{"product_id":"art-pepper-art-pepper-meets-the-rhythm-section","title":"Art Pepper – Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section (Craft Recordings reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003eReleased as part of the Acoustic Sounds Series celebrating 70 years of Contemporary Records, Saxophonist Art Pepper’s first album \u003cem\u003eMeets The Rhythm Section\u003c\/em\u003e features Pepper’s legendary sessions with the East Coast rhythm section for Miles Davis’s quintet. Originally released in 1957 and recorded by legendary engineer Roy DuNann this new edition features ALL-ANALOG mastering from the original tapes by Bernie Grundman. It is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at QRP and presented in a Stoughton Old Style Tip-On Jacket. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/craftrecordings.com\/products\/art-pepper-art-pepper-meets-the-rhythm-section-contemporary-records-acoustic-sounds-series-180-gram-lp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLabel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaking a classic better and affordable?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArt Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section\u003c\/em\u003e is a mythic recording. The circumstances surrounding its genesis were first revealed in Pepper's steely autobiography Straight Life and reproduced countless times in articles and liner notes. Here it goes, one more time. On the morning of the recording session, January 19, 1957, Pepper's then-wife Diane informed him that she had secured an afternoon recording session with the Miles Davis rhythm section who were in Los Angeles appearing with Davis. Unhappily surprised and with a horn in bad need of repair, Pepper fixed an extra large amount of heroin and was off to the session. The music produced from this chaos has been described as \"a diamond of recorded jazz history.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe material for the session previously selected by the artists. After some discussion, drummer Philly Joe Jones suggested Cole Porter's \"You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To\" and the historic session was off and running. The date gradually began to take shape. Red Garland provided an original \"Red Pepper Blues.\" The Burke\/Van Heusen ballad \"Imagination\" was included. The quartet mixed things up with the New Orleans classic \"Jazz Me Blues\" played against Chano Pozo's Afro-Cubano credo \"Tin Tin Deo\" (featuring some solid drumming by Jones) A pair of blues juxtaposes as well. \"Waltz Me Blues\" was a session original composed by Pepper and bassist Paul Chambers. It is lilting and light. It stands in great contrast to John Birks \"Dizzy\" Gillespie's smoky minor blues \"Birks' Works.\" Perhaps central to the recording was the Pepper original \"Straight Life.\" This Pepper classic is a complex and fast paced piece of West Coast Be Bop. It, along with \"Somewhere over the Rainbow,\" would become his signature song. A brisk \"Star Eyes\" and bonus track \"The Man I Love\" round out the collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArt Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section\u003c\/em\u003e is one of those singular events that can only occur in a blaze like reading King Lear by a lightning flash. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutjazz.com\/art-pepper-meets-the-rhythm-section-remastered-art-pepper-contemporary-review-by-c-michael-bailey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAll About Jazz\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore about the Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCraft Recordings and Acoustic Sounds are proud to announce the Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds series, which begins with six album releases from the Contemporary Records catalog, celebrating 70 years of the legendary jazz label. The releases are supervised by Chad Kassem, CEO of Acoustic Sounds, the world's largest source for audiophile recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach title, originally engineered by Roy DuNann and\/or Howard Holzer, features all-analog mastering from the original tapes by legendary engineer Bernie Grundman (himself a former employee of the label), as well as unsurpassed audiophile pressing on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings, presented in a Stoughton Printing old-style tip-on jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe series highlights gems from Contemporary's extraordinary catalog and features artists who both defined and expanded the sound of West Coast jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0KVlRrpun0BBnfJFeVTLfX?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinyl Tracklist\u003cbr\u003eA1 You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To\u003cbr\u003eA2 Red Pepper Blues\u003cbr\u003eA3 Imagination\u003cbr\u003eA4 Waltz Me Blues\u003cbr\u003eA5 Straight Life\u003cbr\u003eB1 Jazz Me Blues\u003cbr\u003eB2 Tin Tin Deo\u003cbr\u003eB3 Star Eyes\u003cbr\u003eB4 Birks Works\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Craft Recordings \/ Stereo Records\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds series\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180 g\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2023 \/ Originally Released: 1957\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Bop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Audiophile Jazz\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Craft Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46366955077790,"sku":"888072230941","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/Screenshot-2026-01-03-175732.png?v=1767434440","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.com\/products\/art-pepper-art-pepper-meets-the-rhythm-section","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}