Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard
1979 live album by Art Pepper
Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard | ||||
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Live album by Art Pepper | ||||
Released | 1979 | |||
Recorded | July 28, 1977 Village Vanguard in NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 58:07 | |||
Label | Contemporary S 7642 | |||
Producer | Lester Koenig | |||
Art Pepper chronology | ||||
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Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard is a live album by saxophonist Art Pepper, recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1977 and released on the Contemporary label.[1][2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Art Pepper's appearances at the Village Vanguard in 1977 were a major success, making the brilliance of the West Coast-based altoist obvious to the New York critics... the music is consistently stimulating and emotional".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Art Pepper except as indicated
- "Valse Triste" - 11:15
- "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) - 11:49
- "Blues for Les" - 11:45
- "My Friend John" - 9:21
- "Blues For Heard" - 12:03 - CD Bonus Track
Personnel
- Art Pepper - alto saxophone
- George Cables - piano
- George Mraz - bass
- Elvin Jones - drums
References
- ^ Art Pepper Catalog accessed February 1, 2016
- ^ Art Pepper : An Illustrated Discography of a Jazz Survivor accessed February 1, 2016
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1143. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- v
- t
- e
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)