| Pepper's Pow Wow | ||||
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| Released | 1971 | |||
| Recorded | January 7, 1971 New York City | |||
| Genre | Crossover Jazz/Native American music | |||
| Length | 38:42 | |||
| Label | Embryo SD 731 | |||
| Producer | Daniel Weiss | |||
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Pepper's Pow Wow is the debut album led by Native American saxophonist and composer Jim Pepper recorded in 1971 and first released on Herbie Mann's Embryo label. [1] [2] [3]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "while Pepper's Pow Wow is not strictly a jazz record, nor is it a folk record or a rock record, it is something far greater than merely the sum of those things". [4]
All compositions by Gilbert Pepper except as indicated
Herbert Jay Solomon, known professionally by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flautist and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet, but Mann was among the first jazz musicians to specialize on the flute. His most popular single was "Hijack", which was a Billboard No. 1 dance hit for three weeks in 1975.
Jim Gilbert Pepper II was a jazz saxophonist, composer and singer of Kaw and Muscogee Creek Native American heritage. He moved to New York City in 1964, where he came to prominence in the late 1960s as a member of The Free Spirits, an early jazz-rock fusion group that also featured Larry Coryell and Bob Moses. Pepper went on to have a lengthy career in jazz, recording almost a dozen albums as a bandleader and many more as featured soloist. Pepper and Joe Lovano held down the two tenor sax chairs in Paul Motian's band, recording three LPs in 1984, 1985 and 1987. Motian described Pepper's playing as "post-Coltrane". Don Cherry was among those who encouraged Pepper to bring more of his Native culture into his music, and the two collaborated extensively. Pepper died of lymphoma aged 50.
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