Art Pepper Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section 1957

1957 studio album by Art Pepper

Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section
Studio anthology by Art Pepper
Released	1957 (1957)
Recorded	January nineteen, 1957
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:38
Label	Contemporary/Original Jazz Classics
Producer	Lester Koenig
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Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section is a 1957 jazz album past saxophonist Art Pepper with Crimson Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones, who were the rhythm section for Miles Davis's quintet at the time. The album is considered a milestone in Pepper's career.^{[one] [2]}

Recording [edit]

According to Pepper, the album was recorded under enormous force per unit area, as he beginning learned of the recording session the morn he was due in the studio, and he had never met the other musicians, all of whom he profoundly admired.^{[1] [3] : 192–195} He was playing on an instrument in a bad state of repair, and was suffering from a drug trouble.^{[3] : 192–195} Purportedly, Pepper had not played the saxophone for some fourth dimension, either for ii weeks (according to the liner notes), or six months (according to Pepper'southward autobiography Direct Life).^{[3] : 192–195} Still, the discography in Straight Life indicates that Pepper had recorded many sessions in the previous weeks, including one five days earlier.^{[3] : 524–525}

Reception [edit]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	(Core Collection) [5] [6]
The All Music Guide	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[vii]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[8]
Jazzwise	[9]

Michael G. Nastos of AllMusic chosen the recording "a classic e meets west, cool plus hot but never lukewarm combination that provides many bright moments for the quartet during this exceptional date from that great year in music, 1957."^[4]

Brian Morton and Richard Cook, writing for The Penguin Jazz Guide (10th ed.), described Meets the Rhythm Section as "a poetic, burning date, with all four men playing above themselves…. Between them, they'd delivered a masterpiece."^[10] In previous Penguin Guide editions, the album was included in the "Core Collection," and received a iv-star rating (of a possible four stars).^{[5] [half-dozen]}

Becky Byrkit, writing for AllMusic, accounted the album "a diamond of recorded jazz history."^[i]

The New York Times critic Ben Ratliff described Meets the Rhythm Section as "an honest tape; if you believe the story of its making, you'd have to conclude that Pepper, unprepared and unarmored, was forced to pull the music out of himself, since tepid run-throughs and stock licks weren't going to work in such exalted company."^[xi]

Track listing [edit]

1. "Yous'd Be So Nice to Come Dwelling To" (Cole Porter) – 5:25
2. "Red Pepper Blues" (Art Pepper, Ruddy Garland) – three:37
3. "Imagination" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 5:52
4. "Flit Me Blues" (Art Pepper, Paul Chambers) – two:56
5. "Straight Life" (Art Pepper) – three:59
6. "Jazz Me Blues" (Tom Delaney) – 4:47
7. "Tin Can Deo" (Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) – seven:42
8. "Star Optics" (Factor de Paul, Don Raye) – 5:12
9. "Birks' Works" (Dizzy Gillespie) – four:17
10. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – six:36 [added to the remastered recording in 2002]

(Recorded on January 19, 1957 at Gimmicky's Studios, Los Angeles.)

Personnel [edit]

• Art Pepper - alto saxophone
• Ruddy Garland - piano
• Paul Chambers - bass
• Philly Joe Jones - drums

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Byrkit, Becky (2001). Vladimir Bogdanov; Chris Woodstra; Stephen Thomas Erlewine (eds.). The All Music Guide. AllMusic (4th ed.). p. 1358. ISBN0879306270 . Retrieved 20 February 2015.
2. ^ Yanow, Scott (2000). Bebop. Miller Freeman. p. 327. ISBN0879306084 . Retrieved xx Feb 2015.
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Pepper, Art; Laurie Pepper (1994) [1979]. Straight Life: The Story of Fine art Pepper. Schirmer. ISBN0306805588 . Retrieved 20 February 2015.
4. ^ ^{a b} Nastos, Michael G.. Fine art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section at AllMusic
5. ^ ^{a b} Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 1043. ISBN0-1410-2327-9.
6. ^ ^{a b} Melt, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 1142. ISBN978-0-xiv-103401-0.
7. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . Us: Random House/Rolling Rock. pp. 160. ISBN0-394-72643-Ten.
8. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford Academy Printing. ISBN978-0195313734.
9. ^ "Fine art PEPPER – MEETS THE RHYTHM Department ★★★★★". Jazzwise. 27 August 2015. Retrieved thirty July 2020.
10. ^ Morton, Brian; Richard Cook (2010) [1992]. The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1001 Best Albums. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (10th ed.). New York: Penguin. pp. 200–201. ISBN978-0-14-104831-four.
11. ^ Ratliff, Ben (2002). "47. ART PEPPER: Art Pepper meets The Rhythm Department". The New York Times Essential Library: Jazz: A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings . Times Books. pp. 121–123. ISBN0805070680 . Retrieved 20 February 2015.

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