Art Pepper - Meets The Rhythm Section (2LP, 45RPM, UHQR, 200g, Clear vinyl, Box set)
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Alto Saxophone – Art Pepper [click here to see more vinyl featuring Art Pepper]
Bass – Paul Chambers [click here to see more vinyl featuring Paul Chambers]
Drums – Philly Joe Jones [click here to see more vinyl featuring Philly Joe Jones]
Piano – Red Garland [click here to see more vinyl featuring Red Garland]
2 LP, Box set, gatefold jacket, 16 page booklet
Limited to 2750 numbered copies
Original analog Master tape : YES
UHQR
Heavy Press : 200g
Record color : clear vinyl
Speed : 45RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Contemporary Records
Recorded January 19, 1957 at Contemporary's Studio, Los Angeles
Engineered by Roy DuNann
Produced by Chad Kassem
Mastered by Bernie Grundman
Originally released in 1957
Reissued in 2025
Tracks:
Side A:
- You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
- Red Pepper Blues
Side B:
- Imagination
- Waltz Me Blues
- Straight Life
Side C:
- Jazz Me Blues
- Tin Tin Deo
Side D:
- Star Eyes
- Birks Works
Reviews :
“By the time of this, Art Pepper's tenth recording as a leader, he was making his individual voice on the alto saxophone leave the cozy confines of his heroes Charlie Parker and Lee Konitz. Joining the Miles Davis rhythm section of pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Philly Joe Jones made the transformation all that more illuminating. It's a classic east 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. A bit of a flip, loosened but precise interpretation of the melody on "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" gets the ball rolling, followed by a "Bags Groove" parallel with "Red Pepper Blues," and a delicate, atypical treatment of "Imagination." A compositional collaboration of Pepper and Chambers on the quick "Waltz Me Blues" and hard-edged, running-as-fast-as-he-can take of "Straight Life" really sets the gears whirring. Philly Joe Jones is a great bop drummer, no doubt, one of the all-time greats with Kenny Clarke and Max Roach. His crisp Latin-to-swing pace for "Tin Tin Deo" deserves notice, masterful in its creation and seamlessness. Pepper makes a typical "Star Eyes" brighter, and he goes into a lower octave tone, more like a tenor, for "Birks Works" and the bonus track "The Man I Love." It's clear he has heard his share of Stan Getz in this era. Though Art Pepper played with many a potent trio, this one inspires him to the maximum, and certainly makes for one of his most substantive recordings after his initial incarcerations, and before his second major slip into the deep abyss of drug addiction.” AllMusic Review by Michael G. Nastos
UHQR :
UHQR pressing is inspired from JVC Japan, which 30 years ago was the pinnacle of high-quality vinyl. Each UHQR vinyl is pressed, using hand-selected vinyl, on a manual Finebilt press with attention paid to every single detail of every single record. The 200-gram records feature the same flat profile that helped to make the original UHQR so desirable. From the lead-in groove to the run-out groove, there is no pitch to the profile, allowing your stylus to play truly perpendicular to the grooves from edge to center. Every UHQR is hand-inspected upon pressing completion, and only the truly flawless are allowed to go to market.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,93 / 5