Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics

Art Pepper + Eleven - Modern Jazz Classics
Studio album by Art Pepper
Released	January/February 1960
Recorded	12 March, 24 March, 12 May 1959
Genre	Jazz
Length	53:55
Label	Contemporary/OJC
Producer	Lester Koenig
Art Pepper chronology
Mucho Calor (1957) Art Pepper + Eleven - Modern Jazz Classics (1959) Gettin' Together (1960)

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Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics is a 1960 jazz big band album by saxophonist Art Pepper performing under the direction and arrangements of Marty Paich. The recording is one of several dates Pepper made with Paich and his big band in 1959 and is the only one with Pepper as leader. The recording focuses on big band arrangements of modern jazz classics by Marty Paich, including Denzil Best's "Move," Thelonious Monk's "’Round Midnight," Gerry Mulligan's "Walkin' Shoes". Highlights of the recording are Pepper's clarinet performances on "Anthropology" and the alternate takes of "Walkin'."

Track listing

1. "Move" (Denzil Best) –3:26
2. "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) –3:22
3. "Opus de Funk" (Horace Silver) –3:13
4. "'Round Midnight" (Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Williams) –3:32
5. "Four Brothers" (Jimmy Giuffre) –2:57
6. "Shaw 'Nuff" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) –2:58
7. "Bernie's Tune" (Leiber, Miller, Stoller) –2:44
8. "Walkin' Shoes" (Gerry Mulligan) –3:31
9. "Anthropology" (Gillespie, Charlie Parker) –3:19
10. "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) –3:01
11. "Walkin'" [Original Take] (Richard Carpenter) –5:15
12. "Walkin'" [Alternate Take] (Carpenter) –4:54
13. "Walkin'" [Alternate Take] (Carpenter) –4:58
14. "Donna Lee" [Original Take] (Miles Davis) –3:23
15. "Donna Lee" [Alternate Take] (Miles Davis) –3:22

(Recorded on 12 March, 24 March, 12 May 1959.)

Personnel

• Art Pepper — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Pete Candoli — trumpet
• Al Porcino — trumpet
• Jack Sheldon — trumpet
• Dick Nash — trombone
• Bob Enevoldsen — valve trombone, tenor saxophone
• Vince DeRosa — French horn
• Herb Geller — alto saxophone
• Bud Shank — alto saxophone
• Charlie Kennedy — alto saxophone
• Bill Perkins — tenor saxophone
• Richie Kamuca — tenor saxophone
• Med Flory — baritone saxophone
• Russ Freeman — piano
• Joe Mondragon — bass
• Mel Lewis — drums
• Marty Paich — arranger, conductor

References

1. Yanow, Scott. Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics at AllMusic
2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 160. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Sources

• Art Pepper & Laurie Pepper. Straight Life. New York, Schirmer, 1979. ISBN 0-306-80558-8
• Art Pepper Discography Page (http://www.jazzdisco.org/pepper/)