MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 2 x 200gr (clarity Vinyl) 45rpm UHQR Deluxe Box
CONDITION sealed
COVER AND BOX Box and Gatefold M mint
SERIALNUMBER Yes
LIMITED Yes, to 2750 copies
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo, Deluxe 16-Page Booklet
BOX AND COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE --
Art Pepper - alto sax
Red Garland - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
Philly Joe Jones - drums
you´d be so nice to come home to - 5:25
red pepper blues - 3:36
imagination - 5:39
waltz me blues - 2:55
straight life - 3:58
jazz me blues - 4:32
tin tin deo - 7:42
star eyes - 5:12
birks works - 4:15
Step into the timeless jazz realm of saxophone great Art Pepper!
Embark on a musical journey like no other with Pepper's iconic album Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section, now available in a breathtaking Ultra High Quality Record vinyl edition from Analogue Productions
The Perfect Trio: Pepper, Garland, Chambers, and Jones
Imagine the magic when Art Pepper, the virtuoso of the alto saxophone, joins forces with the legendary rhythm section of Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums
This 1957 Contemporary Records label debut spotlights their synergy on classics such as "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" and "Waltz Me Blues," sounding nothing short of sublime!
For Pepper, known for his emotionally charged performances, Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section marked a career milestone
According to him, the album was recorded under enormous pressure, as he first learned of the recording session the morning he was due in the studio, and he had never met the other musicians, all of whom he greatly admired
His horn was also in less than exceptional condition
Still, the session produced results that Becky Byrkit, writing for AllMusic, deemed, "a diamond of recorded jazz history"
Brian Morton and Richard Cook, writing for The Penguin Jazz Guide (10th ed.), described Meets The Rhythm Section as "a poetic, burning date, with all four men playing above themselves...
Between them, they'd delivered a masterpiece"
Meets The Rhythm Section also shares a storied link to the origins of Contemporary Records, founded in 1951 by Lester Koenig
RECORDING January 19 1957 at Contemporary Studios, Los Angeles, CA
ENGINEERING Roy DuNann
LABEL Contemporary
RE MASTERING Bernie Grundman
RE RELEASED 2025
AVERAGE RATING 4.95 Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Quality Record Pressings
MADE IN USA
STYLE Jazz / Cool Jazz / Post Bop / West Coast Jazz
AVAILABLE as long as inventory stock
