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Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Early Art

Early Art cover
RecordedJul 1954
LabelBlue Note
Released1954
Personnel10 credited players
Discogsmaster 4285668

The record

Blue Note's 1976 gathering of early Pepper, including July 1954 sides with Russ Freeman and Shelly Manne -- the alto already singing through West Coast cool.

Session personnel

  • Art Pepper — alto saxophone
  • Ben Tucker — bass
  • Leroy Vinnegar — bass
  • Chuck Flores — drums
  • Joe Morello — drums
  • Shelly Manne — drums
  • Gerald Wiggins — piano
  • Russ Freeman — piano
  • Jack Sheldon — trumpet
  • Red Norvo — vibraphone [vibraharp]

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1976Blue Note — MONO

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