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Art Pepper + Eleven - Modern Jazz Classics
Studio album by Art Pepper
Released	January/February 1960
Recorded	March 14, March 28, & May 12, 1959
Genre	Jazz
Length	53:55
Label	Contemporary/OJC
Producer	Lester Koenig
Art Pepper chronology
Mucho Calor (1957) Art Pepper + Eleven - Modern Jazz Classics (1960) Gettin' Together (1960)

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Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics is a 1960 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper and a small big band performing arrangements by Marty Paich, who also directed the ensemble.

Background

The recording is one of several dates Pepper made with Paich in 1959 and is the only one with Pepper as leader. The recording focuses on Paich's large group arrangements of modern jazz classics, including Denzil Best's "Move," Thelonious Monk's "'Round Midnight," Gerry Mulligan's "Walkin' Shoes". Other highlights of the recording are Pepper's clarinet performances on "Anthropology" and the alternate takes of "Walkin'."

Track listing

An expanded compact disc featuring many unreleased "alternate" takes was released on December 1, 1988.

CD expanded release

1. "Move" (Denzil Best) –3:26
2. "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) –3:22
3. "Opus de Funk" (Horace Silver) –3:13
4. "'Round Midnight" (Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Williams) –3:32
5. "Four Brothers" (Jimmy Giuffre) –2:57
6. "Shaw 'Nuff" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) –2:58
7. "Bernie's Tune" (Leiber, Miller, Stoller) –2:44
8. "Walkin' Shoes" (Gerry Mulligan) –3:31
9. "Anthropology" (Gillespie, Charlie Parker) –3:19
10. "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) –3:01
11. "Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) –5:15
12. "Walkin'" (Carpenter) –4:54
13. "Walkin'" (Carpenter) –4:58
14. "Donna Lee" (Miles Davis) –3:23
15. "Donna Lee" (Miles Davis) –3:22

Recorded on March 14 (#3, 4, 8, 10), March 28 (#2, 6, 9, 14, 15) and May 12, 1959 (#1, 5, 7, 11–13).

Personnel

• Art Pepper — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet (all tracks)
• Pete Candoli — trumpet (#3, 4, 8, 10)
• Al Porcino — trumpet (#1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11–15)
• Jack Sheldon — trumpet (all tracks)
• Dick Nash — trombone (all tracks)
• Bob Enevoldsen — valve trombone, tenor saxophone (all tracks)
• Vincent DeRosa — French horn (all tracks)
• Herb Geller — alto saxophone (#3, 4, 8, 10)
• Bud Shank — alto saxophone (#2, 6, 9, 14, 15)
• Charlie Kennedy — alto saxophone (#1, 5, 7, 11–13)
• Bill Perkins — tenor saxophone (#2–4, 6, 8–10, 14–15)
• Richie Kamuca — tenor saxophone (#1, 5, 7, 11–13)
• Med Flory — baritone saxophone (all tracks)
• Russ Freeman — piano (all tracks)
• Joe Mondragon — bass (all tracks)
• Mel Lewis — drums (all tracks)
• Marty Paich — arranger, conductor (all tracks)

References

1. Yanow, Scott. Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics at AllMusic
2. Gleason, Ralph J. (18 February 1960). "Art Pepper: Art Pepper Plus Eleven". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 4. pp. 34–36.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 160. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
5. Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2001). All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music. Backbeat Books/All Media Guide. ISBN 978-0-87930-627-4.

Sources

• Art Pepper & Laurie Pepper. Straight Life. New York, Schirmer, 1979. ISBN 0-306-80558-8
• Art Pepper Discography Page (http://www.jazzdisco.org/pepper/)

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