Art Pepper - Art Pepper + Eleven

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Free Music Review: This CD is amazing - I can't stop playing it
Hit: 5 Stars

The songs on this album are all covers of modern jazz classics; and I don't use the word "classics" lightly. He covers such jazz masters as: Dizzy, Monk, Rollins Mulligan, Bird and others. I think all of the original artists covered here must of been floored over how well this album came out.

The arranging on this album is masterful. Marty Paich set up an infrastructure that just lets Pepper tear into it. And when he does, you just say "wow!"

Some brand name musicians contribute here such as trumpet player, Jack Sheldon; (Merv Griffin's band leader, and also a former vocalist on the "School house Rock" series), Bill Perkins, Russ Freeman and many more contribute as well.

The liner motes are pretty good though they do label Art Pepper a tenor sax player rather than an alto. That's a huge, unforgivable, error but the history of the CD and the quotes by Marty Paich are thoughtful and nice.

This CD is up there with "The Birth of Cool"! It is that important of a contribution to the art of jazz.

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