Art Pepper Today

Art Pepper Today is a 1978 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper, playing with pianist Stanley Cowell, bassist Cecil McBee, drummer Roy Haynes and percussionist Kenneth Nash.

Reception

Template:Music ratings AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow said that "Art Pepper, in the midst of a successful comeback, recorded this excellent set for Galaxy," which includes "a definitive version of his intense ballad 'Patricia'."

Track listing

1. "Miss Who" (Art Pepper) – 4:42
2. "Mambo Koyama" (Art Pepper) – 6:40
3. "Lover Come Back To Me" (Sigmund Romberg; Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:51
4. "Patricia" (Art Pepper) – 10:24
5. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)" (Harry Link; Jack Strachey; Holt Marvell) – 5:44
6. "Chris's Blues" (Art Pepper) – 3:50

(Recorded on 1 December & 2 December 1978.)

Personnel

• Art Pepper – alto saxophone
• Stanley Cowell – piano
• Cecil McBee – bass
• Roy Haynes – drums
• Kenneth Nash – congas & percussion on "Mambo Koyama"

Other tracks recorded at the same sessions but unissued at the time:
1 December 1978

1. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) – 4:35
2. Untitled Original (a.k.a. "Pepper Pot") (Art Pepper) – 6:40
3. "Lover Come Back To Me" (Sigmund Romberg; Oscar Hammerstein II) alternate version – 0:00

2 December 1978

1. "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) – 5:18
2. "Over The Rainbow" (Harold Arlen; E.Y. Harburg) – 8:50
3. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)" (Harry Link; Jack Strachey; Holt Marvell) alternate version – 5:54
4. "Over The Rainbow" (Harold Arlen; E.Y. Harburg) alternate version – 9:09

Sources

• Richard Cook & Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin, 4th edition, 1998. Template:ISBN