The Art Pepper companion : writings on a jazz original / edited by Todd Selbert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Selbert, Todd.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pepper, Art, 1925-1982--Criticism and interpretation.

Pepper, Art.

Pepper, Art, 1925-1982--Drug use.

Pepper, Art, 1925-1982.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

x, 268 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Cooper Square Press edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Cooper Square Press, 2000.

Summary:

Art Pepper (1925-1982) is generally considered the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. This compendium represents the absolute finest of the hundreds of pieces written on Art Pepper over a "brilliant but crosswired career spanning forty years." Edited by jazz writer and Pepper authority Todd Selbert, this collection contains rare interviews, reminiscences, critical profiles, liner notes, record and book reviews, and essays by the world's most esteemed jazz writers.

Dave Solomon confronts the antediluvian drug laws that crippled Pepper's career; Gary Giddins reflects on Pepper's place as a white musician in a predominantly black subculture and later reviews a breathtaking 1980 New York performance; Grover Lewis examines Pepper's grueling, lifelong battle with heroin with a transcendence equaled only by the musician's own autobiography, Straight Life; Dan Morgenstern reviews a classic 1977 Los Angeles gig; Bob Blumenthal expounds on Pepper's tremendous gifts as both a soloist and group player; John Litweiler addresses the unique harmonic and melodic elements of Pepper's improvisational style; and Terry Martin looks at three watershed recordings; Steve Voce offers an extensive overview of Pepper's recording career; Arthur F. Kinney and Hal Hill accurately and compellingly eulogize Pepper; and Ted Gioia offers touching, personal recollections of his association with the saxophonist; among many others.

Furnished with a selected discography and rare photos and album covers (including images in full color), The Art Pepper Companion is an indispensable guide to the music of one of jazz's most gifted and troubled artists.

Contents:

1 Gettin' Together / Martin Williams 1

2 Intensity / Richard Hadlock, Lester Koenig 5

3 Art Pepper-Marty Paich Inc. / Alun Morgan 8

4 Art Pepper's Thanksgiving / Dave Solomon 16

5 Art Pepper / Clive Loveless 18

6 Art Pepper: Toward a New White Jazz / Terry Martin 23

7 Pepper, Art / Max Harrison 46

8 Of Dope and Death: The Saga of Art Pepper / Grover Lewis 49

9 Some Interesting Contemporaries / Michael James 66

10 Art Is the Art / Pete Welding 71

11 A Night at Donte's / Dan Morgenstern 77

12 The Whiteness of the Wail / Gary Giddins 79

13 Baring a White Man's Burdens / Bob Blumenthal 85.

Notes:

The writings were previously published 1960-1998.

Includes discography (pages 248-254) and bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0815410670

OCLC:

44951977