MARCH FREEBIE COMES IN LIKE A ROARING LION

A rare recording of Art Pepper during the transitional "Coltrane" phase that led him to create the richest music of his career (1974-1982) and inspired critic Gary Giddins to label that music "a touchstone for the very aesthetics of jazz music." If you want the WHOLE TRACK, just the music, click on BUY NOW and enter zero (though you can always leave a dollar or so in the tip jar to encourage a continuing flow of unreleased Art Pepper!)

This short video is a glimpse at a longer video artwork based on the stories in Straight Life: the Story of Art Pepper by Art and Laurie Pepper. That short movie is a work in progress. It includes a number of jazz performances from all the stages of Art's career, and Art Pepper's voice (as recorded by Laurie Pepper when she interviewed him for Straight Life) provides the narration. The enacted sequences feature James Intveld and Lisa Joffrey as Art and his wife Diane. Laurie is played by Tracy Middendorf.

You may download or embed this video for FREE. I've forced it to this small size for the moment. It may be available bigger later! CLICK ON THE LITTLE V (lower right hand corner)

to download the video from VIMEO.



If you want to see the video FULL size and hear George Cables, David Williams, and Carl Burnett playing Art's charts with numerous sax-ists, SEE BELOW (& click on the flyer for details).