tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786594903630282381.post6083089630914809949..comments2022-03-25T16:03:54.430-07:00Comments on TASTES: ART PEPPER: FREE: PASSION, LOVE, TERROR: MUSICLauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06646499203824342364noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786594903630282381.post-14956898693267847532014-03-25T08:52:00.377-07:002014-03-25T08:52:00.377-07:00Laurie, thank you for the tune and the background ...Laurie, thank you for the tune and the background story! <br />Goodbye and Blues for Les of the same album are some of my favorite tunes of this album.<br /><br />Kind regards,<br />JohanWhiteEaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17246106678235576053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786594903630282381.post-58464890414006219282014-03-04T23:11:25.741-08:002014-03-04T23:11:25.741-08:00Beautiful, indeed. Thank you, Laurie.Beautiful, indeed. Thank you, Laurie.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797456567128817290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786594903630282381.post-79533565528640756472014-03-04T08:04:57.027-08:002014-03-04T08:04:57.027-08:00Beautiful! When I saw that photo of Art backstage ...Beautiful! When I saw that photo of Art backstage at the Vanguard it was hard to understand he could play the way he did those nights during that long weekend. Still, the Thursday Night at The Village Vanguard is one of my absolute favorite records... Thanks Laurie.Henry Denanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16817158684071636572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786594903630282381.post-45101488769792460852014-03-04T03:41:11.080-08:002014-03-04T03:41:11.080-08:00just to say:the vanguard recordings are my favorit...just to say:the vanguard recordings are my favorites by far .art was at his best,elvin 's playing was very different of what he used to do,but he showed he could play with everybody,any style,he was awsome.one thing for sure,arts playing sounds still very modern today,specially the vanguards recording.i saw art live in 1981 at the Nice jazz festival,and he is the guy who impressed me the most:other players on other stages were dizzy,miles ,dexter,stan and even woody shaw,but art was the hot guy!wayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12516566166231689087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786594903630282381.post-47997387507907478712014-03-01T18:33:38.744-08:002014-03-01T18:33:38.744-08:00my theory on this is: Art was in awe of Trane and,...my theory on this is: Art was in awe of Trane and, knowing that Elvin Jones had been in the classic quartet, he was eager to show what he had taken from Trane's music. see, Art was a complete badass, not shy about cutting contests, he had his share of that back in the day so, of course, he's playing with Elvin, Art is going to show him where he's at. but Art could never break completely free of swinging in his music, and he had a very deep feeling for the blues, so here he shows how to express in a very free way, but within "structure", and Art is completely himself, as he always was, his music was always identifiable as Art Pepper, even from the earliest days. he may have been influenced by Johnny Hodges, Charlie Parker, or even a tenorist such as Lester Young, but Art's sound was his own. by 1977 he was able to incorporate all the inside/outside aspects of he hadf learned into his playing and here is a great example of this...Phillip B. Klinglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04553159331565315747noreply@blogger.com