Surf Ride

Studio album by

Released

1956

Recorded

March 4, 1952, March 29, 1953 and August 25, 1954
Los Angeles, CA

Genre

Jazz

Length

37:25

Label

Savoy
MG 12089

Producer

Ozzie Cadena

Art Pepper chronology

The Late Show
(1952)

Surf Ride
(1956)

Two Altos
(1952-54)

Surf Ride is an album by saxophonist Art Pepper featuring sessions from 1952-54 which was originally released as a 12 inch LP on the Savoy label in 1956.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow observed: "The music on this Savoy LP is quite brilliant, but the packaging leaves something to be desired ... The somewhat random nature of this set is unfortunate, for Pepper is in superior form throughout".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Art Pepper, except where indicated.

"Tickle Toe" (Lester Young) - 2:55
"Chili Pepper" - 3:00
"Susie the Poodle" - 3:14
"Brown Gold" - 2:26
"Holiday Flight" - 3:12
"Surf Ride" - 2:54
"Straight Life" - 2:52
"Cinnamon" - 3:11
"Thyme Time" - 3:30
"The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 3:48
"Nutmeg" - 3:15
"Art's Oregano" - 3:08

Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on March 4, 1952 (tracks 4-6), March 29, 1953 (tracks 1-3) and August 25, 1954 (tracks 7-12)

Personnel

Art Pepper - alto saxophone
Jack Montrose - tenor saxophone (tracks 7-12)
Russ Freeman (tracks 1-3), Hampton Hawes (tracks 4-6), Claude Williamson (tracks 7-12) - piano
Monty Budwig (tracks 7-12), Joe Mondragon (tracks 4-6), Bob Whitlock (tracks 1-3) - bass
Larry Bunker (tracks 4-12), Bobby White (tracks 1-3) - drums

References

^ Art Pepper catalog accessed October 21, 2016
^ Edwards, D., Callahan, M., Eyries, P., Watts, R. and Neely, T. Discography Preview for the Savoy/Savoy Jazz label accessed October 21, 2016
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Surf Ride – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 21, 2016.

v t e Art Pepper
Years given are for the recording(s) featuring Art Pepper, not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Surf Ride (1952–54) Two Altos (with Sonny Red, 1952–57) The Return of Art Pepper (1956) Playboys/Picture of Heath (1956) The Art Pepper Quartet (1956) Art Pepper with Warne Marsh (1956) Modern Art (1956–57) Collections (1957) Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957) Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics (1959) Gettin' Together (1960) Intensity (1960) Smack Up (1960) Living Legend (1975) The Trip (1976) A Night in Tunisia (1977) Tokyo Debut (1977) No Limit (1977) Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977) Friday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977) Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977) More for Les at the Village Vanguard (1977) San Francisco Samba (1977) Among Friends (1978) Art Pepper Today (1978) New York Album (1979) So in Love (1979) Artworks (1979) Landscape (1979) Besame Mucho (1979) Straight Life (1979) One September Afternoon (1980) Winter Moon (1980) APQ (1981) Art 'n' Zoot (with Zoot Sims, 1981) Arthur's Blues (1981) Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 (1981) Roadgame (1981) Art Lives (1981) Goin' Home (with George Cables, 1982) Tête-à-Tête (with George Cables, 1982)
With Stan Kenton	The Kenton Era (1940–54) Stan Kenton's Milestones (1943–47) A Presentation of Progressive Jazz (1947) Stan Kenton Classics (1947) Encores (1947) Innovations in Modern Music (1950) Stan Kenton Presents (1950) The Innovations Orchestra (1950–51) This Modern World (1951) Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (1950–52)
With Shorty Rogers	Modern Sounds (1951) Popo (1951) Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953) Cool and Crazy (1953) The Swingin' Nutcracker (1960)
With others	Chet Baker Big Band (1956) Mucho Calor (Conte Candoli, 1957) Hoagy Sings Carmichael (Hoagy Carmichael, 1956) California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976) Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959) On the Road (Art Farmer, 1976) Birds and Ballads (Johnny Griffin, 1978) Mistral (Freddie Hubbard, 1980) Very R.A.R.E. (Elvin Jones, 1979) Some Like It Hot (Barney Kessel, 1959) The West Coast Sound (Shelly Manne, 1953) Cool Heat (Anita O'Day, 1959)
Film soundtracks	The Gauntlet (Jerry Fielding, 1977) Heart Beat (Jack Nitzsche, 1980) The Subterraneans (André Previn, 1960)

v t e Hampton Hawes
Years given are for the recording(s), not release.
Albums as leader	Hampton Hawes Trio (1955) This Is Hampton Hawes (1955–56) Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 1 (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 2 (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 3 (1956) Baritones and French Horns/Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns (1957) Four! (1958) Bird Song (1956–58) For Real! (1958) The Sermon (1958) The Green Leaves of Summer (1964) Here and Now (1965) The Seance (1966) I'm All Smiles (1966) Universe (1972) Blues for Walls (1973) Playin' in the Yard (1973) Northern Windows (1974) As Long as There's Music (1976) Something Special (1976) Hampton Hawes at the Piano (1976)
Sideman with others	Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux (1973) I'll Catch the Sun! (Sonny Criss, 1969) On the Road (Art Farmer, 1976) The Hunt (Dexter Gordon, 1947) Blues à la Suisse (Dexter Gordon, 1973) Kessel Plays Standards (Barney Kessel, 1955) Let's Cook! (Barney Kessel, 1957) Live in Hollywood (Warne Marsh, 1952) Mingus Three (Charles Mingus, 1957) Stratosonic Nuances (Blue Mitchell, 1975) The Early Show (Art Pepper, 1952) Surf Ride (Art Pepper, 1952) Living Legend (Art Pepper, 1976) Modern Sounds (Shorty Rogers, 1951) Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953) Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1955) Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders (1958) So Doggone Good (Sonny Stitt, 1972)