HAPPY BIRTHDAY ART PEPPER 9/01/2018

Art's birthday is tomorrow, September 1, but I'm getting an early start. So...

Free for a WEEK-AND-A-DAY. Then, gone

ALTERNATE TAKE

Maybe it's because I've got an awful summer cold and it's driving me INSANE, but I've decided to post this devastatingly beautiful thing. I won't, can't tell you anything  about it except to say that once upon a time there was going to be an "alternate ballads" album. In other words, this tune wasn't considered to be as good as another version of Our Song which has been released.

Sorry I've Been Busy with What You See and Hear Below! COMING IN NOVEMBER!

Unreleased Art Pepper Vol 10: Toronto June 16 1977

A 3 disc set from Widow's Taste Records
Music is "A Song For Richard" by Joe Gordon

A month before the legendary Vanguard sessions. Art on fire at the outset of his first ever U.S. Tour as a leader. Here he is leaving the gate in a blur of pent-up energy. With a standout band: Bernie Senensky (p), Terry Clarke (ds), Dave Piltch / Gene Perla alternating on bass. Includes a 32 page full color booklet with music, anecdotes, philosophizing, and gossip, as usual.