Unreleased Art Vol. V: Stuttgart May 25, 1981

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Unreleased Art Vol. V: Stuttgart May 25, 1981
Live album by Art Pepper

Publication
(s)

2010

Label (s) Widow's button

Format (s)

2 CD

Genre (s)

Modern jazz , postbop

Title (number)

10

occupation

production

Laurie Pepper

Studio (s)

Liederhalle Stuttgart

chronology
The Art History Project: Unreleased Art Vol. IV
(2009) 		Unreleased Art Vol. V: Stuttgart May 25, 1981 Unreleased Art Vol. VI: Blues for the Fisherman
(2011)
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Unreleased Art Vol. V: Stuttgart May 25, 1981 is a posthumous album by the alto saxophonist Art Pepper . The recordings, which were made at a concert on May 25, 1981 in the Stuttgart Liederhalle , were released in 2010 on Widow's Taste , the label of his widow Laurie Pepper. It was the fifth album in a series of releases from the estate entitled Unreleased Art .

background

In May 1981 Art Pepper traveled to Europe with pianist Milcho Leviev , bassist Bob Magnusson and drummer Carl Burnett. The alto saxophonist and his trio were on the road for the whole month and played 18 concerts on the continent. During the tour, the recordings for the posthumous Art Pepper album Unreleased Art, Vol. 3: The Croydon Concert , a recording from a concert in Great Britain, also in May 1981, were made.

Laurie Pepper said in an interview with Marc Myers, “A man from Europe contacted me. Art Pepper fans around the world send me recordings of arts gigs. Apparently Europe was full of people recording concerts and club appearances during this period. ”The Stuttgart concert was derived from three different sources recorded or collected by the same person who provided the tapes of the Croydon concert. These recordings were repaired and remastered by Wayne Peet (Newzone Studios). Other parts were recorded and broadcast by Süddeutscher Rundfunk.

In the liner notes , Laurie Pepper noted that this part of the tour was not precisely documented; the pieces are put together in an approximation of the likely course of the show. In any case, she suspects that she has positioned the front and rear ends correctly, because Pepper usually started the set with a fast blues, in this case "True Blues", and ended the concert with a vehicle for improvisation, as here " Cherokee ”The set overlaps with the Croydon concert for the tracks“ Yours Is My Heart Alone ”,“ Patricia ”,“ Make a List (Make a Wish) ”and“ Cherokee ”.

Track list

Liederhalle Stuttgart: View from the upper area of ​​the foyer onto a staircase and the lower area
  • Art Pepper: Unreleased Art Vol.V: Stuttgart May 25, 1981 (Widow's Taste APM 10001)
CD 1
  1. True Blues (Art Pepper) 13:13
  2. Yours Is My Heart Alone ( Franz Lehár , F. Löhner , Ludwig Herzer ) 11:16
  3. Landscape (Art Pepper) 14:39
  4. Patricia (Art Pepper) 1:45 p.m.
  5. For Freddie (Art Pepper) 11:57
CD 2
  1. Straight Life (Art Pepper) 8:36
  2. Avalon ( Al Jolson , Buddy DeSylva , Vincent Rose ) 7:07
  3. Make a List (Make a Wish) (Art Pepper) 23:58
  4. Over the Rainbow ( EY Harburg , Harold Arlen ) 13:00
  5. Cherokee ( Ray Noble ) 12:05

reception

Marc Myers wrote in Jazzwax, Stuttgart, May 25, 1981 showing Pepper in Germany in an almost trance-like state and presenting outstanding versions of "For Freddie", "Straight Life", "Yours Is My Heart Alone" and "Over the Rainbow". The sound of the recording is lively and clear, and the warmth given off by the group is coherent. For the author, the album represents the highlight of the Unheard Art series so far.

C. Michael Bailey gave the album the highest rating of five stars in All About Jazz and wrote: “The Stuttgart concert consisted of two of Pepper's greatest ballads, his original composition 'Patricia', written for his daughter, and ' Over the Rainbow 'from The Wizard of Oz . The second ballad is one of those untouchable songs that nature has reserved for the most emotional players. Pepper interpreted it throughout his life after 1970, always with acute release. This band is sharpened by the problematic relationship between Pepper and the pianist Milcho Leviev. While the pianist George Cables had a special relationship with Pepper (who called him Mr. Beautiful ), Leviev, who did not take Pepper so seriously, conflicted with the leader in such a way that there was a tension that refined these performances. "

Although Pepper and Leviev split the long “Make a List (Make a Wish)” among themselves, the song actually belongs to bassist Bob Magnusson and drummer Carl Burnett, Bailey said. Leviev, Magnusson and Burnett turned the piece into "a rock masterpiece", as pianist Gene Harris did with " Summertime " on Ray Brown's album Bam Bam Bam (Concord, 1988). When Pepper steps in for his solo part, he conjures up “a little bit of John Coltrane , who took possession of him in the early 1970s. Pepper works his way out and proves what a great R&B saxophonist he is, funky and rich, full of that greasy good charm that gets feet stomping and parishioners shouting amen . "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Marc Myers: Art Pepper: Stuttgart, May 25, 1981. Jazzwax, May 28, 2010, accessed on March 27, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c C. Michael Bailey: Art Pepper: Art Pepper: Unreleased Art, Vol V: Stuttgart May 25, 1981. All About Jazz, June 10, 2010, accessed on March 27, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ a b Unreleased Art Vol. V: Stuttgart May 25, 1981 at Discogs