The Way It Was
Art Pepper
Miles Davis, Wynton Kelly
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, 2008
1 CD
Catalogue #: UDSAcd 2034
EAN: 0821797203463
UPC: 821797203463
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Personnel include: Art Pepper (saxophone); Wayne Marsh (tenor saxophone); Miles Davis (trumpet); Red Garland (piano); Paul Chambers (upright bass); Jimmy Cobb, Philly Joe Jones (drums).
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Art Pepper
Art Pepper's distinctive tone and style on the alto saxophone--warm, passionate, and rhythmically incisive--made him one of the premier players of the post-Bird generation, despite a well-publicized drug addiction. Pepper's classic sides from the '50s are equalled by his triumphant return to form in the late '70s, when he became a symbol of triumph over adversity, playing with furious eloquence and a searingly emotional tone in quite diverse contexts.
Miles Davis
Few musicians have managed to change the course of music--trumpeter Miles Davis did it several times. An early disciple of Charlie Parker, Davis created an austere, understated approach that became the model for cool. His superb albums in the 1950s made him a star, and in the following decade, he brought small-group jazz to the limit before he unapologetically (and, for some, unforgivably) took on jazz-rock. After a break, he re-emerged in the '80s with a mixture of pop and dense, bristling funk. All the while, his refusal to follow anyone but his own muse made him both a hero and an enigma--either way, he was one of the most magnetic, influential figures in American music.
Wynton Kelly
Jazz pianist Wynton Kelly's most high-profile engagement came as a member of the Miles Davis Sextet of the late '50s and early '60s. During this time he appeared briefly on the legendary KIND OF BLUE sessions with Davis. He later left the group, taking bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb to the Wynton Kelly Trio, which produced many fine recordings and also backed artists such as Wes Montgomery and George Coleman.
