Art Pepper Documentary Part One

Art Pepper (September 1, 1925 -- June 15, 1982),[1] born Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr., was an American alto saxophonist and clarinetist.

About Pepper, Scott Yanow of All Music stated: "In the 1950s he was one of the few altoists (along with Lee Konitz and Paul Desmond) that was able to develop his own sound despite the dominant influence of Charlie Parker" and: "When Art Pepper died at the age of 56, he had attained his goal of becoming the world's great altoist."[

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[ImaniHekima]

Thanks for posting this. I saw it for the first time on British television back in 1988 and I was hoping someone would upload it. :-)

[christvswarhol]

@ImaniHekima ...You're welcome :P

[airjor1]

He wa a very interesting person.

[604460]

Art Pepper came onto the scene with all the attributes of a jazz giant: ideas, a sense of history, a beautiful technique, a man who could hear things in his head and then execute them to perfection. Playing with Stan Kenton made him rich, but heroin destroyed his career. He spent a lot of time in jail on drug charges, but fate had other plans for him: he met Laurie, came clean, and in his final days played the alto as few others have ever done. He is a jazz giant, and we should listen to him.