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Art Pepper Today
Studio album by Art Pepper
Released	1979
Recorded	1 & 2 December 1978
Genre	Jazz
Label	Galaxy Records
Producer	Ed Michel
Art Pepper chronology
Among Friends (1978) Art Pepper Today (1979) New York Album (1979)

Art Pepper Today is a 1978 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper, playing with pianist Stanley Cowell, bassist Cecil McBee, drummer Roy Haynes and percussionist Kenneth Nash.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Tom Hull	B+ ()
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow said that "Art Pepper, in the midst of a successful comeback, recorded this excellent set for Galaxy," which includes "a definitive version of his intense ballad 'Patricia'."

Track listing

1. "Miss Who" (Art Pepper) – 4:42
2. "Mambo Koyama" (Art Pepper) – 6:40
3. "Lover Come Back To Me" (Sigmund Romberg; Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:51
4. "Patricia" (Art Pepper) – 10:24
5. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)" (Harry Link; Jack Strachey; Holt Marvell) – 5:44
6. "Chris's Blues" (Art Pepper) – 3:50

(Recorded on 1 December & 2 December 1978.)

Personnel

• Art Pepper – alto saxophone
• Stanley Cowell – piano
• Cecil McBee – bass
• Roy Haynes – drums
• Kenneth Nash – congas & percussion on "Mambo Koyama"

Other tracks recorded at the same sessions but unissued at the time:
1 December 1978

1. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) – 4:35
2. Untitled Original (a.k.a. "Pepper Pot") (Art Pepper) – 6:40
3. "Lover Come Back To Me" (Sigmund Romberg; Oscar Hammerstein II) alternate version – 0:00

2 December 1978

1. "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) – 5:18
2. "Over The Rainbow" (Harold Arlen; E.Y. Harburg) – 8:50
3. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)" (Harry Link; Jack Strachey; Holt Marvell) alternate version – 5:54
4. "Over The Rainbow" (Harold Arlen; E.Y. Harburg) alternate version – 9:09

Sources

• Richard Cook & Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin, 4th edition, 1998. ISBN 0-14-051383-3

References

1. ^ Yanow, Scott. Art Pepper Today – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1143. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 160. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Hull, Tom (November 2013). "Recycled Goods (#114)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

• 1979 albums
• Art Pepper albums
• Galaxy Records albums