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Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard

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Released
  
1979

Label
  
Contemporary S 7642

Release date
  
1979

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
58:07

Artist
  
Art Pepper

Producer
  
Lester Koenig

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Recorded
  
July 28, 1977 Village Vanguard in NYC

Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977)
  
Friday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977)

Similar
  
Friday Night at the Village V, The Trip, Landscape, Living Legend, Smack Up

Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard is a live album by saxophonist Art Pepper, recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1977 and released on the Contemporary label.

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Art Pepper's appearances at the Village Vanguard in 1977 were a major success, making the brilliance of the West Coast-based altoist obvious to the New York critics... the music is consistently stimulating and emotional".

Track listing

All compositions by Art Pepper except as indicated

  1. "Valse Triste" - 11:15
  2. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) - 11:49
  3. "Blues for Les" - 11:45
  4. "My Friend John" - 9:21

Personnel

  • Art Pepper - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • George Cables - piano
  • George Mraz - bass
  • Elvin Jones - drums
  • References

    Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard Wikipedia