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Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981

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Released
  
1996

Length
  
141:59

Producer
  
Ik Skovgaard

Release date
  
1996

Recorded
  
July 3, 1981

Label
  
Galaxy 2GCD 8201-2

Artists
  
Art Pepper, Duke Jordan

Genre
  
Jazz

Venue
  
Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark

Similar
  
Duke Jordan albums, Jazz albums

Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 is a live album by saxophonist Art Pepper and pianist Duke Jordan recorded in 1981 at the Jazzhus Montmartre by Danmarks Radio and released on the Galaxy label as a double CD in 1996.

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Steven McDonald noted "Art Pepper was in the process of dying at the time this recording was made, but there's no lack of energy, no loss of vitality. A two-CD live jazz set that's well worth having and should not be overlooked".

Track listing

All compositions by Art Pepper except where noted.

Disc one

  1. "Blues Montmartre" - 14:01
  2. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) - 9:27
  3. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 7:18
  4. "Caravan" (Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 15:48
  5. "Rhythm-a-Ning" (Thelonious Monk) - 14:26
  6. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 12:18

Disc two

  1. "Bésame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar) - 22:06
  2. "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) - 8:46
  3. "Radio Blues" - 11:40
  4. "Good Bait" (Tadd Dameron, Count Basie) - 10:41
  5. "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 15:28

Personnel

  • Art Pepper - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Duke Jordan - piano
  • David Williams - bass
  • Carl Burnett - drums
  • References

    Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 Wikipedia