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In 1977, saxophonist Art Pepper was approached by Japanese label Atlas about possibly doing some recording. Pepper, then under contract to the Fantasy/Galaxy label, was obliged to find a work-around and decided to appear as a sideman on the recordings, bringing on various "headliners" to release the albums under. For the fourth and fifth Atlas albums, Pepper brought in saxophonist Sonny Stitt, with whom he had performed but never recorded. Omnivore's 2017 reissue of those sessions, Art Pepper Presents West Coast Sessions, Vol. 1: Sonny Stitt, brings this period of Pepper's career into sharp focus with liner notes from producer and Pepper's then wife and manager Laurie Pepper. Here, we get both albums, originally released in 1980 as Groovin' High: Sonny Stitt & His West Coast Friends and Atlas Blues: Blow! & Ballade!. We also get a handful of previously unissued alternate takes. The first sessions (Groovin' High) feature Stitt and Pepper backed by pianist Lou Levy, bassist Chuck DeMonico, and drummer Carl Burnette. Together, they fly through a set of brightly delivered, well-worn bop standards including a piercingly assured take on "Walkin," with their dual altos slicing through the opening melody. However, while there is some fine playing by all involved, the Groovin' High cuts sound somewhat routine in comparison to what is to come. The real discovery here are the Atlas Blues dates that found Pepper conscripting legendary West Coast pianist Russ Freeman along with bassist John Heard and drummer Burnette. A longtime associate, Freeman had recorded several times before with Pepper in the '50s, appearing on such albums as Surf Ride, Mucho Calor, and Modern Art. By the '70s, Pepper's open-minded ear for post-John Coltrane harmonics, not to mention years of hard living, meant that he wasn't particularly inclined to try and re-create his tender '50s style. His playing on these dates is typical of his latter-period, with vigorous in-the-moment solos that seem to flow directly out of his psyche, like a cubist bop haiku one minute and a mangled blues aside the next. However, with Freeman at his side, Pepper sounds warmly engaged and their chemistry evokes wild hope of those early West Coast years. Ultimately, on both sets, it's the juxtaposition between Stitt's seamless bop flow and Pepper's thoughtful, bluesy reticence that remains magical.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
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Sonny Stitt, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist - Charlie Parker, Composer - Lou Levy, Piano - Art Pepper, Composer, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - Carl Burnette, Drums - Chuck De Monico, Bass
© 2017 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2017 Widow's Taste Music, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Sonny Stitt, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist - Charlie Parker, Composer - Lou Levy, Piano - Art Pepper, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Composer - Denzil Best, Composer - Carl Burnette, Drums - Chuck De Monico, Bass
© 2017 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2017 Widow's Taste Music, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Stoller, Composer - MILLER, Composer - Leiber, Composer - Sonny Stitt, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist - Lou Levy, Piano - Art Pepper, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - Bernie Miller, Composer - Carl Burnette, Drums - Chuck De Monico, Bass
© 2017 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2017 Widow's Taste Music, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Lewis, Composer - Sonny Stitt, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist - Hamilton, Composer - Lou Levy, Piano - Art Pepper, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - Morgan Lewis, Composer - Carl Burnette, Drums - Chuck De Monico, Bass
© 2017 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2017 Widow's Taste Music, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Sonny Stitt, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist - Lou Levy, Piano - Art Pepper, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Composer - Carl Burnette, Drums - Richard Carpentier, Composer - Chuck De Monico, Bass
© 2017 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2017 Widow's Taste Music, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Sonny Stitt, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist - Lou Levy, Piano - Dizzy Gillespie, Composer - Art Pepper, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Composer - Carl Burnette, Drums - Chuck De Monico, Bass
© 2017 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2017 Widow's Taste Music, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Stoller, Composer - MILLER, Composer - Leiber, Composer - Sonny Stitt, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist - Lou Levy, Piano - Art Pepper, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - Bernie Miller, Composer - Carl Burnette, Drums - Chuck De Monico, Bass
© 2017 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2017 Widow's Taste Music, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Stoller, Composer - MILLER, Composer - Leiber, Composer - Sonny Stitt, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist - Lou Levy, Piano - Art Pepper, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - Bernie Miller, Composer - Carl Burnette, Drums - Chuck De Monico, Bass
© 2017 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2017 Widow's Taste Music, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Sonny Stitt, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist - Charlie Parker, Composer - Lou Levy, Piano - Art Pepper, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Composer - Denzil Best, Composer - Carl Burnette, Drums - Chuck De Monico, Bass
© 2017 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2017 Widow's Taste Music, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Sonny Stitt, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist - Lou Levy, Piano - Dizzy Gillespie, Composer - Art Pepper, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - Richard Carpenter, Composer - Carl Burnette, Drums - Chuck De Monico, Bass
© 2017 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2017 Widow's Taste Music, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Sonny Stitt, Composer, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist - Lou Levy, Piano - Art Pepper, Composer, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - Carl Burnette, Drums - Stitt, Composer - Chuck De Monico, Bass
© 2017 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2017 Widow's Taste Music, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Sonny Stitt, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist - Lou Levy, Piano - Lester Young, Composer - Art Pepper, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - Carl Burnette, Drums - Chuck De Monico, Bass
© 2017 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2017 Widow's Taste Music, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Sonny Stitt, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist - Lou Levy, Piano - Vernon Duke, Composer - Art Pepper, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - Carl Burnette, Drums - Chuck De Monico, Bass
© 2017 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2017 Widow's Taste Music, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Richard Rodgers, Writer - Lorenz Hart, Writer - Sonny Stitt, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist - Lou Levy, Piano - Art Pepper, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - Carl Burnette, Drums - Chuck De Monico, Bass
© 2017 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2017 Widow's Taste Music, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Sonny Stitt, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist - Lou Levy, Piano - Art Pepper, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Carl Burnette, Drums - Jimmy Davis, Roger Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman, Composer - Chuck De Monico, Bass
© 2017 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2017 Widow's Taste Music, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Burke, Composer - Van Heusen, Composer - Sonny Stitt, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist - Lou Levy, Piano - Art Pepper, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist - Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Carl Burnette, Drums - Jimmy Davis, Roger Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman, Composer - Chuck De Monico, Bass
© 2017 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2017 Widow's Taste Music, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
Presentación del Álbum
In 1977, saxophonist Art Pepper was approached by Japanese label Atlas about possibly doing some recording. Pepper, then under contract to the Fantasy/Galaxy label, was obliged to find a work-around and decided to appear as a sideman on the recordings, bringing on various "headliners" to release the albums under. For the fourth and fifth Atlas albums, Pepper brought in saxophonist Sonny Stitt, with whom he had performed but never recorded. Omnivore's 2017 reissue of those sessions, Art Pepper Presents West Coast Sessions, Vol. 1: Sonny Stitt, brings this period of Pepper's career into sharp focus with liner notes from producer and Pepper's then wife and manager Laurie Pepper. Here, we get both albums, originally released in 1980 as Groovin' High: Sonny Stitt & His West Coast Friends and Atlas Blues: Blow! & Ballade!. We also get a handful of previously unissued alternate takes. The first sessions (Groovin' High) feature Stitt and Pepper backed by pianist Lou Levy, bassist Chuck DeMonico, and drummer Carl Burnette. Together, they fly through a set of brightly delivered, well-worn bop standards including a piercingly assured take on "Walkin," with their dual altos slicing through the opening melody. However, while there is some fine playing by all involved, the Groovin' High cuts sound somewhat routine in comparison to what is to come. The real discovery here are the Atlas Blues dates that found Pepper conscripting legendary West Coast pianist Russ Freeman along with bassist John Heard and drummer Burnette. A longtime associate, Freeman had recorded several times before with Pepper in the '50s, appearing on such albums as Surf Ride, Mucho Calor, and Modern Art. By the '70s, Pepper's open-minded ear for post-John Coltrane harmonics, not to mention years of hard living, meant that he wasn't particularly inclined to try and re-create his tender '50s style. His playing on these dates is typical of his latter-period, with vigorous in-the-moment solos that seem to flow directly out of his psyche, like a cubist bop haiku one minute and a mangled blues aside the next. However, with Freeman at his side, Pepper sounds warmly engaged and their chemistry evokes wild hope of those early West Coast years. Ultimately, on both sets, it's the juxtaposition between Stitt's seamless bop flow and Pepper's thoughtful, bluesy reticence that remains magical.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
Acerca del álbum
- 1 disco(s) - 16 pista(s)
- Duración total: 01:50:26
- 1 Libreto digital
- Artistas principales: Art Pepper
- Compositor: Various Composers
- Sello: Omnivore Recordings
- Género Jazz Be Bop
© 2017 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2017 Widow's Taste Music, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
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