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ART PEPPER

Played with everyone from Stan Kenton and Shorty Rogers to Chet Baker, Henry Mancini, and Quincy Jones.

The classic album Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section was recorded with Miles Davis’ rhythm section.

In the 1952 Downbeat Readers Poll he finished second only to Charlie Parker for Best Alto Sax player.

Authored a book about his life and music with his wife, Laurie, called Straight Life.

 

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Recordings Available for Sync

A Minor Blues In F
COMPOSER(S): Lee Konitz
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 3: Lee Konitz
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1982

Allen's Alley (Live)
COMPOSER(S): Denzil Best
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Neon Art: Volume Two
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1981

Angel Eyes
COMPOSER(S): Matt Dennis/Earl Brent
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1970s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 4: Bill Watrous
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1979

Angel Eyes (Alternate Take)
COMPOSER(S): Matt Dennis/Earl Brent
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 4: Bill Watrous
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1979

Angel Wings
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 5: Jack Sheldon
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Anniversary Song
COMPOSER(S): Iosif Ivannovici/Al Jolson/Saul Chaplin
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 3: Lee Konitz
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1982

Art’s Opus
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: The Art Pepper Quartet
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1957

Arthur's Blues (Live)
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Neon Art: Volume Three
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1981

Atlas Blues
COMPOSER(S): Sonny Stitt
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 1: Sonny Stitt
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Autumn In New York
COMPOSER(S): Vernon Duke
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 1: Sonny Stitt
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Begin The Beguine
COMPOSER(S): Cole Porter
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1970s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 4: Bill Watrous
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1979

Bernie’s Tune
COMPOSER(S): Bernie Miller
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 1: Sonny Stitt
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Bernie’s Tune (Take 1)
COMPOSER(S): Bernie Miller
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 1: Sonny Stitt
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Bernie’s Tune (Take 2)
COMPOSER(S): Bernie Miller
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 1: Sonny Stitt
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Bésame Mucho
COMPOSER(S): Consuelo Velasquez/Sunny Skylar
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: The Art Pepper Quartet
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1957

Blues At Twilight
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: The Art Pepper Quartet
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1957

Blues At Twilight (Alternate)
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: The Art Pepper Quartet
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1957

Blues For Blanche (Live)
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Neon Art: Volume One
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1981

Broadway
COMPOSER(S): Ray Henderson/Buddy DeSylva/Lew Brown
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 5: Jack Sheldon
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Broadway (Alternate Take)
COMPOSER(S): Ray Henderson/Buddy DeSylva/Lew Brown
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 5: Jack Sheldon
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Cherokee
COMPOSER(S): Ray Noble
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 3: Lee Konitz
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1982

Diane
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: The Art Pepper Quartet
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1957

Everything Happens To Me
COMPOSER(S): Thomas Adaire/Matt Dennis
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 2: Pete Jolly
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Everything Happens To Me (Live)
COMPOSER(S): Thomas Adaire/Matt Dennis
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Neon Art: Volume Three
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1981

For Art’s Sake
COMPOSER(S): Bill Watrous
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1970s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 4: Bill Watrous
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1979

Funny Blues
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1970s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 4: Bill Watrous
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1979

Funny Blues (Alternate Take)
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1970s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 4: Bill Watrous
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1979

Groovin’ High
COMPOSER(S): Dizzy Gillespie
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 1: Sonny Stitt
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Groovin’ High (Alternate Take)
COMPOSER(S): Dizzy Gillespie
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 1: Sonny Stitt
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

High Jingo
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 3: Lee Konitz
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1982

Historia de un Amor
COMPOSER(S): Carlos Eleta Almarán
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 5: Jack Sheldon
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Historia de un Amor (Jack Sheldon Vocal)
COMPOSER(S): Carlos Eleta Almarán
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 5: Jack Sheldon
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Hollywood Jam Blues
COMPOSER(S): Shelly Manne/Art Pepper/BIll Watrous
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 6: Shelly Manne
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1981

How High The Moon
COMPOSER(S): Morgan Lewis
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 1: Sonny Stitt
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

I Surrender Dear (1957)
COMPOSER(S): Harry Barris/Gordon Clifford
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: The Art Pepper Quartet
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1957

I Surrender Dear (1980)
COMPOSER(S): Harry Barris/Gordon Clifford
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 2: Pete Jolly
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
COMPOSER(S): George Bassman/Ned Washington
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 6: Shelly Manne
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1981

I’m Getting Sentimental Over You (Alternate Take)
COMPOSER(S): George Bassman/Ned Washington
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 6: Shelly Manne
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1981

Imagination
COMPOSER(S): Johnny Burke/Jimmy Van Heusen
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 1: Sonny Stitt
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Jack’s Blues
COMPOSER(S): Jack Sheldon/Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 5: Jack Sheldon
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Just Friends (1979)
COMPOSER(S): John Klenner/Samuel Lewis
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1970s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 4: Bill Watrous
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1979

Just Friends (1981)
COMPOSER(S): John Klenner/Samuel Lewis
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 6: Shelly Manne
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1981

Lester Leaps In
COMPOSER(S): Lester Young
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 1: Sonny Stitt
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Limehouse Blues
COMPOSER(S): Douglas Furber/Philip Braham
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 6: Shelly Manne
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1981

Lover Come Back To Me
COMPOSER(S): Sigmond Romberg/Oscar Hammerstein II
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 6: Shelly Manne
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1981

Lover Man
COMPOSER(S): Jimmy Davis/Roger Ramirez/Jimmy Sherman
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 1: Sonny Stitt
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Make A List (Make A Wish) (Live)
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Neon Art: Volume Three
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1981

Mambo Koyama (Live)
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Neon Art: Volume Two
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1981

Minority
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 5: Jack Sheldon
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Minority (Alternate Take)
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 5: Jack Sheldon
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

My Funny Valentine
COMPOSER(S): Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 1: Sonny Stitt
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Night And Day
COMPOSER(S): Cole Porter
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 2: Pete Jolly
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Out Of Nowhere
COMPOSER(S): Johnny Green
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 2: Pete Jolly
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Over The Rainbow (Live)
COMPOSER(S): Harold Arlen/E.Y. Harburg
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Neon Art: Volume Two
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1981

P. Town
COMPOSER(S): Al Cohn
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1970s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 4: Bill Watrous
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1979

Pepper Pot
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: The Art Pepper Quartet
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1957

Pepper Pot (Alternate)
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: The Art Pepper Quartet
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1957

Red Car (Live)
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Neon Art: Volume One
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1981

S’Wonderful
COMPOSER(S): George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 3: Lee Konitz
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1982

S’Wonderful (Alternate Take)
COMPOSER(S): George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 3: Lee Konitz
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1982

Scrapple From The Apple
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 1: Sonny Stitt
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
COMPOSER(S): Sigmond Romberg/Oscar Hammerstein II
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 5: Jack Sheldon
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Strike Up The Band
COMPOSER(S): George Gershwin
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 2: Pete Jolly
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

The Shadow Of Your Smile
COMPOSER(S): Johnny Mandrel/Paul Francis Webster
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 3: Lee Konitz
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1982

These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
COMPOSER(S): Jack Strachey/Harry Marvell
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 6: Shelly Manne
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1981

Val’s Pal
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: The Art Pepper Quartet
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1957

Val’s Pal (Take 1)
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: The Art Pepper Quartet
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1957

Val’s Pal (Take 2 Incomplete/Take 3 False Start/Take 4)
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: The Art Pepper Quartet
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1957

Val’s Pal (Take 5/Take 6 Incomplete)
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1950s
AVAILABLE ON: The Art Pepper Quartet
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1957

Walkin’
COMPOSER(S): Richard Carpenter
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 1: Sonny Stitt
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Wee
COMPOSER(S): Charlie Parker
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 1: Sonny Stitt
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Wee (Take 1)
COMPOSER(S): Charlie Parker
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 1: Sonny Stitt
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

When Your Lover Has Gone
COMPOSER(S): Einar Aaron Swan
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1970s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 4: Bill Watrous
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1979

Whims Of Chambers
COMPOSER(S): Paul Chambers
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 3: Lee Konitz
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1982

Whims Of Chambers (Alternate Take)
COMPOSER(S): Paul Chambers
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 3: Lee Konitz
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1982

Y.I. Blues
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 2: Pete Jolly
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Y.I. Blues (Alternate Take)
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 2: Pete Jolly
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

Y.I. Blues (Take 3)
COMPOSER(S): Art Pepper
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 2: Pete Jolly
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

You Got To My Head
COMPOSER(S): Fred Coots
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 2: Pete Jolly
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
COMPOSER(S): Cole Porter
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 5: Jack Sheldon
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980

You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To (Alternate Take)
COMPOSER(S): Cole Porter
GENRES & ERA: Jazz, 1980s
AVAILABLE ON: Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 5: Jack Sheldon
YEAR OF RECORDING: 1980