A Night in Tunisia (Art Pepper album)

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A Night in Tunisia
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Live album by
Released1983
RecordedJanuary 23, 1977
VenueBach Dynamite & Dancing Society, Half Moon Bay, CA
Genre Jazz
Length46:37
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
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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]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
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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

Back Cover

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References

  1. Art Pepper catalog accessed October 31, 2016
  2. 1 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.