Art Pepper was not only one of the greatest alto sax players the jazz world has ever known, he was also one of the few to emerge in the immediate post-bop era who did not fall under the spell of Charlie Parker. Art developed his fluent and individual style through his deep admiration for tenor sax maestro Lester Young. This 40 track double CD traces his emergence and development, playing with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (1943, 1947, 1950-1951), accompanying scat vocalist Babs Gonzales (1949), with Shorty Rogers & His Giants (1951) and leading his own quartet (1952). The accompanying 16 page booklet tells his story and includes a discography of the recordings.

CD 1:
[1] HARLEM FOLK DANCE (Kenton) 1943
[2] HOW HIGH THE MOON (Hamilton, Lewis) 1948
[3] THE CONTINENTAL (Conrad, Magidson) 1949
[4] PRELUDE TO A NIGHTMARE (Gonzales) 1949
[5] JOLLY ROGERS (Rogers) 1950
[6] ART PEPPER (Rogers) 1950
[7] VIVA PRADO (Rogers) 1950
[8] DYNAFLOW (Kenton, Pepper) 1951
[9] POPO (Rogers) 1951
[10] DIDI (Rogers) 1951
[11] FOUR MOTHERS (Giuffre) 1951
[12] OVER THE RAINBOW (Harburgh, Arlen) 1951
[13] APROPOS (Rogers) 1951
[14] SAM AND THE LADY (Rogers) 1951
[15] HOW HIGH THE MOON (Hamilton, Lewis) 1952
[16] SUZY THE POODLE (Pepper) 1952
[17] EASY STEPPIN' (Pepper) 1952
[18] TICKLE TOE (Young) 1952
[19] PATTY CAKE (Pepper) 1952
[20] MOVE (Best) 1952
[21] ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE (Kern, Hammerstein) 1952
[22] DON'T BLAME ME (Fields, McHugh) 1952

CD 2:
[1] SURF RIDE (Pepper) 1952
[2] ROSE ROOM (Williams, Hickman) 1952
[3] SUZY THE POODLE (Pepper) 1952
[4] A NIGHT IN TUNISIA (Gillespie, Paparelli) 1952
[5] SPIKED PUNCH (Pepper) 1952
[6] THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT (Kern, Fields) 1952
[7] MINOR YOURS (Pepper) 1952
[8] CHILI PEPPER (Pepper) 1952
[9] LAMJHP (Pepper) 1952
[10] EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME (Dennis, Adair) 1952
[11] BROWN GOLD (Pepper) 1952
[12] THESE FOOLISH THINGS (Marvell, Strachey, Link) 1952
[13] . SURF RIDE (Pepper) 1952
[14] HOLIDAY FLIGHT (Pepper) 1952
[15] CHILI PEPPER (Pepper) 1952
[16] SUZY THE POODLE (Pepper) 1952
[17] EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME (Dennis, Adair) 1952
[18] TICKLE TOE (Young) 1952

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