Art Pepper Discography

Title:Art Pepper/Elvin Jones/Very R.A.R.E

Label: (Konnex 5036)

Original issue:

Number of Tunes:6

MD Recording Date(s):JUNE 13-14/79

Personnel:Art Pepper(as)Roland Hanna(p)Richard Davis(b)Elvin Jones(d)

Review:The performances heard on this Evidence CD were originally put out by Japanese labels. The first six selections feature the potentially explosive quartet of drummer Elvin Jones, altoist Art Pepper (on four of the numbers), pianist Roland Hanna and bassist Richard Davis. Unfortunately few sparks occur, a bass-drum feature on "Pitter Pat" is a bit dull and Pepper never really cuts loose. However the two remaining tracks are much more memorable. Jones' regular quintet of 1978 (with Frank Foster on tenor and soprano, Pat LaBarbera on tenor, guitarist Roland Prince and bassist Andy McCloud) stretches out in exciting fashion on the 15½-minute "E.J. Blues" and a 26½-minute exploration of two of the movements from "A Love Supreme." Those performances (which contrast Foster's Coltrane-inspired tenor with LaBarbera's Sonny Rollins-influenced playing) make the CD worth getting