Art Pepper Today

Art Pepper Today
Studio album by Art Pepper
Released	1979
Recorded	December 1 & 2, 1978
Genre	Jazz
Label	Galaxy
Producer	Ed Michel
Art Pepper chronology
Among Friends (1978) Art Pepper Today (1979) New York Album (1979)

Art Pepper Today is a 1978 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper, playing with pianist Stanley Cowell, bassist Cecil McBee, drummer Roy Haynes and percussionist Kenneth Nash.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Tom Hull	B+ ( ) [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow said that "Art Pepper, in the midst of a successful comeback, recorded this excellent set for Galaxy," which includes "a definitive version of his intense ballad 'Patricia'." ^[1]

Track listing

1. "Miss Who" (Art Pepper) – 4:42
2. "Mambo Koyama" (Art Pepper) – 6:40
3. "Lover Come Back To Me" (Sigmund Romberg; Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:51
4. "Patricia" (Art Pepper) – 10:24
5. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)" (Harry Link; Jack Strachey; Holt Marvell) – 5:44
6. "Chris's Blues" (Art Pepper) – 3:50

(Recorded on December 1 & 2, 1978.)

Personnel

• Art Pepper – alto saxophone
• Stanley Cowell  – piano
• Cecil McBee  – bass
• Roy Haynes  – drums
• Kenneth Nash  – congas & percussion on "Mambo Koyama"

Other tracks recorded at the same sessions but unissued at the time:
December 1, 1978

1. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) – 4:35
2. Untitled Original (a.k.a. "Pepper Pot") (Art Pepper) – 6:40
3. "Lover Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg; Oscar Hammerstein II) alternate version – 0:00

December 2, 1978

1. "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) – 5:18
2. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen; E.Y. Harburg) – 8:50
3. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" (Harry Link; Jack Strachey; Holt Marvell) alternate version – 5:54
4. "Over the Rainbow" alternate version – 9:09

Sources

• Richard Cook & Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin, 4th edition, 1998. ISBN   0-14-051383-3

References

1. Yanow, Scott. Art Pepper Today – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 12, 2020.
2. Hull, Tom (November 2013). "Recycled Goods (#114)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1143. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 160. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.