Two Altos
1959 studio album by Art Pepper and Sonny Red
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Studio album by Art Pepper and Sonny Red | ||||
Released | 1959 | |||
Recorded | March 4, 1952 (#5) March 29, 1953 (#3) August 25, 1954 (#1, 6) Los Angeles, CA November 12, 1957 (#2, 4) Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 32:01 | |||
Label | Regent Regent MG 6069 | |||
Producer | Ozzie Cadena | |||
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Two Altos is an album by American alto saxophonists Art Pepper and Sonny Red. The four standards which appear on the album were recorded in Los Angeles with West Coast-jazz musicians between 1952 and 1954, whilst the two originals were recorded at Van Gelder Studio, in 1957. Regent Records, a subsidiary of Savoy, released these recordings in 1959.
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Track listing
- "Deep Purple" (Robbins, Parish) - 3:58
- "Watkins Production" (Doug Watkins) - 9:36
- "Everything Happens to Me" (Dennis, Adair) - 3:08
- "Redd's Head" (Sonny Red) - 9:13
- "These Foolish Things" (Maschwitz, Link, Strachey) - 2:41
- "What's New" (Haggart, Burke) - 3:25
Personnel
Tracks 1, 6
- Art Pepper - alto saxophone
- Jack Montrose - tenor saxophone
- Claude Williamson - piano
- Monty Budwig - bass
- Larry Bunker - drums
Tracks 2, 4
- Sonny Red - alto saxophone
- Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
- Wynton Kelly - piano
- Doug Watkins - bass
- Elvin Jones - drums
Track 3
- Art Pepper - alto saxophone
- Russ Freeman - piano
- Bob Whitlock - bass
- Bobby White - drums
Track 5
- Art Pepper - alto saxophone
- Hampton Hawes - piano
- Joe Mondragon - bass
- Larry Bunker - drums
References
- ^ Two Altos at AllMusic
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Years given are for the recording(s) featuring Art Pepper, not first release.
leader
or
co-leader
- Surf Ride (1952–54)
- Two Altos (with Sonny Red, 1952–57)
- The Return of Art Pepper (1956)
- Playboys/Picture of Heath (1956)
- The Art Pepper Quartet (1956)
- Art Pepper with Warne Marsh (1956)
- Modern Art (1956–57)
- Collections (1957)
- Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957)
- Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics (1959)
- Gettin' Together (1960)
- Intensity (1960)
- Smack Up (1960)
- Living Legend (1975)
- The Trip (1976)
- A Night in Tunisia (1977)
- Tokyo Debut (1977)
- No Limit (1977)
- Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977)
- Friday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977)
- Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977)
- More for Les at the Village Vanguard (1977)
- San Francisco Samba (1977)
- Among Friends (1978)
- Art Pepper Today (1978)
- New York Album (1979)
- So in Love (1979)
- Artworks (1979)
- Landscape (1979)
- Besame Mucho (1979)
- Straight Life (1979)
- One September Afternoon (1980)
- Winter Moon (1980)
- APQ (1981)
- Art 'n' Zoot (with Zoot Sims, 1981)
- Arthur's Blues (1981)
- Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 (1981)
- Roadgame (1981)
- Art Lives (1981)
- Goin' Home (with George Cables, 1982)
- Tête-à-Tête (with George Cables, 1982)
Stan
Kenton
- The Kenton Era (1940–54)
- Stan Kenton's Milestones (1943–47)
- A Presentation of Progressive Jazz (1947)
- Stan Kenton Classics (1947)
- Encores (1947)
- Innovations in Modern Music (1950)
- Stan Kenton Presents (1950)
- The Innovations Orchestra (1950–51)
- This Modern World (1951)
- Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (1950–52)
Shorty
Rogers
- Modern Sounds (1951)
- Popo (1951)
- Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953)
- Cool and Crazy (1953)
- The Swingin' Nutcracker (1960)
others
- Chet Baker Big Band (1956)
- Mucho Calor (Conte Candoli, 1957)
- Hoagy Sings Carmichael (Hoagy Carmichael, 1956)
- California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976)
- Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959)
- On the Road (Art Farmer, 1976)
- Birds and Ballads (Johnny Griffin, 1978)
- Mistral (Freddie Hubbard, 1980)
- Very R.A.R.E. (Elvin Jones, 1979)
- Some Like It Hot (Barney Kessel, 1959)
- The West Coast Sound (Shelly Manne, 1953)
- Cool Heat (Anita O'Day, 1959)
soundtracks
- The Gauntlet (Jerry Fielding, 1977)
- Heart Beat (Jack Nitzsche, 1980)
- The Subterraneans (André Previn, 1960)