Art Pepper - The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions (1977) {9CD Box Set Contemporary 9CCD-4417-2 rel 1995}
Art Pepper - The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions (1977) {9CD Box Set Contemporary 9CCD-4417-2 rel 1995}
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© 1977, 1995 Contemporary / Fantasy | 9CCD-4417-2
Jazz / Post Bop / West Coast Jazz / Saxophone
One of the clearest examples of the creative genius of Art Pepper, especially in his later years – filled with loads of long live tracks that are a masterpiece of improvisation! The group features George Cables on piano, George Mraz on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums.
A lavish nine-disc boxed set that contains all 45 uninterrupted takes from Art Pepper's legendary stay at the Village Vanguard! Any Pepper fan will find a lot to treasure here: A Night in Tunisia; You Go to My Head; These Foolish Things; Labyrinth; My Friend John; Valse Triste; But Beautiful; Caravan; More for Les ; a solo sax rendition of Somewhere over the Rainbow ; radically-different alternate takes; witty between-song banter and spoken introductions, and more, plus an essay in the liner notes tells the whole sordid tale of Pepper's odyssey from prison to a halfway house to a late-1970s rebound that brought about some of his best music.
Art Pepper - The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions (1977) {9CD Box Set Contemporary 9CCD-4417-2 rel 1995}
Devoted fans of alto saxophonist Art Pepper share a fascination with Chet Baker fans. They find Pepper's excesses, so flatly confessed in his autobiography, Straight Life, great fodder for intense listening–which they are. Pepper had a rare talent for playing as if his horn were a lens on his torment. He played cushioned, cool melodies in the California jazz heyday and then went off to prison and hardscrabble years as an infamous heroin addict. By the time he performed the music on this massive nine-CD set, Pepper had made several comebacks, the latest of which was heroic–if fueled by chemicals and a furious need to prove himself during the Vanguard gigs caught here uninterrupted. The music bristles, whether in the pretty anguish of a solo-sax "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" or the numerous mad-charging bop heads Pepper tackles as if they were his last meals. He makes an ass of himself with some of the between-song banter, but it's all part of the big picture. For all the thorns and warts and complications, that picture shows unabated, undiluted, and unquenchable musical chops to burn here. The liner essay tells the whole sordid tale of Pepper gone from prison to a halfway house to a late-1970s rebound that urged some of his best music. If this lavish box, with its repetitions of tunes (all the takes, however, differ radically) is too much, try the individual volumes.
Art Pepper - The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions (1977) {9CD Box Set Contemporary 9CCD-4417-2 rel 1995}
Personnel
Art Pepper - tenor and alto saxophones, clarinet
George Cables - piano
George Mraz - bass
Elvin Jones - drums
Recorded in performance at the Village Vanguard, New York City on July 28-30, 1977
Art Pepper - The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions (1977) {9CD Box Set Contemporary 9CCD-4417-2 rel 1995}
Tracklist
Disc 1
1. [spoken introduction] (1:00)
2. Blues for Heard (12:22)
3. [spoken introduction] (0:40)
4. Scrapple From the Apple (11:36)
5. [spoken introduction] (0:15)
6. But Beautiful (10:55)
7. [spoken introduction] (0:22)
8. My Friend John (9:40)
9. [spoken introduction] (0:30)
10. Cherokee (16:36)
11. Blues for Heard (5:51)
Total Time: 69:52
Disc 2
1. [spoken introduction] (1:40)
2. For Freddie (14:31)
3. [spoken introduction] (0:47)
4. Valse triste (11:26)
5. [spoken introduction] (0:22)
6. Live at the Vangaurd (18:54)
7. [spoken introduction] (0:20)
8. Caravan (16:59)
9. Blues for Heard (2:29)
Total Time: 67:33
Disc 3
1. [spoken introduction] (0:26)
2. Over the Rainbow (6:51)
3. [spoken introduction] (0:29)
4. The Trip (12:37)
5. Blues for Les (11:57)
6. A Night in Tunisia (9:02)
Total Time: 41:24
Disc 4
1. [spoken introduction] (1:26)
2. No Limit (13:33)
3. [spoken introduction] (0:12)
4. Valse triste (12:22)
5. [spoken introduction] (0:46)
6. My Friend John (11:43)
7. [spoken introduction] (0:26)
8. You Go to My Head (12:15)
9. Cherokee (16:03)
10. Blues for Heard (4:19)
Total Time: 73:08
Disc 5
1. Count-Off / Blues for Heard (18:40)
2. Anthropology (14:37)
3. These Foolish Things (8:53)
4. For Freddie (12:49)
5. Blues for Heard (5:37)
Total Time: 60:38
Disc 6
1. [spoken introduction] (1:18)
2. Las Cuevas de Mario (14:29)
3. [spoken introduction] (0:12)
4. Stella by Starlight (17:50)
5. [spoken introduction] (0:15)
6. Goodbye (14:39)
7. [spoken introduction] (0:15)
8. Vanguard Max (13:50)
9. Blues for Heard (3:26)
Total Time: 66:18
Disc 7
1. Count-Off / Vanguard Max (12:43)
2. [spoken introduction] (0:39)
3. Las Cuevas de Mario (11:20)
4. [spoken introduction] (0:59)
5. Goodbye (12:15)
6. [spoken introduction] (0:27)
7. For Freddie (10:41)
8. Blues for Heard (6:49)
Total Time: 55:55
Disc 8
1. [announcement and false start] (0:55)
2. My Friend John (12:35)
3. [spoken introduction] (0:44)
4. More for Les (16:14)
5. Cherokee (21:04)
6. Blues for Heard (6:56)
Total Time: 58:30
Disc 9
1. Count-Off / For Freddie (9:21)
2. More for Les (9:34)
3. Caravan (13:55)
4. Labyrinth (12:35)
5. My Friend John (9:07)
Total Time: 54:32
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Art Pepper - The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions (1977) {9CD Box Set Contemporary 9CCD-4417-2 rel 1995}
Art Pepper - The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions (1977) {9CD Box Set Contemporary 9CCD-4417-2 rel 1995}
Art Pepper - The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions (1977) {9CD Box Set Contemporary 9CCD-4417-2 rel 1995}
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