The Art Pepper Quartet on Tampa

[GA Russell]

I received an email today from Laurie Pepper's website.

She is now offering the Tampa album The Art Pepper Quartet for download for $9.00.

She is also offering the 3:33 track Diane for free.

http://artpepper.bandcamp.com/album/free-diane-from-the-art-pepper-quartet

[paul secor]

Some prime Pepper on that. Also available on CD: http://www.amazon.com/Art-Pepper-Quartet-Tampa-Masters/dp/B000000Z09/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1424141679&sr=1-1&keywords=art+pepper+tampa

[Larry Kart]

If I had to pick one Art Pepper album, that would be it. "Besame Mucho" and "I Surrender Dear" especially.

[king ubu]

Yes, it's one of his best (though I think at gun point, I might go for "Intensity").

Regarding the story Laure tells about how she acquired the master - did this end up with Charlie Parker Records as well? They released the Paich Quartet w/Pepper as "Chile Pepper", prob. 1961/62ish, which was quite a few years before Laurie bought it, and she mentions being offered the entire CPR catalogue. Who would have been the owner of that back then? And who bought it just after she had to decline? All I know is that cheapo box set which was discussed in some depth here:

... and looking up contents there, I see half of "Art Pepper Quartet" was indeed on a CPR album titled "Pepper Manne".

And looking further, in Marcello says that:

Koch Records hit the jackpot when they purchased the Charlie Parker Records catalogue, a superb little label run by Black Music lover Aubrey Mayhew

anyway, this is all a bit off topic here, but after all it was Laurie's mail and comment that triggered it

[clifford_thornton]

The LP known later as Chile Pepper was issued by Tampa in 1958 as the Marty Paich Quartet.

[Peter Friedman]

It would require some careful listening for me to select my one favorite Art Pepper album. Just listened to the quartet on Tampa/ Fresh Sound and it is certainly a very good one.

By coincidence I had just played the CD - "South American Cookin'" by the Curtis Fuller Quintet with Zoot Sims, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Merritt and Dave Bailey.

I mention this because the tune "Besame Mucho' is on this CD as well as on the Art Pepper CD. Both versions are damn nice, but I prefer the one by the Curtis Fuller

quintet. Zoot plays a wonderful solo and Fuller is at his best.In fact the entire Fuller CD is top notch.

[ejp626]

It would require some careful listening for me to select my one favorite Art Pepper album. Just listened to the quartet on Tampa/ Fresh Sound and it is certainly a very good one.

By coincidence I had just played the CD - "South American Cookin'" by the Curtis Fuller Quintet with Zoot Sims, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Merritt and Dave Bailey.

I mention this because the tune "Besame Mucho' is on this CD as well as on the Art Pepper CD. Both versions are damn nice, but I prefer the one by the Curtis Fuller

quintet. Zoot plays a wonderful solo and Fuller is at his best.In fact the entire Fuller CD is top notch.

I haven't played the Fuller in a long time, but it is nice. I should see if I can dig it out.

[Big Beat Steve]

Anyway, thanks to the thread starter for reminding everyone of this Tampa album.

Had lined up the Rogers/Pepper "Popo" album on Xanadu for some listening and will now add the Tampa LP too.

[sonnymax]

Has anyone listened to the free download of "Diane"? The first several seconds are marred by "warble" in the piano introduction, something that is not apparent on the OJC reissue. Don't know if the other tracks contain additional irregularities.