A Night in Tunisia (Art Pepper album)

A Night in Tunisia
Live album by Art Pepper
Released	1983
Recorded	January 23, 1977
Venue	Bach Dynamite & Dancing Society, Half Moon Bay, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:37
Label	Storyville STCD 4146
Producer	Laurie Pepper
Art Pepper chronology
The Trip (1976) A Night in Tunisia (1983) Tokyo Debut (1977)
Art Pepper Memorial Collection cover

A Night in Tunisia is a live album by saxophonist Art Pepper, recorded in California in 1977 by and originally released on the Japanese Trio label in 1983 as Volume 4 of the Art Pepper Memorial Collection before being rereleased on the Storyville label in 1988. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow noted, "Since this was not one of Pepper's strongest groups, the LP is not essential, but fans of the unique altoist will want to pick up these interesting performances". ^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Art Pepper except where noted.

1. "Mr. Yohe" / "The Golden Gate Bridge" - 15:20
2. "The Trip" / Introduction - 11:46
3. "Lost Life" - 8:40
4. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 11:31

Personnel

• Art Pepper - alto saxophone
• Smith Dobsen - piano
• Jim Nichols - bass
• Brad Bilhorn - drums

Back Cover

References

1. Art Pepper catalog accessed October 31, 2016
2. Yanow, Scott. A Night in Tunisia – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 31, 2016.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1142. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.