Art Pepper - The Complete Galaxy Recordings (1989)

Altoist Art Pepper was at the height of his career during his final five years. A brilliant improviser in the 1950s, by the late '70s the many dark experiences he had had in life were reflected in a deep emotional intensity in his playing. He played each solo as if it might be his last and his passion was brutally honest. This giant 16-CD Galaxy set features Pepper at the peak of his powers. Most of the performances are in a quartet setting, although this collection also includes a session with strings, five unaccompanied alto solos (he also plays clarinet on a few tracks), and a pair of CDs in which Pepper performs duets with pianist George Cables. Some songs are repeated on different CD's, but being improvisational jazz, of course they're all different.



Tracks:



Disc: 1
1. Miss Who? - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
2. Mambo Koyama - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
3. Lover, Come Back to Me - Art Pepper, Hammerstein, Oscar
4. Patricia - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
5. These Foolish Things - Art Pepper, Link, Harry
6. Chris's Blues - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
7. Over the Rainbow - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
8. Yardbird Suite - Art Pepper, Parker, Charlie
9. I Love You - Art Pepper, Porter, Cole
10. Pepper Pot - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
11. These Foolish Things - Art Pepper, Link, Harry

Disc: 2
1. Over the Rainbow - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
2. Straight, No Chaser - Art Pepper, Monk, Thelonious
3. Straight, No Chaser - Art Pepper, Monk, Thelonious
4. Yesterdays - Art Pepper, Harbach, Otto
5. A Night in Tunisia - Art Pepper, Gillespie, Dizzy
6. A Night in Tunisia - Art Pepper, Gillespie, Dizzy
7. Diane - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
8. My Friend John - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art

Disc: 3
1. Duo Blues - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
2. Blues for Blanche - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
3. Landscape - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
4. Stardust - Art Pepper, Carmichael, Hoagy
5. Donna Lee - Art Pepper, Parker, Charlie
6. Donna Lee - Art Pepper, Parker, Charlie
7. Blues for Blanche - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
8. Blues for Blanche - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
9. So in Love - Art Pepper, Porter, Cole

Disc: 4
1. Lover Man - Art Pepper, Davis, Jimmy [3]
2. Body and Soul - Art Pepper, Eyton, Frank
3. You Go to My Head - Art Pepper, Coots, J. Fred
4. Tin Tin Deo - Art Pepper, Fuller, Gil
5. Stardust - Art Pepper, Carmichael, Hoagy
6. Anthropology - Art Pepper, Gillespie, Dizzy
7. In a Mellow Tone - Art Pepper, Ellington, Duke
8. Desafinado - Art Pepper, Cavanaugh, Jesse
9. My Friend John - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
10. My Friend John - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art

Disc: 5
1. True Blues - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
2. Avalon - Art Pepper, DeSylva, Buddy
3. The Trip - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
4. Landscape - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
5. Sometime - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
6. Mambo de la Pinta - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
7. Red Car - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art

Disc: 6
1. Over the Rainbow - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
2. Mambo Koyama - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
3. Straight Life - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
4. Besame Mucho - Art Pepper, Skylar, Sunny
5. True Blues - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
6. Avalon - Art Pepper, DeSylva, Buddy
7. The Shadow of Your Smile - Art Pepper, Mandel, Johnny

Disc: 7
1. Landscape - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
2. Sometime - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
3. Mambo de la Pinta - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
4. Red Car - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
5. Over the Rainbow - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
6. Mambo Koyama - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
7. Straight Life - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art



Disc: 8
1. Besame Mucho - Art Pepper, Skylar, Sunny
2. But Beautiful - Art Pepper, Burke, Johnny
3. When You're Smiling - Art Pepper, Fisher, Mark
4. Surf Ride - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
5. Nature Boy - Art Pepper, Ahbez, Eden
6. Straight Life - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
7. September Song - Art Pepper, Anderson, Maxwell
8. Make a List (Make a Wish) - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
9. Long Ago (And Far Away) - Art Pepper, Gershwin, Ira

Disc: 9
1. Nature Boy - Art Pepper, Ahbez, Eden
2. Our Song - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
3. Here's That Rainy Day - Art Pepper, Burke, Johnny
4. That's Love - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
5. Winter Moon - Art Pepper, Carmichael, Hoagy
6. When the Sun Comes Out - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
7. Blues in the Night - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
8. The Prisoner - Art Pepper, Lawrence, Jack
9. Ol' Man River - Art Pepper, Kern, Jerome
10. Here's That Rainy Day - Art Pepper, Burke, Johnny

Disc: 10
1. Winter Moon - Art Pepper, Adamson, Harold
2. When the Sun Comes Out - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
3. Our Song - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
4. The Prisoner - Art Pepper, Lawrence, Jack
5. Mr. Big Falls His J.G. Hand - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
6. Close to You Alone - Art Pepper, McBee, Cecil
7. There Will Never Be Another You - Art Pepper, Gordon, Mack
8. Melolev - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
9. Goodbye, Again! - Art Pepper, Cowell, Stanley
10. Brazil - Art Pepper, Russell, Bob
11. There Will Never Be Another You - Art Pepper, Gordon, Mack
12. Melolev - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art

Disc: 11
1. Goodbye, Again! - Art Pepper, Cowell, Stanley
2. Donna Lee - Art Pepper, Parker, Charlie
3. What's New? - Art Pepper, Burke, Johnny
4. Landscape - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
5. Valse Triste - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
6. Thank You Blues - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art

Disc: 12
1. Road Waltz - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
2. For Freddie - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
3. But Beautiful - Art Pepper, Burke, Johnny
4. Mambo Koyama - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
5. Landscape - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art

Disc: 13
1. Roadgame - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
2. Mambo Koyama - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
3. Everything Happens to Me - Art Pepper, Adair, Tom
4. Allen's Alley (Wee) - Art Pepper, Best, Denzil
5. Road Waltz - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art

Disc: 14
1. Samba Mom Mom - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
2. When You're Smiling - Art Pepper, Fisher, Mark
3. But Beautiful - Art Pepper, Burke, Johnny
4. Roadgame - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
5. For Freddie - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
6. Arthur's Blues - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art

Disc: 15
1. Over the Rainbow - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
2. Tête-À-Tête - Art Pepper, Cables, George
3. Darn That Dream - Art Pepper, DeLange, Eddie
4. Body and Soul - Art Pepper, Sour, Robert
5. The Way You Look Tonight - Art Pepper, Fields, Dorothy
6. 'Round Midnight - Art Pepper, Hanighen, Bernie
7. A Night in Tunisia - Art Pepper, Gillespie, Dizzy
8. Samba Mom Mom - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
9. Last Thing Blues - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
10. Over the Rainbow - Art Pepper, Arlen, Harold
11. Body and Soul - Art Pepper, Eyton, Frank

Disc: 16
1. Goin' Home - Art Pepper,
2. Samba Mom Mom - Art Pepper, Pepper, Art
3. In a Mellow Tone - Art Pepper, Ellington, Duke
4. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Art Pepper, Greene, Joe
5. Isn't She Lovely - Art Pepper, Wonder, Stevie
6. Billie's Bounce - Art Pepper, Parker, Charlie
7. Lover Man - Art Pepper, Davis, Jimmy
8. The Sweetest Sounds - Art Pepper, Rodgers, Richard
9. You Go to My Head - Art Pepper, Coots, J. Fred
10. You Go to My Head - Art Pepper, Coots, J. Fred
11. Stardust - Art Pepper, Carmichael, Hoagy
12. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Art Pepper, Greene, Joe
13. Darn That Dream - Art Pepper, DeLange, Eddie
14. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Art Pepper, Greene, Joe