Art Pepper – Modern Art: Tone Poet Series (180g Mono Vinyl LP)

All-Analog 180g Mono Vinyl LP of Art Pepper Quartet’s Modern Art: Blue Note Tone Poet Reissue Mastered From the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray and Pressed at RTI

Recorded in Hollywood, California between two sessions in December 1956 and January 1957, Art Pepper’s Modern Art for the Intro label was an exemplar of West Coast Jazz that featured his melodic alto saxophone flights atop cool jazz, bebop, and blues in the company of a quartet with Russ Freeman on piano, Ben Tucker on bass, and Chuck Flores on drums. This unfailingly swinging set of originals and standards opens with Pepper’s “Blues In,” closes with his “Blues Out,” and includes sublime versions of “Bewitched,” “Stompin’ At The Savoy,” “What Is This Thing Called Love,” and other delights in between.

This mono Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe tip-on jacket.

Musicians:
Art Pepper – Alto Saxophone
Ben Tucker – Bass
Russ Freeman – Piano
Chuck Flores – Drums

Side A:

1. Blues In
2. Bewitched
3. When You’re Smiling
4. Cool Bunny

Side B:

1. Diannes’ Dilemma
2. Stompin’ At The Savoy
3. What Is This Thing Called Love
4. Blues Out