Art Pepper - Meets The Rhythm Section

Hybrid Stereo SACD

Mastered direct to DSD from the original stereo tape

Art Pepper's auspicious recording date with Miles Davis's rhythm section!

Album notes don't always tell the whole story. Contemporary president Lester Koenig, who rightly felt that Art Pepper had yet to record with musicians who were his equal, wanted to take advantage of Miles Davis's quintet being in L.A. But Pepper hadn't been playing for several months, and his horn was in a state of disrepair.

To minimize anxiety, the session was kept secret from Art until the last minute. But Pepper always rose to a challenge: he taped up his dried-out cork, arrived for the date, and proceeded to record an album widely considered the most important of his career.

Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section is the alto saxophone master's auspicious 1957 Contemporary debut paring him with pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones — the East Coast rhythm section for Miles Davis' nonpareil quintet. Recorded by legendary engineer Roy DuNann.

 

1. You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To

2. Red Pepper Blues

3. Imagination

4. Waltz Me Blues

5. Straight Life

6. Jazz Me Blues

7. Tin Tin Deo

8. Star Eyes

9. Birks’ Works

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