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Art Pepper – Unreleased Art Pepper, Vol. 10: Toronto – Widow’s Taste

Art Pepper – Unreleased Art Pepper, Vol. 10: Toronto – Widow’s Taste

by | Oct 29, 2018 | Jazz CD Reviews

Art Pepper – Unreleased Art Pepper, Vol. 10: Toronto – Widow’s Taste APM 18001 – 3 CD: 60:36, 50:48, 63:05 – 1977 ****: Street Date: 11/2/18 (Art Pepper – alto sax; Bernie Senensky – piano; Gene Perla or Dave Piltch – bass; Terry Clarke – drums) I have enjoyed the nine volumes of previously recorded Art Pepper material that his widow, Laurie Pepper, has released over the years under her label, Widow’s Taste. These recordings, many from cassette, and pirated by fans, were made from the mid-70s to the early 80s (Art passed away in June, 1982). They document the renaissance that Art experienced at the end of his life. He was living with health issues that he knew were likely to cut his life short, yet he was still creative and active, in sharing his gifts with an audience (especially in Europe and Japan), eager to hear him live. Laurie is releasing a 3 CD set (Vol. 10) on November 2nd, that may be among the most interesting and historically significant, as any in the series. On June 16, 1977, Art appeared with a quartet at the Bourbon Street club in Toronto. It was one week before he was to […]

Editorial for October/November, 2018

Editorial for October/November, 2018

by | Oct 17, 2018 | Editorial

The Glorious Violin — Music@Menlo Live! We are featuring a superb collection from the Music@Menlo series, featuring the violin in all its glory! This 8 CD box set features a broad range of ensembles—solo violin, string duos, quartets, quintets, and even one octet and other chamber ensembles.  The composers date back from early Italian/Baroque through the 20th Century, including Tartini (yes, The Devil’s Trill), Bach, Schumann, Brahms, Ysaÿe, Beethoven, Kreisler… This promotion is provided by Music@Menlo, taken from their summer series entitled The Glorious Violin, with more info here.     Audiophile Audition has reviewed this release earlier this year:  The Glorious Violin Review. To enter in the drawing for this exceptional release, merely fill out the form here:  Register to win. Recently, Denver hosted The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest; our intrepid Audiophile writer Ric Mancuso was there, boots-on-the-ground, taking it all in.  He will be providing his impressions—though an event far too vast to be by even an army of reporters! AUDIOPHILE AUDITION began as a local program in San Francisco and then in 1985 as a weekly national radio series hosted by John Sunier, and aired for 13½ years on up to 200 public radio and commercial stations. In September […]