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Art Pepper: Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section (JVC VICJ-60087)
This is a jazz classic that I recommended many years ago when it first appeared on CD. Now JVC has given it the XRCD treatment and it is well worth recommending again, even at its higher price. Although alto saxophonist Art Pepper's life was a pitiable shambles when this session was booked (this is discussed in his autobiography, Straight Life, which I recommend highly to jazz fans), the combination of Pepper's energetic, melodic alto and the crack 1957 Miles Davis rhythm section (Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums) resulted in a jazz album for the ages.
Things start off with the Cole Porter tune, "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To," and immediately you know that Pepper has a way with a melody. The program continues with ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Art Pepper: Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section (JVC...