The Art Pepper Quartet

The Art Pepper Quartet is an album by saxophonist Art Pepper featuring sessions from 1956 recorded for the Tampa label.[1][2] The album was rereleased on CD on Original Jazz Classics with bonus tracks in 1994.

This article is about the album recorded in 1956. For the album recorded in 1981, see APQ (album).
The Art Pepper Quartet
Studio album by
Art Pepper
Released1957
RecordedNovember 23, 1956
StudioRadio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA
GenreJazz
Length43:29
LabelTampa
TP 20
ProducerRobert Scherman
Art Pepper chronology
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(1956)		 The Art Pepper Quartet
(1957)		 Art Pepper with Warne Marsh
(1957)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow observed: "The quality of the music here is high, if brief -- even with his erratic lifestyle, Pepper never made a bad record ... Fine music, but not essential when one considers how many gems Art Pepper recorded during his rather hectic life".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Art Pepper except where noted.

  1. "Art's Opus" - 5:48
  2. "I Surrender Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) - 5:31
  3. "Diane" - 3:35
  4. "Pepper Pot" - 5:03
  5. "Bésame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar) - 4:00
  6. "Blues at Twilight" - 3:58
  7. "Val's Pal" - 2:03
  8. "Pepper Pot" [alternate take] - 2:27 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Blues at Twilight" [alternate take] - 4:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Val's Pal" [take 1] - 2:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Val's Pal" [take 4] - 2:22 Bonus track on CD reissue
  12. "Val's Pal" [take 5] - 2:14 Bonus track on CD reissue

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References
  1. Art Pepper catalog accessed October 25, 2016
  2. Burgess, B. W. and Fitzgerald, M. Tampa Records Listing accessed October 25, 2016
  3. Yanow, Scott. The Art Pepper Quartet – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
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