Art Pepper - Anthropology (Official Visualizer)

Released as part of the Acoustic Sounds Series celebrating 70 years of Contemporary Records, Saxophonist Art Pepper’s classic big band album +Eleven/Modern Jazz Classics features tracks by Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker and more. First released in 1960 and recorded by legendary engineers Roy DuNann and Howard Holzer, this new edition features ALL-ANALOG mastering from the original tapes by Bernie Grundman. The record is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at QRP and presented in a Stoughton Old Style Tip-On Jacket.

[WillisWills]

As instantly recognizable on clarinet as alto, what a voice!

[davideichler]

I remember Buddy DeFranco dissing Art Pepper's clarinet playing in a blindfold test. Although Pepper didn't have anywhere near the technique of DeFranco on clarinet, I prefer Pepper's playing and sound.