Pepper's figurative embracing of heroin addiction wrought changes in his style which by the time of these sessions were sufficient to have largely overhauled his music. In the early years of his ...

It is fitting that Art Pepper’s late and most productive period enjoyed this degree of documentation. Marginalized during the majority of his haphazard career, Pepper rose above the resistance to be ...

Jazz saxophonist Art Pepper was born 100 years ago today. He started on clarinet at age 9 and debuted on record with Stan Kenton at age 18. Pepper had an intensive and creative alto saxophone style ...

A “holy grail” for many jazz music collectors, Surf Ride has been re-issued by Craft Recordings as part of its Original Jazz Classics series. The album cover is peak 1950s with cheesecake charm and ...