A Night in Tunisia (Art Pepper album)

1983 live album by Art Pepper

A Night in Tunisia

Live album by

Art Pepper

Released| 1983
Recorded| January 23, 1977
Venue| Bach Dynamite & Dancing Society, Half Moon Bay, CA
Genre| Jazz
Length| 46:37
Label| Storyville
STCD 4146
Producer| Laurie Pepper
Art Pepper chronology
| The Trip
(1976)  | A Night in Tunisia
(1983)  | Tokyo Debut
(1977)

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Art Pepper Memorial Collection cover

A Night in Tunisia is a live album by saxophonist Art Pepper recorded in California in 1977 by and originally released on the Japanese Trio label in 1983 as Volume 4 of the Art Pepper Memorial Collection before being rereleased on the Storyville label in 1988.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow noted "Since this was not one of Pepper's strongest groups, the LP is not essential, but fans of the unique altoist will want to pick up these interesting performances".[2]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Art Pepper except where noted.

1. "Mr. Yohe" / "The Golden Gate Bridge" - 15:20
2. "The Trip" / Introduction \- 11:46
3. "Lost Life" - 8:40
4. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 11:31

## Personnel

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* Art Pepper \- alto saxophone
* Smith Dobsen - piano
* Jim Nichols - bass
* Brad Bilhorn - drums

## Back Cover

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## References

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1. ^ Art Pepper catalog accessed October 31, 2016
2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. A Night in Tunisia – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1142\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Art Pepper

Years given are for the recording(s) featuring Art Pepper, not first release.

leader

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)

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