Art Pepper - Unreleased Art, Vol 6: Blues For The Fisherman '1980 [2011]

Artist	Art Pepper Related artists
Album name	Unreleased Art, Vol 6: Blues For The Fisherman
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Date	1980 [2011]
Genre	Jazz
Play time	04:45:21
Format / Bitrate	Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps
Media	CD
Size	1,8 GB (+3\%rec.)
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The legendary recording date, Absolutely Completely Entirely Complete: 2 nights
at Ronnie Scotts in London, 1980.
Available for the first time as CD.

What jumps out of Art Peppers Blues for the Fisherman is his alto saxophones
boldness and overt expressiveness. If prior exposure has only scratched the
surface of Peppers workâ€”perhaps with the ubiquitous Art Pepper Meets the
Rhythm Section (Contemporary, 1957)â€”this live recording fairly smashes
expectations of a polite, cool performance. Recorded in two nights at Ronnie
Scotts London jazz club in 1980, Pepper is simply on fire, this set burying any
lingering misconceptions that Pepper was just a west coast cool blower.
Blues for the Fisherman provides a rare opportunity to hear two complete
uninterrupted club dates, including banter with the audience. Pepper is clearly
enjoying himself, joking with the crowd, and his playing reflects that warm
interaction. The synergy within the band is telepathic, obviously inspired by
Peppers buoyancy.
Blues for Blanche, named for Peppers cat, proffers a very contemporary melody,
the saxophonist improvising to the edge of chaos without crossing the line into
deconstructed mess. Pepper exhibits Charlie Parkers speed, couple with the
looseness and expressiveness of later, more adventurous players like John
Coltrane and Wayne Shorter, while sounding like none of them. He never dives off
into free territory, but there are passages where he could, on the verge of
breaking out of blues patterns before reeling back in.
On a record with a lot of great soloing, the best is found on Thelonious Monks
Rhythm-A- Ning. Rather than just riffing over the tune, Pepper captures the
compositions essence by playing rubato, and slightly out of key, in seemingly
random phrasesâ€” much like Monks own piano playingâ€”fairly exploding
in some passages with clusters of hard-blown notes that verge on shouting.
Pianist Milcho Leviev, follows form with hard playing that briefly becomes
completely disassociated with the melody and beat. Like his leader, he pulls it
all back together in a feat of musical daring. Recorded hundreds of times,
making it difficult to find anything truly original in any one version, Peppers
interpretation of Rhythm-A-Ning is an exception, with some of the most priceless
saxophone work ever laid down on this oft-played tune.
The title track drips with blues so deep that the smell of cigarette smoke
wafting over the room is almost palpable. Audience members can be heard to shout
encouragement as Pepper simmers and burns into a full boil. The effort and sweat
going into this performance is apparent as he pours all of his breath though the
reed. Its one of those perfect musical statements that could never have been
captured in any studio. The immediacy and emotion of the moment are so boldly
displayed that it could only have been possible through the energy of a live
crowd.
Blues for the Fisherman presents two unedited evenings of performance and may be
one of the most important archival jazz releases of the year. Peppers widow,
Laurie, is actively enhancing his legacy by releasing previously unheard live
recordings. If there are more dates like these lurking in the vault, each one
will be a cause for celebration among Art Peppers fans.


Tracks:

CD1
01 - Blues For Blanche 9:50
02 - Talk: Intros/Cat People 1:38
03 - Ophelia 11:06
04 - Talk: Thank you for coming - 0:27
05 - Make a List 16:40
06 - Talk: Make a List 0:12
07 - Sad a Little Bit 7:15
08 - Talk: Clarinet 0:16
09 - Anthropology 6:25
10 - Red Car 12:07
11 - Blues for Bould 13:52

CD2
01 - Untitled #34 11:19
02 - Talk: Weird Noise 0:44
03 - A Song for Richard 13:32
04 - Talk: Rhythm-A-Ning 0:24
05 - Rhythm-A-Ning 9:31
06 - Talk: Rita San Intro 0:18
07 - Rita San False Start 0:49
08 - Rita San 6:41
09 - Whats New? 7:59
10 - Ill Remember April 12:45
11 - Talk: Good Night 0:42

CD3
01 - True Blues 11:12
02 - Talk: Band & Ophelia Intro 2:32
03 - Ophelia 10:31
04 - Make a List 14:57
05 - Stardust 8:05
06 - Talk: 3 out of 4, Red Car False Start 3:08
07 - Red Car 12:30
08 - Talk: About Straight Life 0:40
09 - Straight Life 6:59

CD4
01 - Untitled #34 11:45
02 - Talk: Reminiscing 1:46
03 - The Trip 12:37
04 - Talk: Accident Prone 0:17
05 - Ill Remember April 11:48
06 - Talk: Goodbye Intro 0:24
07 - Goodbye 11:11
08 - In a Mellow Tone 6:20
09 - Talk: Clarinet, Play the blues 0:43
10 - Blues for the Fisherman + Talk: I love you all. 13:01

Personnel:

Art Pepper - alto sax with
Milcho Leviev - Piano,
Tony Dumas - Bass,
Carl Burnett - Drums.