Surf Ride
1956 studio album by Art Pepper
Surf Ride | ||||
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Studio album by Art Pepper | ||||
Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded | March 4, 1952, March 29, 1953 and August 25, 1954 Los Angeles, CA | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 37:25 | |||
Label | Savoy MG 12089 | |||
Producer | Ozzie Cadena | |||
Art Pepper chronology | ||||
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Surf Ride is an album by saxophonist Art Pepper featuring sessions from 1952-54 which was originally released as a 12 inch LP on the Savoy label in 1956.[1][2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow observed: "The music on this Savoy LP is quite brilliant, but the packaging leaves something to be desired ... The somewhat random nature of this set is unfortunate, for Pepper is in superior form throughout".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Art Pepper, except where indicated.
- "Tickle Toe" (Lester Young) - 2:55
- "Chili Pepper" - 3:00
- "Susie the Poodle" - 3:14
- "Brown Gold" - 2:26
- "Holiday Flight" - 3:12
- "Surf Ride" - 2:54
- "Straight Life" - 2:52
- "Cinnamon" - 3:11
- "Thyme Time" - 3:30
- "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 3:48
- "Nutmeg" - 3:15
- "Art's Oregano" - 3:08
- Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on March 4, 1952 (tracks 4-6), March 29, 1953 (tracks 1-3) and August 25, 1954 (tracks 7-12)
Personnel
- Art Pepper - alto saxophone
- Jack Montrose - tenor saxophone (tracks 7-12)
- Russ Freeman (tracks 1-3), Hampton Hawes (tracks 4-6), Claude Williamson (tracks 7-12) - piano
- Monty Budwig (tracks 7-12), Joe Mondragon (tracks 4-6), Bob Whitlock (tracks 1-3) - bass
- Larry Bunker (tracks 4-12), Bobby White (tracks 1-3) - drums
References
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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)