The Art Pepper Quartet

This article is about the album recorded in 1956. For the album recorded in 1981, see APQ (album).

The Art Pepper Quartet is an album by saxophonist Art Pepper featuring sessions from 1956 recorded for the Tampa label. Pepper’s Quartet are pianist Russ Freeman, bassist Ben Tucker and drummer Gary Frommer.^[1][2] The album was reissued on CD in the Original Jazz Classics series with bonus tracks in 1994.

The Art Pepper Quartet
Studio album by Art Pepper
Released	1957
Recorded	November 23, 1956
Studio	Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:29
Label	Tampa TP 20
Producer	Robert Scherman
Art Pepper chronology
Playboys (1956) The Art Pepper Quartet (1957) Art Pepper with Warne Marsh (1957)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

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 indicated.

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

Personnel

• Art Pepper - alto saxophone
• Russ Freeman - piano
• Ben Tucker - bass
• Gary Frommer - drums

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.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1141. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.