From: marvo@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (ronald.f.roberts)
Subject: Re: Hello!,NEW TO News Group
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Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 17:28:31 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.135853.4700@news.cs.brandeis.edu> rardin@binah.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
>In article <lmcohen.33ig@terapin.com>, lmcohen@terapin.com (Lee Cohen) writes:
>>I'd like to introduce myself and say that I've enjoyed reading the posts on
>>this forum the last few days and would like to join in.  I've been a jazz fan
>>for 20 years and collect CD's, videos, books, and just about anything I can get
>>my hands on.   My special passion is ART PEPPER.  Currently my CD collection
>>includes 80 PEPPER titles, this of course includes the Fantasy Box Set and a
>>number of Japanese and European imports.  I have a special interest also in all
>>the music of the "West Coast", primarily becasue of PEPPER, and the fact that
>>I'm a native Californian...
>
>Welcome, Lee!  I've actually been thinking about picking up some Art Pepper.  
>The only thing I currently own is a couple of Pacific Jazz Chet Baker/Pepper 
>reissues (PLAYBOYS and THE ROUTE).  What's your suggestions for the first 
>couple Pepper CDs everyone should own?
>
>-Lynn  (rardin@auriga.rose.brandeis.edu)

Another welcome to Lee from another Art Pepper fan! I would also be interested
Lee in a reading of your favs.  Following is a RECDB short print out of CDs
in my collection (I haven't entered the Galaxy box set yet).  Thanks is due
to Marcel and Sandeep for helping with RECDB.  Art Pepper LPs are yet to be
entered.

My reommendations are A Night @ The Surf Club Vols. 1 & 2 for Art's first
live club date w/ Hampton Hawes, Joe Mondragon & Larry Bunker recorded in
1952; Modern Art for a 1956 studio quartet date w/ Carl Perkins, Ben Tucker
& Chuck Flores; Meets The Rhythm Section for a 1957 studio date with Miles'
rhythm section; The Trip for a 1976 quartet studio date w/ Elvin Jones, George
Cables & David Williams; So In Love a 1979 quartet studio date w/ Charlie
Haden, Cables & Billy Higgins and Darn That Dream, probably the first Art
Pepper CD title released in 1983/4.  This is just a brief time cross-section
of selections.  BTW "So In Love" is included in the Galaxy box set.

Of course, there is much more to "West Coast" besides Art Pepper. How about
Dodo Marmoroso's California *trio* & *solo* recordings? Or Wardell Gray,
Sonny Criss, Chet Baker, Hampton Hawes, 1952-3 Rumsey Lighthouse All-Stars,
Lorraine Geller, Ornette Coleman?

Finally, I have fond memories of seeing Art gig at Fat Tuesdays' in NYC
in the early 80s. The intensity of his playing at that point suggested he
had resolved his turbulent life style as chronicled in "Straight Life".

As a leader:
Baker, Chet - Chet Baker & Art Pepper The Route (Capitol/Pacific Jazz 1989, CD)
Baker, Chet - Chet Baker & Art Pepper Playboys  (Capitol/Pacific Jazz 1990, CD)
Pepper, Art - Surf Ride                                        (Savoy 1991, CD)
Pepper, Art - Straight Life The Savoy Sessions                 (Savoy 1984, CD)
Pepper, Art - A Night At The Surf Club, Vol. 1            (Xanadu/EPM 1988, CD)
Pepper, Art - A Night At The Surf Club, Vol. 2            (Xanadu/EPM 1988, CD)
Pepper, Art - Art Pepper Quartet Vol. 1 With The Son (Time Is Records 1991, CD)
Pepper, Art - The Return Of Art Pepper                     (Blue Note 1988, CD)
Pepper, Art - Art Pepper Quartet Val's Pal                  (V.S.O.P. 1988, CD)
Pepper, Art - Art Pepper With Warne Marsh               (Contemporary 1986, CD)
Pepper, Art - The Artistry of Pepper                    (Pacific Jazz 1992, CD)
Pepper, Art - Modern Art                                   (Blue Note 1988, CD)
Pepper, Art - Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section       (Contemporary 1986, CD)
Pepper, Art - The Art of Pepper                            (Blue Note 1988, CD)
Pepper, Art - Art Pepper + Eleven Modern Jazz Classics  (Contemporary 1986, CD)
Pepper, Art - Gettin' Together                          (Contemporary 1986, CD)
Pepper, Art - Smack Up                                  (Contemporary 1986, CD)
Pepper, Art - Intensity                                 (Contemporary 1986, CD)
Pepper, Art - Art Pepper Quartet '64 In San Francisco    (Fresh Sound 1991, CD)
Pepper, Art - Art Pepper Quintet Live at Donte's Vol. 1  (Fresh Sound 1989, CD)
Pepper, Art - I'll Remember April Live At Foothill Colleg (Storyville 1988, CD)
Pepper, Art - Living Legend                             (Contemporary 1987, CD)
Pepper, Art - The Trip                                  (Contemporary 1987, CD)
Pepper, Art - A Night In Tunisia Live At Bach Dynamite An (Storyville 1988, CD)
Pepper, Art - No Limit                                  (Contemporary 1987, CD)
Pepper, Art - First Live In Japan                            (Polydor 1989, CD)
Pepper, Art - Art Pepper Live In Japan Vol. 1 Ophelia     (Storyville 1988, CD)
Pepper, Art - Art Pepper Live In Japan Vol. 2 The Summer  (Storyville 1988, CD)
Pepper, Art - Among Friends                               (Storyville 1989, CD)
Pepper, Art - So In Love                               (Artists House 1987, CD)
Pepper, Art - Landscape                                       (Galaxy 1991, CD)
Pepper, Art - Winter Moon                                     (Galaxy 1986, CD)
Pepper, Art - Laurie's Choice                            (Fresh Sound 1992, CD)
Pepper, Art - Pepper-Farrell-Cables Darn That Dream         (RealTime 1983, CD)
Pepper, Art - Goin' Home                                      (Galaxy 1984, CD)
Pepper, Art - Final Art: Art Pepper Last Concert 1982         (TOFREC 1991, CD)
Also plays on:
Jones, Elvin - Very R.A.R.E. & Love And Peace                 (Konnex 1992, CD)
Paich, Marty - Marty Paich Quartet Featuring Art Pepper     (V.S.O.P. 1989, CD)
Paich, Marty - Marty Paich Big Band Moanin'                (Discovery 1989, CD)
Also on records:
	None
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Ron Roberts
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rfr@pruxp.att.com, phone: 609-639-2242, fax: 609-639-3121