A mostly musical fallow period characterized by Pepper's multiple prison and drug rehabilitation stays. There was some notable biodiscographics to consider. Pepper's playing had come under the spell ...

Roughly about a year before Art Pepper was sentenced to 3 to 20 years in San Quentin State Prison on heroin charges, he made this recording. Miles Davis' rhythm section was briefly available in Los ...

Art Pepper was a self-taught jazz saxophonist who never practiced. But he earned acclaim as one of the greatest alto players to follow in the footsteps of Charlie Parker, and one of the foremost ...

Art Pepper was an authentic Los Angeles jazz original. Born in Gardena in 1925, his career was immersed in almost every aspect of Southland jazz, from Central Avenue--which was still vibrant in his ...

As a full-time professional musician and teacher of brass instruments for almost 30 years, I have frequently explained to students the inaccuracy of the old adage that “practice makes perfect” ...

Laurie Pepper is the wife of the late alto saxophonist Art Pepper, who died in 1982 and was considered to be the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. Laurie Pepper has just ...

Russ Denton has fallen victim to Art Pepper’s legendary self-mythologising (Letters, 23 August 23). Pepper practised assiduously, in and out of prison. He’d not only played in the six months previous ...

A “holy grail” for many jazz music collectors, Surf Ride has been re-issued by Craft Recordings as part of its Original Jazz Classics series. The album cover is peak 1950s with cheesecake charm and ...

Alan Barnes joins Alyn Shipton to choose saxophonist Art Pepper's finest recordings, and also reveals his remarkable talents on the clarinet, on the tenor sax and as a composer. Show more Despite a ...

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