Artist: Art Pepper
Album: Gettin' Together!
Genre: Cool Jazz, Bop
Label: Contemporary/Original Jazz Classics
Released: 1960/1989
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Whims of Chambers (Chambers) - 7:00
- Bijou the Poodle (Pepper) - 6:04
- Why Are We Afraid? (Langdon-Previn) - 3:40
- Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise (Romberg-Hammerstein) - 7:00
- Rhythm-A-Ning (Monk) - 7:19
- Diane (Pepper) - 5:08
- Gettin' Together (original take) (Pepper) - 6:59
- Gettin' Together (alternate take) (Pepper) - 8:52
- The Way You Look Tonight (Fields-Kern) - 6:40
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- Personnel:
- Art Pepper - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Conte Candoli - trumpet
- Wynton Kelly - piano
- Paul Chambers - bass
- Jimmy Cobb - drums
As a sort of follow-up to Art Pepper's matchup with Miles Davis' trio in the 1957 classic Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section, Pepper utilizes Davis' sidemen on this 1960 near-classic. In addition to pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Jimmy Cobb, trumpeter Conte Candoli makes the group a quintet on four of the eight numbers. This time around, rather than emphasizing standards, Pepper performs just three ("Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise," Thelonious Monk's "Rhythm-A-Ning," and "The Way You Look Tonight") and includes three originals of his own: "Diane," "Bijou the Poodle," and "Gettin' Together." The music is all very straight-ahead and bop-oriented, but as usual, Pepper brings something very personal and unique to his playing; he sounds like no one else. [Some reissues add "The Way You Look Tonight" (formerly only available on another LP) and an alternate take of the title cut to the original repertoire.]
Review by Scott Yanow