Art Pepper Today is a 1978 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper, playing with pianist Stanley Cowell, bassist Cecil McBee, drummer Roy Haynes and percussionist Kenneth Nash.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Tom HullB+ ((3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention))[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow said that "Art Pepper, in the midst of a successful comeback, recorded this excellent set for Galaxy," which includes "a definitive version of his intense ballad 'Patricia'."[1]

Track listing

  1. "Miss Who" (Art Pepper) – 4:42
  2. "Mambo Koyama" (Art Pepper) – 6:40
  3. "Lover Come Back To Me" (Sigmund Romberg; Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:51
  4. "Patricia" (Art Pepper) – 10:24
  5. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)" (Harry Link; Jack Strachey; Holt Marvell) – 5:44
  6. "Chris's Blues" (Art Pepper) – 3:50
(Recorded on 1 December & 2 December 1978.)

Personnel

Other tracks recorded at the same sessions but unissued at the time:
1 December 1978

  1. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) – 4:35
  2. Untitled Original (a.k.a. "Pepper Pot") (Art Pepper) – 6:40
  3. "Lover Come Back To Me" (Sigmund Romberg; Oscar Hammerstein II) alternate version – 0:00

2 December 1978

  1. "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) – 5:18
  2. "Over The Rainbow" (Harold Arlen; E.Y. Harburg) – 8:50
  3. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)" (Harry Link; Jack Strachey; Holt Marvell) alternate version – 5:54
  4. "Over The Rainbow" (Harold Arlen; E.Y. Harburg) alternate version – 9:09

Sources

References

  1. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Art Pepper Today – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1143. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 160. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Hull, Tom (November 2013). "Recycled Goods (#114)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.


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