A vintage Contemporary recording pressed on OJC vinyl, here with very good Hot Stamper sound from first note to last
True, this reissue earned a minimal Hot Stamper grade of 1.5+, but we still guarantee that it will beat the pants off any Heavy Vinyl reissue, because every one of those that we played was opaque, muddy and thick enough to have us crying “uncle” after five minutes
Many consider this to be the best record Art Pepper ever made, along with Art Pepper + Eleven, and I agree completely
If you are looking for a shootout winning copy, let us know – with music and sound like this, we hope to be able to do this shootout again soon
5 stars: “… this recording convinced [Pepper] that emotion was the paramount impulse of jazz performance… a diamond of recorded jazz history.”
This is a Must Own jazz album from 1957 that belongs in every jazz-loving audiophile’s collection
