The Art Pepper Quartet

This article is about the album recorded in 1956. For the album recorded in 1981, see APQ (album).

1957 studio album by Art Pepper

The Art Pepper Quartet

Studio album by

Art Pepper

Released| 1957
Recorded| November 23, 1956
Studio| Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA
Genre| Jazz
Length| 43:29
Label| Tampa
TP 20
Producer| Robert Scherman
Art Pepper chronology
| Playboys
(1956)  | The Art Pepper Quartet
(1957)  | Art Pepper with Warne Marsh
(1957)

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The Art Pepper Quartet is an album by saxophonist Art Pepper featuring sessions from 1956 recorded for the Tampa label. Pepper’s Quartet are pianist Russ Freeman, bassist Ben Tucker and drummer Gary Frommer.[1][2] The album was reissued on CD in the Original Jazz Classics series with bonus tracks in 1994.

## Reception[edit]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow observed: "The quality of the music here is high, if brief -- even with his erratic lifestyle, Pepper never made a bad record ... Fine music, but not essential when one considers how many gems Art Pepper recorded during his rather hectic life".[3]

## Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Art Pepper, except where indicated.

1. "Art's Opus" - 5:48
2. "I Surrender Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) - 5:31
3. "Diane" - 3:35
4. "Pepper Pot" - 5:03
5. "Bésame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar) - 4:00
6. "Blues at Twilight" - 3:58
7. "Val's Pal" - 2:03
8. "Pepper Pot" [alternate take] - 2:27 Bonus track on CD reissue
9. "Blues at Twilight" [alternate take] - 4:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Val's Pal" [take 1] - 2:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
11. "Val's Pal" [take 4] - 2:22 Bonus track on CD reissue
12. "Val's Pal" [take 5] - 2:14 Bonus track on CD reissue

## Personnel[edit]

* Art Pepper \- alto saxophone
* Russ Freeman \- piano
* Ben Tucker \- bass
* Gary Frommer - drums

## References[edit]

1. ^ Art Pepper catalog accessed October 25, 2016
2. ^ Burgess, B. W. and Fitzgerald, M. Tampa Records Listing accessed October 25, 2016
3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. The Art Pepper Quartet – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1141\. 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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