Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics

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Art Pepper + Eleven - Modern Jazz Classics
Album by Art Pepper
Released	1959
Recorded	12 March, 24 March, May 12, 1959
Genre	Jazz
Length	53:55
Label	Contemporary/OJC
Producer	Lester Koenig
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Art Pepper chronology
Mucho Calor (1957)	Art Pepper + Eleven - Modern Jazz Classics (1959)	Getting’ Together (1960)

Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics is a 1959 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'."

[edit] Track listing

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

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Sources

• Art Pepper & Laurie Pepper. Straight Life. ISBN 0-30680-558-8
• Art Pepper Discography Page (http://www.jazzdisco.org/pepper/)