More for Les at the Village Vanguard
1985 live album by Art Pepper
More for Les at the Village Vanguard | ||||
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Live album by Art Pepper | ||||
Released | 1985 | |||
Recorded | July 28, 29 & 30, 1977 Village Vanguard in NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 55:29 | |||
Label | Contemporary C 7650 | |||
Producer | Lester Koenig | |||
Art Pepper chronology | ||||
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More for Les at the Village Vanguard is live album by saxophonist Art Pepper, recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1977 and released on the Contemporary label as the Volume Four of Pepper's Vanguard recordings.[1][2]
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "The great altoist was clearly excited to be playing at the famous New York club, and his rhythm section -- pianist George Cables, bassist George Mraz and drummer Elvin Jones -- consistently stimulates his imagination".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Art Pepper except as indicated
- Introduction - 0:52
- "No Limit" - 12:46
- "These Foolish Things" (Jack Strachey, Harry Link, Holt Marvell) - 8:03
- Introduction - 0:33
- "More for Les" - 15:17
- "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 6:37
- "Scrapple from the Apple" (Charlie Parker) - 11:21 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
- Art Pepper - alto saxophone, (tenor saxophone on These Foolish Things), (clarinet on More For Les)
- George Cables - piano
- George Mraz - bass
- Elvin Jones - drums
References
- ^ Art Pepper Catalog accessed February 1, 2016
- ^ Art Pepper : An Illustrated Discography of a Jazz Survivor accessed February 1, 2016
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. More for Les at the Village Vanguard – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1143. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Years given are for the recording(s) featuring Art Pepper, not first release.
leader
or
co-leader
- Surf Ride (1952–54)
- Two Altos (with Sonny Red, 1952–57)
- The Return of Art Pepper (1956)
- Playboys/Picture of Heath (1956)
- The Art Pepper Quartet (1956)
- Art Pepper with Warne Marsh (1956)
- Modern Art (1956–57)
- Collections (1957)
- Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957)
- Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics (1959)
- Gettin' Together (1960)
- Intensity (1960)
- Smack Up (1960)
- Living Legend (1975)
- The Trip (1976)
- A Night in Tunisia (1977)
- Tokyo Debut (1977)
- No Limit (1977)
- Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977)
- Friday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977)
- Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977)
- More for Les at the Village Vanguard (1977)
- San Francisco Samba (1977)
- Among Friends (1978)
- Art Pepper Today (1978)
- New York Album (1979)
- So in Love (1979)
- Artworks (1979)
- Landscape (1979)
- Besame Mucho (1979)
- Straight Life (1979)
- One September Afternoon (1980)
- Winter Moon (1980)
- APQ (1981)
- Art 'n' Zoot (with Zoot Sims, 1981)
- Arthur's Blues (1981)
- Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 (1981)
- Roadgame (1981)
- Art Lives (1981)
- Goin' Home (with George Cables, 1982)
- Tête-à-Tête (with George Cables, 1982)
Stan
Kenton
- The Kenton Era (1940–54)
- Stan Kenton's Milestones (1943–47)
- A Presentation of Progressive Jazz (1947)
- Stan Kenton Classics (1947)
- Encores (1947)
- Innovations in Modern Music (1950)
- Stan Kenton Presents (1950)
- The Innovations Orchestra (1950–51)
- This Modern World (1951)
- Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (1950–52)
Shorty
Rogers
- Modern Sounds (1951)
- Popo (1951)
- Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953)
- Cool and Crazy (1953)
- The Swingin' Nutcracker (1960)
others
- Chet Baker Big Band (1956)
- Mucho Calor (Conte Candoli, 1957)
- Hoagy Sings Carmichael (Hoagy Carmichael, 1956)
- California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976)
- Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959)
- On the Road (Art Farmer, 1976)
- Birds and Ballads (Johnny Griffin, 1978)
- Mistral (Freddie Hubbard, 1980)
- Very R.A.R.E. (Elvin Jones, 1979)
- Some Like It Hot (Barney Kessel, 1959)
- The West Coast Sound (Shelly Manne, 1953)
- Cool Heat (Anita O'Day, 1959)
soundtracks
- The Gauntlet (Jerry Fielding, 1977)
- Heart Beat (Jack Nitzsche, 1980)
- The Subterraneans (André Previn, 1960)