Soon, I promise. Soon.

Hoped to have something up for Valentine's Day but came down with the black plague or something.  Been sick for a week and a half.  Next week, I'll post a new freebie (maybe a taste of the album I want to release in June).  Stand by.  L.

VIDEO: Art Pepper, Jimmy Witherspoon

Worth Sharing!  (click here)

The voting was persuasive. There will be brand new unreleased Art in June.

MUSIC: First Taste for 2012

As a New Year's gift, I'm offering a FREE download of my favorite version of Art's beautiful ballad, "Lost Life."

Click HERE and then 1. right click on "Lost Life"  and then 2. select "download link."  It's yours to keep.  It's been released on various foreign labels and on disc 3 of the 3 disc set, "The Art History Project."   It was recorded at Bach Dynamite & Dancing in 1977 and features Art Pepper, Smith Dobson (p), Jim Nichols (b), and Brad Billhorn (ds) Enjoy it.  

PLUS Click HERE for a free listen.  "Angel Eyes," 1979, Art Pepper, the very great Russ Freeman, Bob Magnusson, Carl Burnett, recorded by the Japanese label, Atlas, at Sage & Sound Studios in Hollywood.*  Join my jumbo mailing list to stay informed of new music posts:   Subscribe (I don't share or sell my list)

(below, Art Pepper @Bach Dynamite & Dancing.)

* here's a question for the fans as well.  The "Angel Eyes" track has appeared on certain Japanese releases and also in the boxed set licensed to Fantasy Records/Concord.  I'm thinking of making all five discs available as per-disc downloads from CD Baby along with PDF of liner notes and photos.  I'd also make it possible to download each disc as flac files (from my own website).  These tracks feature Art in a variety of settings:  with Sonny Stitt, Lee Konitz, Jack Sheldon, Bob Cooper, Bill Watrous, Pete Jolly, Mike Lang, Milcho Leviev, Russ Freeman, Lou Levy, Monty Budwig, Bob Magnusson, John Heard, Tony Dumas, Chuck Domanico, Shelly Manne, Roy McCurdy, Carl Burnett, John Dentz.  They are studio recordings of excellent quality.  If I were to do this, I wouldn't be able to put out the next "Unreleased Art Pepper" until October or even November of 2012.

So, friends, would you be interested in purchasing some or all of this material at the reasonable rates I've tried to become famous for?  The poll is above right.