ART PEPPER a discography with cover photos on my favorite years of his musical foot step : until early 1960s since June 15, 2009 / resumed on August 18, 2021 content of update ******** fundamental format of this page. a. Albums are nearly listed in chronologically. b. CD issue or reissue configuration is prior to original vinyl album's, especially when previously unissued or bonus track(s) appeared, or relative sessions are efficiently grouped.

table for flying to the each recording year
SKds 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 bottom


   
[Art Pepper / Those Kenton Days] (Capitol Japan ECJ-50070)
*an excellent compilation album from Capitol recordings of Stan Kenton Orch.,
 collecting tracks those Art Pepper's solo performance featured.
@ November 19, 1943  / Los Angeles + Harlem Folk Dance
@ October  22, 1947  / Los Angeles + Unison Riff
@ December  6, 1947  / Los Angeles + Cuban Carnival
@ December 21, 1947  / Los Angeles + Journey to Brazil
                                   + How High the Moon
@ December 22, 1947  / Los Angeles + Harlem Holiday
@ February  5, 1950  / Los Angeles + Jolly Rogers
                                   + Blues in Riff
@ May 18, 1950       / Los Angeles + Art Pepper
@ September 12, 1950 / Los Angeles + Viva Prado
                                   + Round Robin
@ March 28, 1951     / Los Angeles + Dynaflow
@ March 31, 1951     / Los Angeles + Jump for Joy
@ June 29, 1951      / Los Angeles + Francesca
@ September 19, 1951 / Los Angeles + Sambo
@ September 20, 1951 / Los Angeles + Street of Dreams
#Latest CD reissue number : Definitive Classics 11228(Spain)

[Main albums on Stan Kenton Days : in alphabetical order of the label name]
* The Innovations Orchestra (Capitol 7243 8 59965 2 8)
* Big Band Cole (Capitol CDP 7 96259 2)
* City of Glass : Stan Kenton Plays Bob Graettinger (Capitol 7243 8 32084 2 5)
* Capitol Jazz Classics Vol.2 : Artistry in Jazz (EMI One-Up OU-2001)
* Collector's Choice (Creative World ST-1027)
* The Fabulous Alumni of Stan Kenton (Creative World ST-1028)
* The Kenton Era (Creative World ST-1030)
* By Request Volume I (Creative World ST-1036)
* A Concert in Progressive Jazz (Creative World ST-1037)
* Portraits on Standards (Creative World ST-1042)
* The Lighter Side (Creative World ST-1050)
* By Request Volume III (Creative World ST-1062)
* By Request Volume IV (Creative World ST-1064)
* The Complete Capitol Studio Recordings of Stan Kenton 1943-47 (Mosaic Records MR7-163)
* Innovations Live 1951 (Bandstand BDCD-1519)
* Innovations in Modern Music (Delta/Laserlight 15770)
* Stan Kenton Vol.2 (Echo Jazz EJCD-19)
* Hollywood Bowl '48 : with June Christy (First Heard FH-52)
* A Stan Kenton Nineteen Fifty-One (First Heard FH-1004)
* At Carnegie Hall (First Heard FH-1006)
* Artistry in TangoiGramercy5 GM-7704)
* 1943-4 Unrealesed for Radio Vol.3 (Hindsight HSR-136)
* Live in 1951 at the Hollywood Palladium (Jazz Band EBCD 2105-2)
* Stan Kenton's Innovations Orchestra (Jazz Band EBCD 2131-2)
* Kenton and Bird (Jazz Supreme JS-703)
* Concert at Cornell University 1951 (Jazz Unlimited JUCD-2008)
* One Night Stand, Washington DC (Joyce LP-1009)
* One Night Stand with Stan Kenton, Volume 2 (Joyce LP-1016)
* One Night Stand Commodore Hotel (Joyce LP-1030)
* One Night Stand at the Click (Joyce LP-1040)
* Cavalcade of Bands (Joyce LP-1060)
* At Carnegie Hall (Joyce LP-1080)
* One Night Stand with Stan Kenton, Back at the Steel Pier (Joyce LP-1113)
* At the Click 1948 (Joyce LP-1120)
* Innovations in Modern Music, Seattle 1951 (Mark56 CD-860)
* Stan Kenton / 1947 (Queen Disc Q-057)
* the Innovations Jazz Band "Live" 1951 (Rendezvous CD-1001)
* On the Air (Status DSTS-1022)
* Live From the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and Other Venues (Status DSTS-1023)
* The Stan Kenton Story : Progressive Jazz (Swing House SWH-18)


   
[The Modern Jazz Stars / Jazz Surprise] (Crown CLP-5008)
*Art Pepper(as)  Teddy Edwards(ts)
 Dodo Marmarosa(p)  Red Callendar(b)  Jackie Mills(ds)
@ April 27, 1947 / Los Angeles
+ Scratch(Donna Lee)
# probably CD reissued on P-Vine PVCP-8741(Japan)


   
[Art Pepper / Complete 1947-1951 Small Group Studio Recordings]
(Definitive Classics 11217)
*Ray Wetzel(tp)  Eddie Bert(tb)  Art Pepper(as)  Bob Cooper(ts)
 Pete Rugolo(p)  Eddie Safranski(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)
@ December 20, 1947 / New York
+ Sa-Frantic
+ Jumpin' for Jane
+ Turmoil
+ Bass Mood
#Latest CD issue number : as above(Spain)


   
[Babs Gonzales / Weired Lullaby] (Blue Note CDP 7 844642)
*J.J.Johnson, Benny Green(tb)  Julius Watkins(frh)
 Art Pepper[alias:Jordan Fordin](as)  Sonny Rollins(ts)
 Linton Garner(p)  Art Phipps(b)  Jack Bear Parker(ds)  Babs Gonzales(vo)
@ January 20, 1949 / New York
+ Capitolizing
+ Professor Bop
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*J.J.Johnson(tb)  Art Pepper(as)  Herbie Stewart(ts)
 Wynton Kelly(p)  Pee Wee Tinney(g)  Bruce Lawrence(b)
 Jackie Mills(ds)  Babs Gonzales(vo)
@ March 15 or 20, 1949 / Hollywood
+ The Continental
+ Prelude to a Nightmare
#Latest CD issue number : as above(U.S.)


   
[Earle Spencer and his New Band / Sensation of the Year 1946 and
 The Complete Black and White Recordings 1946-1949]
(Freah Sound Records FSRCD 2501)
*John Check, Buddy Childers, Jake Gernheim, Jerry Munson(tp)
 Harry Betts, Harry Forbes, Jimmy Knepper(tb)  Bob Lively, Art Pepper(as)
 Tommy Makagon, Tony Ortega(ts)  Howard Phillips(bs) Shannon Fletcher(p)
 Laurindo Almeida(g)  Willie Slater(b)  Roy Hall(ds)
@ February 1949 / Los Angeles
+ Oh! You Beautiful Doll
+ Sunday Afternoon
+ Box Lunch
+ Jazzboo
#Latest CD issue number : as above(Spain)


   
[Charles Baron Mingus / West Coast 1945-1949] (Uptown UPCD-27.48)
*John Anderson, Buddy Childers, Hobart Dotson, Eddie Preston(tp)
 Jimmy Knepper, Marty Smith, Britt Woodman(tb)  Eric Dolphy(as,fl,cl)
 Jewel Grant, Art Pepper(as,cl)  Herb Caro(ts,cl)  William Green(ts,cl,fl)
 Gene Porter(bars,cl)  Russ Freeman(p)  Red Callender, Charles Mingus(b)
 Roy Porter(ds)  Johnny Berger(perc)  and others.
@ spring 1949 / Hollywood
+ The story of Love
+ Inspiration
#Latest CD issue number : as above(U.S.)


   
[June Christy / Day Dreams] (Blue Note 7243 8 32083 2 6)
*Buddy Childers(tp)  Johnny Mandel(bass.tp)  Billy Byers(tb)  Art Pepper(as)
 Bob Cooper(ts)  Irving Roth(bs)  Hal Shaeffer(p)  Joe Mondragon(b)  Don Lammond(ds)
 Louis Martinez(perc-1)  Jasper Hornyak(vln-2)  Cesare Pascarello(cello-3)
 June Christy(vo)  John Lewis(arr-4)  Bob Graettinger(arr-5)
@ March 28, 1949 / Capitol Studios, Hollywood
+ The Way You Look Tonight -1, 2, 4 
+ Everything Happens to Me -3, 5
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*John Graas(frh)  Gene Englund(tuba)  Art Pepper(as)
 Bob Cooper, Bud Shank(ts)  Bob Gioga(bs)  Claude Williamson(p)
 Don Bagley(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)  Shorty Rogers(cond,arr)  June Christy(vo)
@ September 11, 1950 / Hollywood
+ He can Come Back Anytime He Wants to
+ A Mile Down the Highway
+ Do it Again
#Latest CD issue number : as above(U.S.)
Note : 2nd session also CD issued on Fresh Sound Records FSRCD 2231-2
       entitled [Shorty Rogers and his Orchestra, featuring the Giants
       1950-1956 / West Coast Sounds].


   
[V.A. / Jazz Off the Air Vol.2] (Spotlite SPJ-145)
*Art Farmer(tp)  Art Pepper(as)  Bob Cooper, Teddy Edwards(ts)
 Hampton Hawes(p)  John Simmons(b)  Chuck Thompson(ds)
@ April 1949 / Los Angeles
+ Perdido
+ The Great Lie
# not CD reissued


   
[Tom Talbert / Jazz Orchestra 1946-1949] (Sea Breeze SB-2069)
*Tom Talbert and his Orchestra : Wes Hensel, Johnny Anderson,
 Johnny McComb(tp)  John Haliburton, Harry Betts(tb)  El Koegling,
 Art Pepper(as, cl)  Jack Montrose, Johnny Barbera(ts)  Don Davidson(bs)
 Claude Williamson(p)  Don Prell(b)  Jimmy Pratt(ds)  Jean Louise(vo)
@ August 1949 / Radio Recorders, Los Angeles
+ I Cover the Waterfront
+ Love is Just Around the Corner
+ I Get a Kick Out of You
+ Is is not Is
+ April in Paris
+ S'wonderful
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*Steve White(ts) replace Jack Montrose.
@ November 1949 / Radio Recorders, Los Angeles
+ S'wonderful
+ Between Loves
+ Four Camellias
+ Over the Rainbow
#Latest CD issue number : as above(U.S.)


   
[V.A. / Way to the West] (Capitol 054-2602131)
*Johnny Parker with Pete Rugolo Orchestra : Maynard Ferguson, Don Paladino,
 Buddy Childers, Chico Alvarez, Shorty Rogers(tp)  Kai Winding, Bill Russo,
 Harry Betts, Milt Bernhart, Bob Fitzpatrick(tb)  Bart Varsalona(btb)
 Art Pepper, Bud Shank(as)  Bob Cooper, Bart Calderall(ts)  Bob Gioga(bs)
 Pete Rugolo(p)  Laurindo Almeida(g)  Don Bagley(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)
 Johnny Parker(vo)  King Sisters(vocal group)
@ May 26, 1950 / MGM Studios, New York City
+ Can't Seem to Laugh Anymore
+ Never Again
+ Our Little Ranch House
+ Two Weeks with Pay
# not CD reissued


   
[Maynard Ferguson Orchestra and Octet / Band Ain't Draggin' 1950-1954]
(Fresh Sound Records FSRCD 2204)
*Maynard Ferguson(tp, vo)  Chico Alvarez, Al Porcino, Shorty Rogers(tp)
 Milt Bernhart, Harry Betts, Bob Fitzpatrick(tb)  John Graas(frh)
 Gene Englund(tuba)  Art Pepper, Bud Shank(as)  Bob Cooper, Jimmy Giuffre(ts)
 Bob Gioga(bs)  Joe Rotundi(p)  Don Bagley(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)
@September 13, 1950 / Hollywood
+ Love Locked Out
+ Band Ain't draggin'
+ Take the A Train
+ Short Wave
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*Maynard Ferguson(tp)  Alfred 'Chico' Alvarez, John Howell, Shorty Rogers,
 Jimmy Salko(tp)  Milt Bernhart, Harry Betts, Bob Fitzpatrick, Dick Kenney(tb)
 Paul Weigand(btb)  Art Pepper, Bud Shank(as)  Bart Caldarell, Jimmy Giuffre(ts)
 Bob Gioga(bs)  Ralph Blaze(g) Stan Kenton(p)  Don Bagley(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)
@ May 31, 1951 / Capitol studios, Hollywood
+ What's New
+ The Hot Canary
#Latest CD issue number : as above(Spain)


   
[Shorty Rogers / Modern Sounds] (Capitol EAP 2-294, T-691)
*Shorty Rogers(tp)  Art Pepper(as)  Jimmy Giuffre(ts)  Gene Englund(tuba)
 John Graas(frh)  Hampton Hawes(p)  Don Bagley(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)
@ October 8, 1951 / Hollywood
+ Apropos
+ Didi
+ Four Mothers
+ Over the Rainbow
+ Popo
+ Sam and the Lady
#Latest CD reissue number : CDP 7 98935 2(U.S.) / TOCJ-6887(Japan)


   
[Art Pepper / The Complete Surf Ride Plus] (Savoy Japan COCB-53010/11)
*Conte Candoli(tp)  Bill Russo(tb)  Art Pepper(as)  Bob Cooper(ts)
 Gene Esposito(p)  Don Bagley(b)  Shelly Manne(ds, vo-1)
 Shelby Davis(vo-2)
@ November 12, 1951 / California
+ Pooch McGooch
+ All of Me                 -1
+ Back in Your Own Backyard -2
+ The Count on Rush Street
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*Art Pepper(as)  Hampton Hawes(p)  Joe Mondragon(b)  Larry Bunker(ds)
@ March 4, 1952 / C.P. MacGregor Studios, Los Angeles
+ Brown Gold
+ These Foolish Things
+ Surf Ride
+ Holiday Flight
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*Art Pepper(as)  Russ Freeman(p)  Bob Whitlock(b)  Bobby White(ds)
@ October 8, 1952 / Radio Recorders, Los Angeles
+ Chili Pepper (take 1) : see Note
+ Chili Pepper (take 2)
+ Chili Pepper (take 3)
+ Chili Pepper (take 4)
+ Chili Pepper (take 5)
+ Suzy the Poodle (take 1)
+ Suzy the Poodle (take 3)
+ Suzy the Poodle (take 5)
+ Suzy the Poodle (take 6)
+ Everything Happens to Me (take 1)
+ Everything Happens to Me (take 2)
+ Everything Happens to Me (take 3)
+ Everything Happens to Me (take 4)
+ Everything Happens to Me (take 6)
+ Tickle Toe (take 4)
+ Tickle Toe (take 9)
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*Art Pepper(as)  Jack Montrose(ts)  Claude Williamson(p)
 Monty Budwig(b)  Paul Ballerina(ds)
@ August 25, 1954 / Radio Recorders, Los Angeles
+ Nutmeg (take 3)
+ Nutmeg (take 4)
+ Nutmeg (take 6)
+ Nutmeg (take 7)
+ Deep Purple
+ Cinnamon (take 2)
+ Cinnamon (take 3)
+ Cinnamon (take 5)
+ What's New ? (take 1)
+ What's New ? (take 2)
+ What's New ? (take 3)

*Larry Bunker(ds) replaced Paul Ballerina.
+ Thyme Time (take 1)
+ Thyme Time (take 2)
+ Thyme Time (take 3)
+ Straight Life (take 1)
+ Straight Life (take 2)
+ Straight Life (take 3)
+ Art's Oregano (take 1)
+ Art's Oregano (take 2)
+ Art's Oregano (take 5)
+ The Way You Look Tonight (take 2)
+ The Way You Look Tonight (take 5)

#Latest CD issue number : as above(Japan)

Note : [Chili Pepper(take 1)] firstly issued in official on this CD set,
       under the supervision by Mister Kazutomi Aoki.


   
[Shorty Rogers and Art Pepper / Popo] (Xanadu 148)
*Shorty Rogers(tp)  Art Pepper(as)  Frank Patchen(p)
 Howard Rumsey(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)
@ December 27, 1951 / Lighthouse Club, Hermosa Beach, Los Angels
+ Popo
+ Lullaby in Rhythm
+ All the Things You are
+ Robbin's Nest
+ Scrapple from the Apple
+ Body and Soul
+ Jive at Five
+ Cherokee
#Latest CD reissue number : XCD-1223(U.S.) / TKCB-71665(Japan)
Note : Art Pepper not on [What's New] and [Tin Tin Deo].
     : All tracks also CD issued on JAZZ FACTORY JFCD22836(Spain) entitled
       [Art Pepper and Shorty Rogers / Complete Lighthouse Sessions].


   
[Hampton Hawes Trio on Vantage + 2] (Interplay ABCJ-619)
*Art Pepper(as)  Hampton Hawes(b)  Don Bagley(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)
@ December 31, 1951 / Lighthouse Club, Hermosa Beach, Los Angels
+ Over the Rainbow
#Latest CD issue number : as above(Japan)

Thanks to Mister Willy Renstrom for CD issue information.


   
[Art Pepper / Live At the Lighthouse '52] (Vantage NOCD-5630)
*Shorty Rogers(tp)  Milt Bernhart(tb)  Art Pepper(as)  Jimmy Giuffre(ts)
 Frank Patchen(p)  Howard Rumsey(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)
@ January 6, 1952 / Lighthouse Club, Hermosa Beach, Los Angels
+ Tickle Toe
+ Junpin' at the Woodside
+ September Song
+ Avalon
+ Over the Rainbow
+ Keen and Peachy
+ These Foolish Things
+ Dickie's Dream
+ Yesterdays
+ Another Hair
+ Indiana
#Latest CD reissue number : ABCJ-514(Japan)


   
[Art Pepper / Original Quartet 1952] (Interplay ABCJ-527)
*Art Pepper(as,cl)  Hampton Hawes(p)  Joe Mondragon(b)  Larry Bunker(ds)
@ February 11, 1952 / Surf Club, Hollywood
+ Suzy the Poodle
+ Everything Happens to Me
+ Tickle Toe
+ Bunker is not a Banker
+ Joe's Steps
+ Move
+ Over the Rainbow
#Latest CD issue number : as above(Japan)
Note : Art Pepper not appeared on other three tracks.


   
[Art Pepper / The Early Show] (Xanadu 108)
*Art Pepper(as,cl)  Hampton Hawes(p)  Joe Mondragon(b)  Larry Bunker(ds, vib)
@ February 12, 1952 / Surf Club, Hollywood
+ How High the Moon
+ Suzy the Poodle
+ Easy Steppin'
+ Tickle Toe
+ Patty Cake
+ Move
+ All the Things You are
+ Don't Blame Me
+ Surf Ride
+ Rose Room
+ Suzy the Poodle
#Latest CD reissue number : Jazz Factory JFCD22835(Spain) / TKCB-71663(Japan)
Note : JFCD22835 entitled [Art Pepper / Complete Surf Club Sessions].


   
[Art Pepper / The Late Show] (Xanadu 117)
*Art Pepper(as,cl)  Hampton Hawes(p)  Joe Mondragon(b)  Larry Bunker(ds, vib)
@ February 12, 1952 / Surf Club, Hollywood
+ A Night in Tunisia
+ Spiked Punch
+ The Way You Look Tonight
+ Minor Yours
+ Suzy the Poodle
+ Easy Steppin'
+ Chili Pepper
+ Lamjhp
+ Everything Happens to Me
+ Move(alt. take)
#Latest CD reissue number : Jazz Factory JFCD22835(Spain) / TKCB-71664(Japan)
Note : JFCD22835 entitled [Art Pepper / Complete Surf Club Sessions].


   
[Art Pepper / Inglewood Jam 1952] (Interplay ABCJ-533)
*Jack Sheldon(tp)  Art Pepper(as)  Jack Montrose(ts)
 Russ Freeman(p)  Bob Whitlock(b)  Harry Babasin(cello-1)  Billy Snyder(ds)
@ August 18, 1952 / Trade Wind, Inglewood, California
+ Hackensack -1
+ Strike Up the Band
+ Billie's Bounce
#Latest CD issue number : as above(Japan)

   
[Al Haig / Inglewood Jam 1952] (Interplay ABCJ-537)
*Chet Baker(tp)  Jack Sheldon(tp-1)  Art Pepper(as)  Jack Montrose(ts-2)
 Al Haig(p)  Gil Beacon(b)  Dick Staton(ds)
@ August 18, 1952 / Trade Wind, Inglewood, California
+ Crazy Rhythm   -2
+ I Remember You -1
#Latest CD issue number : as above(Japan)

   
[Art Pepper / Inglewood Jam 1952, Complete] (SSJ XQAM-1632)
+ Above five tracks also issued
#Latest CD issue number : as above(Japan)


   
[Chet Baker and Art Pepper / Ocotober Session 1952] (Interplay ABCJ-532)
*Shorty Rogers, Chet Baker(tp)  John Graas(frh)
 Art Pepper(as)  Wardell Gray(ts)  Gerry Mulligan(bs)
 Hampton Hawes(p)  Joe Mondragon(b)  Lawrence Marable(ds)
@ October 10, 1952 / 54 Rendezvous Ballroom, Los Angeles, California
+ I May be Wrong
+ Mulligan's Mule
+ Popo
+ Shorty Talks
+ Wardell Walks
+ I Can't Get Started
#Latest CD issue number : as above(Japan)

   
[Art Pepper / Live in 1957 : Everything Happens to Me]
(Pacific Delights XQAM-1620)
*same personnel, date and location.
+ Have You Met Miss Jones ?
#Latest CD issue number : as above(Japan)

Note : On this session, further tracks as follows still not issued ;
       [Gray Sky], [Short Stops], [Nagillum], [Perdido], [Now's the Time]
       and [Billie's Bounce].

Thanks to Mister Ken Poston for an accurate information on XQAM-1620.


   
[Shorty Rogers and his Giants] (RCA Victor LPM-3137)
*Shorty Rogers(tp,arr,cond)  Milt Bernhart(tb)  John Graas(frh)
 Gene Englund(tu)  Art Pepper(as)  Jimmy Giuffre(ts)  Hampton Hawes(p)
 Joe Mondragon(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)
@ January 12 and 15, 1953 / RCA studios, Los Angeles
+ Powder Puff
+ The Pesky Serpent
+ Benny
+ Pirouette
+ Morpo
+ Diablo's Dance
+ Mambo Del Crow
+ Indian Club
#Latest CD reissue number : BMG 7 4321 60989 2(EU)


   
[Shorty Rogers and his Giants / The Big Shorty Rogers Express]
(RCA Victor LPM-1350)
*Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, John Howell, Tom Reeves, Shorty Rogers(tp)
 Milt Bernhart, Harry Betts, John Haliburton(tb)  John Graas(frh)
 Gene Englund(tu)  Art Pepper(as-1, ts-2, bs-3)  Bud Shank(as-4, bs-5)
 Jimmy Giuffre(ts-6, bs-7)  Bob Cooper(bs-8, ts-9)  Marty Paich(p)
 Curtis Counce(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)
@ March 26 and April 2, 1953 / RCA studios, Los Angeles
+ Coup de Graas               -1, 4, 6, 9
+ Infinity Promenade          -1, 4, 6, 8
+ Short Stop                  -1, 4, 6, 8
+ Boar Jibu                   -2, 5, 7, 9
+ Contours                    -1, 4, 6, 8
+ Tale of an African Lobster  -1, 4, 6, 8
+ Chiquito Loco               -1, 4, 6, 8
+ Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud -1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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*Shorty Rogers, Conte Candoli, Maynard Ferguson, Pete Candoli,
 Harry Edison(tp)  Bob Enevoldsen, Milt Bernhart, Frank Rosolino,
 George Roberts(tb)  John Graas(frh)  Paul Sarmento(tuba)
 Charlie Mariano, Art Pepper(as)  Bill Holman, Jack Montrose(ts)
 Jimmy Giuffre(cl, bs)  Lou Levy(p)  Ralph Pena(b)  Stan Levey(ds)
@ July 5, 1956 / Los Angeles
+ Pay the Piper
+ At Home with Sweets
+ Pink Squirrel
+ Blues Express
#Latest CD reissue number : BMG 7 4321 18519 2(EU)


   
[Art Pepper with Sonny Clark Live at the Lighthouse / Holiday Flight]
(Pacific Delights XQAM-1624/5)
*Art Pepper(as:out-1)  Sonny Clark(p)  Harry Babasin(b-2, cello-3)
 Bobby White(ds)  Howard Rumsey(b-4)  John Levine(conga-5)
@ March 30, 1953 / Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, Los Angels
+ Brown Gold           -2
+ These Foolish Things -2
+ Tickle Toe           -2
+ Tenderly             -1, 2
+ Strike Up the Band   -2
+ Night and Day        -2
+ Deep Purple          -2
+ Blue Bird            -3, 4, 5
+ S' Wonderful         -2
+ Pennys from Heaven   -2
+ Holiday Flight       -2
#Latest CD issue number : Jazz Factory JFCD-22847(Spain) / as above(Japan)
Note : JFCD22847 entitled [Art Pepper / Complete Straight Ahead Sessions].


   
[Shelly Manne and His Men / The West Coast Sound] (Contemporary C-3507)
*Bob Enevoldsen(tb) Art Pepper(as)  Bob Cooper(ts) Jimmy Giuffre(bs)
 Marty Paich(p)  Curtis Counce(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)
@ April 6, 1953 / Contemporary Studios, Los Angeles
+ Gazelle
+ Mallets
+ La Mucura
+ You and the Night and the Music
#Latest CD reissue number : Fantasy OJCCD 152-2(U.S.) / UCCO-90157(Japan)



 
   
[Chet Baker and Art Pepper / The Route] (Pacific Jazz CDP 7 92931 2)
*Chet Baker(tp-1)  Art Pepper(as)  Richie Kamuca(ts-1)
 Pete Jolly(p-2)  Leroy Vinnegar(b)  Stan Levey(ds)
@ July 26 and 28, 1956 / Forum Theatre, Los Angeles
+ Tynan Time   -1, 2
+ The Route    -1, 2
+ Sonny Boy    -1, 2
+ Minor Yours  -1, 2
+ Little Girl  -1, 2
+ Ol' Croix    -2
+ I Can't Give You Anything But Love
+ The Great Lie
#Latest CD issue number : as above(U.S) / CJ28-5156(Japan)
Note : CJ28-5156 entitled [Chet Baker Meets Art Pepper] (2nd photo).
     : All tracks also CD issued on Jazz Images JIM 38063
       entitled [Chet Baker, Art Pepper / Picture of Heath].


   
[Art Pepper / The Return of Art Pepper] (Jazz West JWLP-10)
*Jack Sheldon(tp-1)  Art Pepper(as)  Russ Freeman(p)
  Leroy Vinnegar(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)
@ August 6, 1956 / Capitol Studios, Los Angeles
+ Pepper Returns    -1
+ Broadway          -1
+ You Go to My Head
+ Angel Wings       -1
+ Funny Blues
+ Five More
+ Minority          -1
+ Patricia
+ Mambo de La Pinta -1
+ Walkin' Out Blues -1
#Latest CD reissue number : Greyscale Jazz GSJGZ 016(EU) / UCCU-5851(Japan)
Note : All tracks also issued on Blue Note CDP 7 46863 2 entitled
       [The Return of Art Pepper : The Complete Aladdin Recordings Vol.1].


   
[Marty Paich Quartet featuring Art Pepper] (Tampa TP-28)
*Art Pepper(as)  Marty Paich(p)  Buddy Clark(b)  Frank Capp(ds)
@ August 9, 1956 / Radio Recorders, Hollywood
+ Abstract Art
+ Over the Rainbow
+ Melancholy
+ Madeline
+ Sidewinder
+ You and the Night and the Music
+ All the Things You Are
+ Marty's Blues
+ Pitfall
+ What's Right for You
#Latest CD reissue number : V.S.O.P. #10CD(U.S.) / MZCS-1333(Japan)


   
[Hoagy Carmichael / Hoagy Sings Carmichael] (Pacific Jazz PJ-1223)
*Harry Edison, Conrad Gozzo, Jimmy Zito(tp)  Harry Klee(fl)
 Art Pepper(as)  Mort Friedman(ts)  Marty Berman(bs)  Jimmy Rowles(p)
 Al Hendrickson(g)  Joe Mondragon(b)  Irv Cottler(ds)  Hoagy Carmichael(vo)
@ September 10 and 11, 1956 / Forum Theater, Hollywood
+ Georgia on My Mind
+ New Orleans
+ Memphis in June
+ Two Sleepy People
+ Baltimore Oriole
+ Lazy River
+ Georgia on My Mind(instrumental)
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*Don Fagerquist, Ray Linn, Jimmy Zito(tp)  Harry Klee(fl)
 Art Pepper(as)  Mort Friedman(ts)  Marty Berman(bs)  Jimmy Rowles(p)
 Al Hendrickson(g)  Joe Mondragon(b)  Nick Fatool(ds)  Hoagy Carmichael(vo)
@ September 13, 1956 / Forum Theater, Hollywood
+ Winter Moon
+ Skylark
+ Rockin' Chair
+ Ballad in Blue
#Latest CD reissue number : Essential Jazz Classics EJC 55743(EU) / UCCQ-9390(Japan)


   
[Chet Baker Big Band] (Pacific Jazz PJ-1229)
*Chet Baker, Norman Faye, Conte Candoli(tp)  Frank Rosolino(tb)
 Art Pepper, Bud Shank(as)  Bill Perkins, Phil Urso(ts)
 Bobby Timmons(p)  Jimmy Bond(b)  Lawrence Marable(ds)
@ October 26, 1956 / Radio Recorders, Los Angeles
+ Tenderly
+ A Foggy Day
+ Darn That Dream
#Latest CD reissue number : State of Art 81255(EU) / TOCJ-50080(Japan)
Note : All tracks also CD issued on Lonehill Jazz LHJ10274(Spain) entitled
       [Chet Baker and Art Pepper / Complete Recordings].



 
   
[Chet Baker and Art Pepper / Playboys] (Pacific Jazz PJ-1234)
[Chet Baker and Art Pepper / Picture of Heath] (Pacific Jazz WP-1234, PJ-18)
*Chet Baker(tp)  Art Pepper(as)  Phil Urso(ts)
 Carl Perkins(p)  Curtis Counce(b)  Lawrence Marable(ds)
@ October 31, 1956 / Radio Recorders, Los Angeles
+ For Minors Only
+ Minor Yours
+ Resonant Emotions
+ Tynan Time
+ Picture of Heath
+ For Miles and Miles
+ C.T.A.
#Latest CD reissue number : Jazz Images JIM 38063(EU) / UCCU-90228(Japan)



 
   
[Russell Garcia and his Orchestra / Los Angeles River]
(Fresh Sound Records FSRCD 2203)
*Russell Garcia and his Orchestra : Don Fagerquist, Maynard Ferguson,
 Buddy Childers, Ray Linn(tp)  Milt Bernhart, Frank Rosolino,
 Lloyd Ulyate, Tommy Pederson(tb)  Bud Shank, Art Pepper(as)
 Ted Nash(ts)  Chuck Gentry(bass sax)  Gerald Wiggins(p)
 Howard Roberts(g)  Max Bennett(b)  Alvin Stoller(ds)
@ November 2, 1956  / Radio Recorders, Los Angeles
01+ Music City
02+ Fish Tail
03+ Smoggy Day
04+ Los Angeles River
05+ Number Four
#Latest CD issue number : as above(Spain)
Note : Track 01-04 originally issued on Kapp KXL-5001(2nd photo) entitled
       [V.A. / Modern Jazz Gallery]. When Fresh Sound Records reissued
       KXL-5001 by vinyl LP, track 05 firstly added.


   
[Art Pepper Quartet] (Tampa TP-20)
*Art Pepper(as)  Russ Freeman(p)  Ben Tucker(b)  Gary Frommer(ds)
@ November 23, 1956 /  Radio Recorders, Hollywood
+ Art's Opus
+ I Surrender, Dear
+ Diane
+ Pepper Pot
+ Besame Mucho
+ Blues at Twilight
+ Val's Pal
----------- CD bonus tracks ------------
+ Pepper Pot (alt.take)
+ Blues at Twilight (alt.take)
+ Val's Pal (take 1)
+ Val's Pal (take 4)
+ Val's Pal (take 5)
#Latest CD reissue number : Fantasy OJCCD 816-2(U.S.) / 85048-23(Japan)


   
[Art Pepper with Warne Marsh] (Contemporary Japan VDP-1577)
*Art Pepper(as)  Warne Marsh(ts)
 Ronnie Ball(p)  Ben Tucker(b)  Gary Frommer(ds)
@ November 26, 1956 / Contemporary Studios, Los Angeles
+ I Can't Believe that You're in Love with Me
+ I Can't Believe that You're in Love with Me(alt.take)
+ All the Things You are
+ All the Things You are(alt.take)
+ What's New ?
+ Tickle Toe
+ Avalon
+ Warnin'(take 1)
+ Warnin'(take 2)
+ Stompin' at the Savoy
#Latest CD reissue number : Fantasy OJCCD 389-2(U.S.) / UCCO-90156(Japan)
Note : OJCCD 389 entitled [Art Pepper / The Way It Was].


   
[The Artistry of Art Pepper] (Pacific Jazz CDP 7 97194 2)
*Art Pepper(as)  Bill Perkins(ts)
 Jimmy Rowles(p)  Ben Tucker(b)  Mel Lewis(ds)
@ December 11, 1956 / Los Angeles
+ A Foggy Day
+ Diane-A-Flow
+ What is This Thing Called Love ?
+ Zenobia
----------------------------------------
*Don Fagerquist(tp) Stu Williamson(valve inst.)  Red Callender(tu)
 Art Pepper(as)  Bill Holman(ts)   Bud Shank(bs)
 Rus Freeman(p)  Monte Budwig(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)
@ August 12, 1957 / Los Angeles
+ Didi
+ Powder Puff
+ Bunny
+ Diablo's Dance
+ Diablo's Dance(alt.take)
+ Popo
+ Popo(alt.take)
#Latest CD reissue number : Greyscale GSJGZ 017 CD(EU)
Note : 1st session originally issued on Pacific Jazz PJM 401 entitled
       [Bill Perkins-Art Pepper-Richie Kamuca / Just Friends].
     : 2nd session also CD issued on Jazz Track Records JT943(Spain) entitled [Mucho Calor].


   
[The Ted Brown Sextet / Free Wheeling] (Vanguard VRS-8515)
*Art Pepper(as)  Ted Brown, Warne Marsh(ts)
 Ronnie Ball(p)  Ben Tucker(b)  Jeff Morton(ds)
@ December 21, 1956 / Hollywood
+ Aretha
+ Long Gone
+ Once We Were Young
+ Foolin' Myself
+ Avalon
+ On a Slow Boat to China
+ Crazy, She Calls Me
+ Broadway
+ Arrival
#Latest CD reissue number : Octave Records OTCD-5959(EU)


   
[Art Pepper / Modern Art] (Intro ILP-606)
*Art Pepper(as)  Russ Freeman(p)  Ben Tucker(b)  Chuck Flores(ds)
@ December 28, 1956 / Radio Recorders, Los Angeles
+ Blues In
+ Bewitched
+ What is This Thing Called Love ?
+ Stompin' at the Savoy
+ Blues Out
----------------------------------------
*same personnel
@ January 14, 1957 / Master Recorder, Los Angeles
+ Diane's Dilemma
+ Diane's Dilemma (alt.take) : CD bonus track
+ When You're Smiling
+ Cool Bunny
+ Summertime                 : CD bonus track
#Latest CD reissue number : TOCJ-9311, TOCJ-50018=without bonus tracks(Japan)
Note : All tracks also issued on Blue Note CDP7 46848 2 entitled
       [Modern Art : The Complete Aladdin Recordings Vol.2].


   
[Joe Morello / Collections] (Intro ILP-608)
*Art Pepper(as, ts)  Red Norvo(vib)
 Gerald Wiggins(p)  Ben Tucker(b)  Joe Morello(ds)
@ January 3, 1957 / Western Recorders, Los Angeles
+ Pepper Steak
+ You're Driving Me Crazy
+ Tenor Blooz
+ Yarbird Suite
+ Straight Life
#Latest CD reissue number : TOCJ-50116(Japan)
Note : All tracks also issued on Blue Note CDP 7 46863 2 entitled
       [The Return of Art Pepper : The Complete Aladdin Recordings Vol.1].


   
[Art Pepper / Live in 1957 : Everything Happens to Me]
(Pacific Delights XQAM-1620)
*Art Pepper(as)  Carl Perkins(p)  Ben Tucker(b)  Frankie Cap(ds)
@ January 18, 1957 / Stars of Jazz Show, Los Angeles
05+ Cherokee
06+ Over the Rainbow
07+ What is This Thing Called Love
08+ Just Another Blues

*Art Pepper(as-1, cl-2)  Larry Bunker(p-3)  Victor Feldman(p-4)
 Don Payne(b)  Chuck Flores(ds)  Pam Russel(vo-5)
@ March 31, 1958 / Stars of Jazz Show, Los Angeles
01+ All the Things You are   -1, 3
02+ Everything Happens to Me -1, 3
03+ St.Louis Blues           -2, 3
04+ Stormy Weather           -1, 4, 5
#Latest CD issue number : as above(Japan)

Note : Other two tracks on XQAM-1620, the recording date and location mistooked for
       "February 18, 1957 / Antone's, Long Beach, California". However,
       * [These Foolish Things] is from the session on January 6, 1952 at The Lighthouse Club.
       * [Have You Met Miss Jones ?] is from the session on October 10, 1952 at 5-4 Rendezvous Ballroom.
     : On the sleeve notes of XQAM-1620, the author persists that recording date of
       track 01-04 is "March 11, 1957".
     : detailed information of [ART PEPPER ON STARS OF JAZZ by Mister James A. Harrod]
       is here.

Thanks to Mister Ken Poston for an accurate information on XQAM-1620.


   
[Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section] (Contemporary C-3532, S-7532)
*Art Pepper(as)  Red Garland(p)  Paul Chambers(b)  Philly Joe Jones(ds)
@ January 19, 1957 - Contemporary Studios, Los Angeles
+ You'd be So Nice to Come Home to
+ Red Pepper Blues
+ Imagination
+ Waltz Me Blues
+ Straight Life
+ Jazz Me Blues
+ Tin Tin Deo
+ Star Eyes
+ Birks' Works
+ The Man I Love : CD bonus track
#Latest CD reissue number : Jazz Images JIM 38033(EU) / UCCO-40038(Japan)


   
[Quincy Jones / Go West Man] (ABC Paramount ABC-186)
*Art Pepper, Benny Carter, Herb Geller, Charlie Mariano(as)
 Lou Levy(p)  Red Mitchell(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)
@ February 25, 1957 / Los Angeles
+ Dancin' Pants
+ Be My Guest
+ Kings Road Blues
#Latest CD reissue number : Impulse GRD-115(U.S.) / MVCR-20048(Japan)
Note : GRD-115 entitled [Quincy Jones / This is How I Feel about Jazz].
       On GRD-115, this session issued as CD bonus tracks.


   
[Art Pepper / The Art of Pepper] (Omegatape OMT-7020 and ST-2030)
*Art Pepper(as)  Carl Perkins(p)  Ben Tucker(b)  Chuck Flores(ds)
@ April 1 and 2, 1957 / Audio Arts, Los Angeles
+ Surf Ride
+ Body and Soul
+ Too Close for Comfort
+ Webb City
+ Summertime
+ Fascinatin' Rhythm
+ Begin the Beguine
+ Holiday Flight
+ Long Ago and Far Away
+ I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me
+ Without a Song
+ The Breeze and I
+ Begin the Beguine  (alt.take) : CD bonus track
+ Webb City          (alt.take) : CD bonus track
+ Fascinatin' Rhythm (alt.take) : CD bonus track
#Latest CD reissue number : Octave Jazz OTCD-5263(EU) / UCCU-5865(Japan)
Note : UCCU-5865 not issued bonus tracks.
     : Master takes also issued on Blue Note CDP 7 46853 2 entitled
       [The Art of Pepper : The Complete Aladdin Recordings Vol.3].
     : Alt.takes also issued on Blue Note CDP7 46848 2 entitled
       [Modern Art : The Complete Aladdin Recordings Vol.2].
     : CD bonus tracks firstly issued on Nadja(Japan) PA-3140/41.

   
[Art Pepper / Omega Sessions : The Complete Master Takes]
(Fresh Sound Records FSR-CD 378)
+ Blues Rock
+ Rock Blues
#Latest CD issue number : as above(Spain)  / YZMS-1066(Japan)

Thanks to Mister Willy Renstrom for information of FSR-CD 378.



 
   
[Historic Recordings 1954-1957 featuring Oustanding West Coast Jazzmen /
 Modern Sounds from California] (Fresh Sound Records FSRCD 2202)
*Art Pepper(as)  Bob Cooper(oboe, ts)
 Claude Williamson(p)  Monte Budwig(b)  Stan Levey(ds)
@ July 8, 1957 / Hollywood
01+ California Zephyr
02+ Two-Part Contention
03+ Midnight Sun
04+ Lady Like
#Latest CD issue number : as above(Spain)
Note : Track 01-03 originally issued on Decca DL-8679
       entitled [V.A. / Showcase for Modern Jazz] (The 2nd photo).
     : When Fresh Sound Records reissued DL-8679 by vinyl LP, track 04 firstly added.



 

 
   
[The John Graas Nonet / Jazz Mantics] (Decca DL-8677)
*Conte Candoli(tp)  Red Callendar(tuba)  John Graas(fhn)  Art Pepper(as)
 Bob Cooper(ts)  Buddy Colette(bs)  Paul Moer(p)  Red Mitchell(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)
@ July 22, 1957 /  Los Angeles
01+ Midnight Sun
02+ Jazz Overture
03+ Petite Poem
----------------------------------------
*Buddy Clark(b) replaced Red Mitchell.
@ August 13, 1957 / Los Angeles
04+ ID
05+ Will Success Spoll Rock n' Roll ?
06+ Jazz Chorale
07+ Free and Easy
# not CD reissued by original vinyl LP configuration.
Note : Track 07 is only on "VINYL LP reissue" by Fresh Sound Records.

[John Graas / Coup De Graas] (EmArcy MG-36117)
*Conte Candoli(tp-1)  Pete Candoli(tp-2)  John Graas(frh)  Red Callendar(tuba-3)
 Art Pepper(as)  Bob Cooper(ts-4, oboe-5)  Buddy Collette(bs-6, fl-7)
 Paul Moer(p)  Buddy Clark(b)  Larry Bunker(ds)
@ August 15, 1957 / Hollywood
+ Van Nuys Indeed     -1, 3, 4, 6
+ Block Sounds        -1, 3, 4, 6, 7
+ Blues Street        -1, 3, 4, 6, 7
+ Development         -2, 3, 4, 6
+ Land of Broken Toys -2, 2, 4, 5, 7
+ Swing Nicely        -3, 4, 6, 7
+ Rogeresque
+ Walkin' Shoes
#Latest CD reissue number : EJD-3083(Japan)

Note : [The John Graas Project #5 / Jazzmantics] (Lonehill Jazz LHJ10149, Spain)
       issued above two albums on one CD(The 3rd photo).


   
[John Graas / International Premire in Jazz] (Andex AS-3003)
*Jack Sheldon(tp)  Bob Enevoldsen(tb)  John Graas(frn)
 Art Pepper(as)  Bill Perkins(ts)  Buddy Colette(sax, fl)
 Paul Moer(p)   Red Mitchell(b)  Larry Bunker(ds, vib)
@ March 18, 1958 - Radio Recorders, Los Angeles
+ Jazz Chaconne No.1 : Pt.1
+ Jazz Chaconne No.1 : Pt.2
+ Jazz Chaconne No.1 : Pt.3
----------- CD bonus tracks ------------
+ Jazz Chaconne No.1 : Pt.1  (take 1)
+ Jazz Chaconne No.1 : Pt.1  (take 3)
+ Jazz Chaconne No.1 : Pt.2B (take 1)
+ Jazz Chaconne No.1 : Pt.2B (insert)
#Latest CD reissue number : V.S.O.P #65CD


   
[Mucho Calor : a Presentation in Latin Jazz] (Andex AS-3002)
*Conte Candoli(tp)  Art Pepper(as)  Bill Perkins(ts)  Russ Freeman(p)
 Ben Tucker(b)  Chuck Flores(ds)  Jack Costanzo, Mike Pacheko(bongos)
@ April 24, 1958 / Forum Theater, Los Angeles
+ Mucho Calor
+ Autumn Leaves
+ Mambo de La Pinta
+ I'll Remember April
+ Voya Hombre Voya
+ I Love You
+ Mambo Jumbo
+ Old Devil Moon
+ Pernod
+ That Old Black Magic
#Latest CD reissue number : V.S.O.P. #47CD(U.S.) / JT943(Spain) / MZCS-1332(Japan)


   
[The Modern Touch of Marty Paich / The Broadway Bit] (Warner Bros. WB-1296)
*Frank Beach, Stu Williamson(tp)  Bob Enevoldsen, George Roberts(tb)
 Vince De Rosa(fhn)  Art Pepper(as)  Bill Perkins(ts)  Jimmy Giuffre(bs)
 Marty Paich(p)  Scott Lafaro(b)  Mel Lewis(ds)  Victor Feldman(vib, perc)
@ February 23, 25 and 27, 1959 / Hollywood
+ Too Close for Comfort
+ Yonger Than Spring Time / Surrey with the Fringe on Top
+ I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
+ It's All Right with Me
+ I Love Paris
+ Lazy Afternoon
+ Just in Time
+ If I Were a Bell
+ I've Never Been in Love Before
#Latest CD reissue number : Lonehill Jazz LHJ10186(Spain) / WPJR-10028(Japan)


   
[Jack Sheldon / Jack's Groove] (GNP 60)
*Jack Sheldon, Chet Baker(tp)  Stu Williamson(tb)
 Art Pepper, Herb Geller(as)  Harold Land(ts)
 Paul Moer(p)  Buddy Clark(b)  Mel Lewis(ds)
@ March 6, 1959 / Hollywood
+ Anyhow
+ Julie is Her Name
+ Aplomb
+ Sunset Eyes
+ J.S.
#Latest CD reissue number : Fresh Sound Records FSR-CD 70(Spain)
Note : All tracks also CD issued on Lonehill Jazz LHJ10274(Spain) entitled
       [Chet Baker and Art Pepper / Complete Recordings].


   
[Art Pepper Plus Eleven : Modern Jazz Classics] (Contemporary C-3568, S-7568)
*Pete Candoli, Jack Sheldon(tp)  Dick Nash(tb)  Bob Enevoldsen(tb, ts)
 Vince De Rosa(frh)  Art Pepper(as, cl, ts)  Herb Geller(as)  Bill Perkins(ts)
 Med Flory(bs)  Russ Freeman(p)  Joe Mondragon(b)  Mel Lewis(ds)
@ March 14, 1959 / Contemporary Studios, Los Angeles
+ Opus de Funk
+ 'Round Midnight
+ Walkin Shoes
+ Airegin
----------------------------------------
*Al Porcino, Jack Sheldon(tp)  Dick Nash(tb)  Bob Enevoldsen(tb, ts)
 Vince De Rosa(fhn)  Art Pepper(as, cl, ts)  Bud Shank(as)  Bill Perkins(ts)
 Med Flory(bs)  Russ Freeman(p)  Joe Mondragon(b)  Mel Lewis(ds)
@ March 28, 1959 / Contemporary Studios, Los Angeles
+ Groovin' High
+ Shaw nuff
+ Donna Lee
+ Donna Lee (alt. take) : CD bonus track
+ Anthropology
----------------------------------------
*Al Porcino, Jack Sheldon(tp)  Dick Nash(tb)  Bob Enevoldsen(tb, ts)
 Vince De Rosa(fhn)  Art Pepper(as, cl, ts)  Charlie Kennedy(as)
 Richie Kamuca(ts)  Med Flory(bs)  Russ Freeman(p)  Joe Mondragon(b)
 Mel Lewis(ds)
@ May 13, 1959 / Contemporary Studios, Los Angeles
+ Move
+ Four Brothers
+ Bernie's Tune
+ Walkin'
+ Walkin' (alt.take 1) : CD bonus track
+ Walkin' (alt.take 2) : CD bonus track
#Latest CD reissue number : Fantasy OJCCD 341-2(U.S.) / UCCO-99082(Japan)


   
[Dave Pell / The Big Small Bands] (Capitol T-1309)
*Frank Beach, Jack Sheldon(tp)  Bob Enevoldsen(vtb)  Arthur Maebe(frh)
 Phil Stephens(tuba)  Art Pepper(as)  Dave Pell(ts)  Marty Berman(bs)
 Marty Paich(p)  Buddy Clark(b)  Mel Lewis(ds)
@ March 19, 1959 / Los Angeles
+ Walkin' Shoes
+ Boplicity
+ Popo
#Latest CD reissue number : Fresh Sound Records FSRCD 2259(Spain)


   
[Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre] (Verve MGV-8311)
*Art Pepper, Bud Shank(as)  Richie Kamuca(ts)  Jimmy Giuffre(ts, bs)
 Lou Levy(p)  Herb Ellis, Jim Hall(g)  Joe Mondragon(b)  Stan Levey(ds)
@ March 26, 1959 / Hollywood
+ Goose Geese
+ When Your Lover Has Gone
+ You Know
+ My Old Flame
+ Country Boy
+ People will Say We're in Love
+ Remember?
+ Patricia
#Latest CD reissue number : 314 559 826-2(U.S.) / Lonehill Jazz LHJ10368(Spain)


   
[Barney Kessel / Some Like It Hot] (Contemporary C-3565, S-7565)
*Barney Kessel(g)  Joe Gordon(tp)  Art Pepper(as, cl, ts)
 Jimmy Rowles(p)  Jack Marchhall(rhythm.g)  Monty Budwig(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)
@ March 30 and 31, 1959 / Contemporary Studios, Los Angeles
+ Some Like It Hot
+ I Wanna be Loved by You
+ Sweet Sue
+ Runnin' Wild
+ Sweet Georgia Brown
+ Down Among the Sheltering Palms
+ Sugar Blues
+ By the Beautiful Sea
+ Sweet Sue    (alt.take) : CD bonus track
+ Runnin' Wild (alt.take) : CD bonus track
#Latest CD reissue number : Fantasy OJCCD 168-2(U.S.) / OTCD-5187(Japan)


   
[Anita O'Day / Cool Heat] (Verve MGV-8312)
*Frank Rosolino, Lester Robinson(tb)  Art Pepper(as)  Richie Kamuca(ts)
 Jimmy Giuffre(ts, bs)  George Morrow(b)  Mel Lewis(ds)  Anita O'Day(vo)
@ April 7, 1959 / Radio Recorders, Los Angeles
+ Mack the Knife
+ Gone with the Wind
+ Hershey Bar
+ My Heart Belongs to Daddy
#Latest CD reissue number : UCCU-3111(Japan)


   
[Mel Torme with the Meltones / Back in Town] (Verve MGV-2120)
*Jack Sheldon(tp)  Art Pepper(as,ts)  Vic Feldman(vib)  Tommy Todesco,
 Bobby Gibbons, Tony Rizzi, Bill Rittman, Batney Kessel(g)
 Marty Paich(p, org, celeste, cond, arr)  Joe Mondragon(b)  Mel Lewis(ds)
 Mel Torme(vo, arr)  The Meltones : Sue Allen, Ginny O'Connor,
 Bernie Parke, Tom Kenny(vo)
@ April 23, 28 and 29, August 10, 1959 / Los Angeles
+ Makin' Whoopee !
+ Baubles, Bangles and Beads
+ What is This Thing Called Love ?
+ I've Never been in Love Before
+ Truckin'
+ A Bunch of the Blues / Keester Parade / TNT / Tiny's Blues
+ It Happened in Monterey
+ I Hadn't Anyone Till You
+ A Smooth One
+ Don't Dream of Anybody But Me (Li'l Darlin')
+ Some Like It Hot
+ Hit the Road to Dreamland
+ I Hadn't Anyone Till You (alt.take) : CD bonus track on 314 511 522-2
#Latest CD reissue number : 314 511 522-2(EU) / UCCV-9436(Japan)


   
[Joanie Sommers / Positively the Most !] (Warner Bros. WS-1346)
*Conte Candoli(tp)   Frank Rosolino(tb)  Art Pepper(as)  Buddy Collette(bs)
 Victor Feldman(vib)  Marty Paich(p)  Joe Mondragon(b)  Mel Lewis(ds)
 Joanie Sommers(vo)
@ June, 1959 / Hollywood
+ Heart and Soul
+ My Heart Belongs to Daddy
+ Something I Dreamed Last Night
+ So in Love
+ Oh, But I Do
+ Squeeze Me
#Latest CD reissue number : WPCR-29149(Japan)


   
[The Modern Touch of Marty Paich / I Get a Boot Out of You]
(Warner Bros. WB-1349)
*Conte Candoli, Jack Sheldon, Al Porcino(tp)  Bob Enevoldsen, George Roberts(tb)
 Art Pepper(as)  Bill Perkins(ts)  Bill Hood(bs)  Vince De Rosa(frh)
 Russ Freeman(p)  Victor Feldman(vib)  Joe Mondragon(b)  Mel Lewis(ds)
@ June 30, July 2 and 7, 1959 / Hollywood
+ It Don't Mean a Thing
+ No More
+ Love for Sale
+ Moanin'
+ Violets for Your Furs
+ What Am I Here for / Cottontail
+ Warm Valley
+ Things Ain't What They Used to Be
#Latest CD reissue number : Cheesecake Records 8242(EU) / YZMS-3024(Japan)


   
[Toni Harper / Lady Lonely] (RCA Victor LSP-2092)
*Jack Sheldon(tp)  Art Pepper(as)  Bill Pittman(g)  Marty Paich(celeste)
 Joe Mondragon(b)  Mel Lewis(ds)  Toni Harper(voc)
 + 12 strinmgs, 4 violas, 2 cellos, 4 frh and 1 harp.
@ July 15, 16 and 28, 1959 / RCA Studio, Hollywood
+ Lady Lonely
+ He Was a Man
+ My Heart is a Lonely Hunter
+ Blue It Grows
+ You Taught Me How to Cry
+ The Other Woman
+ Nobody Home But the Blues
+ Love Has Come Love Has Gone
+ River Weep
#Latest CD reissue number : BMG 7 43214 21312 4(EU)



 
   
[The Subterraneans : Soundtrack] (MGM E-3812)
*Art Farmer(tp)  Art Pepper(as)  Gerry Mulligan(bs)
 Russ Freeman(p)  Buddy Clark(b)  Dave Bailey(ds)
@ September 2, 1959  / M-G-M Studios Scoring Stage, Los Angeles
+ Bread and Wine
+ Things are Looking Down ; see Note
----------------------------------------
*Art Farmer, Jack Sheldon(tp)  Bob Enevoldsen(tb)  Art Pepper(as)
 Bill Perkins(ts)  Gerry Mulligan(bs)  Andre Previn, Russ Freeman(p)
 Red Mitchell, Buddy Clark(b)  Dave Bailey, Shelly Manne(ds)
@ January 11, 1960 / same location
+ Why are We Afraid ?
+ Two by Two / Leo and his Mama
+ a Rose and the End
+ Look Ma ! No Clothes !
+ Analyst / I'm Leo / Yuri and Leo
----------------------------------------
*Jack Seldon(tp)  Art Pepper(as)
 Russ Freeman(p)  Red Mitchell(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)
@ January 12, 1960 / same location
+ Alarm Clock (Raising Caen)

******* bonus tracks on Latest CD *******
@ January 11, 1960 / same location
+ Main Title / New Prologue
+ Togetherness
+ Trip to the Moon
+ What Do You Need : I Want to Wait / Eyes to Split / Yuri Asleep
----------------------------------------
@ January 12, 1960 / same location
+ The Square's Pad
#Latest CD reissue number : Film Score Monthly FSMCD Vol.7, No.19(U.S.) : the 2nd photo
Note : This track restored to non-edited configuration on latest CD.


   
[Jesse Belvin / Mr. Easy] (RCA Victor LSP-2105)
*Conte Candoli, Jack Sheldon, Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Stu Williamson(tp)
 Marchhall Cram, Verne Friley, Harry Betts, Frank Rosolino(tb)
 Red Callendar(tuba)  Art Pepper(as)  William Pittman(g)  Russ Freeman(p)
 Joe Mondragon(b)  Mel Lewis(ds)  Larry Bunker(vib, perc)  Jesse Belvin(vo)
@ December 8, 1959 / RCA Studio, Hollywood
+ Something Happens to Me
+ The Best is Yet to Come
+ Let There be Love
+ It's All Right with Me
----------------------------------------
*Conte Candoli, Al Porcino, Stu Williamson, Dick Collins(tp)
 Dick Nash, Harry Betts, Pete Carpenter, Marchhall Cramm(tb)
 Art Pepper(as, cl)  Al Hendrickson(g)  Russ Freeman(p)  Joe Mondragon(b)
 Mel Lewis(ds)  Milt Holland(vib, perc) Jesse Belvin(vo)
 + 12 violin, 4 violas and 2 cellos.
@ December 16, 1959 / RCA Studio, Hollywood
  (all vocal overdubed on December 22, 1959)
+ In the Still of the Night
+ Blues in the Night
+ I'll Buy You a Star
+ Makin' Whoopee!
#Latest CD reissue number : Octave Records OTCD-6001(EU) / BVCJ-35018(Japan)


   
[Mel Torme Swings Shubert Alley] (Verve MGV 6-2132)
*Al Porcino(tp)  Stu Williamson(vtb)  Frank Rosolino(tb)  Vince De Rosa(frh)
 Red Callender(tuba)  Art Pepper, Bill Perkins, Bill Hood(saxes)
 Marty Paich(p)  Joe Mondragon(b)  Mel Lewis(ds)  Mel Torme(vo)
@ January 21, February 4 and 11, 1960 / MGM Studio, Los Angeles
+ Too Close for Comfort
+ Once in Love with Amy
+ Whatever Lola Wants
+ Hello, Young Lovers
+ Too Darn Hot
+ A Sleepin' Bee
+ All I Need Is a Girl
+ Lonely Town
+ The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
+ On the Street Where You Live
+ Just in Time
+ Old Devil Moon
#Latest CD reissue number : CD 821 581-2(EU) / UCCU-5856(Japan)


   
[Ethel Azama / Cool Heat] (Liberty LRP-3142, LST-7142)
*Conte Candoli, Jack Sheldon, Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Stu Williamson(tp)
 Frank Rosolino, Marchhall Cramm, Verne Friley, Harry Betts(tb)
 Red Callendar(tuba)  Art Pepper(as)  Russ Freeman(p)  William Pittman(g)
 Joe Mondragon(b)  Mel Lewis(ds)  Ethel Azama(vo)
@ February 22, 1960 / Los Angeles
+ Surrey with the Fringe on Top
+ You Smell So Good
+ Squeeze Me
+ Daybreak
+ All I Needis You
+ You're So Bad for Me
+ Johnny One Note
+ I'm Glad There Is You
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*Art Pepper(as)  Russ Freeman(p)  William Pittman(g)
 Joe Mondragon(b)  Mel Lewis(ds)  Ethel Azama(vo)  + strings
@ February 1960 / Los Angeles
+ Like Someone in Love
+ My Ship
+ When the Sun Comes Out
+ Time after Time
#Latest CD reissue number : Fresh Sound Records FSRCD 628(Spain) / TOCJ-50119(Japan)


   
[Introducing Linda Lawson] (Chancellor CHL-5010)
*Jack Sheldon(tp)  Art Pepper(as)   Bill Pittman(g)
 Jimmy Rowles(p)  Joe Mondragon(b)  Joe Mondragon(ds)
 Linda Lawson(vo)  Marty Paich(arr, cond)  the Hollywood String Ensemble
@ Februay 22 and 26, March 4, 1960 / United Recorders, Hollywood
+ Where Flamingos Fly         (AP:solo)
+ You Don't Know What Love is (AP:obbligato and coda)
+ Meaning of the Blues        (AP:obbligato,interlude and coda)
+ Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
+ Make the Man Love Me
#Latest CD reissue number : Fresh Sound Records FSRCD 784(Spain) / YZMS-1042(Japan)
Thanks to Mister Tamio Akiyama for information on this album.


   
[Art Pepper / Gettin' Together] (Contemporary C-3573, S-7573)
*Conte Candoli(tp-1)  Art Pepper(as, ts)
 Wynton Kelly(p)  Paul Chambers(b)  Jimmy Cobb(ds)
@ February 29, 1960 / Contemporary Studios, Los Angeles
+ Whims of Chambers -1
+ Bijou the Poodle  -1
+ Why Are We Afraid ?
+ Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
+ Rhythm-A-Ning -1
+ Gettin' Together
+ Gettin' Together (alt.take) : CD bonus track
+ Diane
+ The Way You Look Tonight    : CD bonus track
#Latest CD reissue number : American Jazz Classics AJC 90299(EU) / UCCO-90146(Japan)



 
   
[The Hi-Lo's / All Over the Place] (Columbia CL-1509)
*Al Porcino, Jack Sheldon(tp)  Frank Rosolino, Dave Wells(tb)
 Red Callendar(tuba)  Art Pepper(as)  Bill Perkins(ts)  Bill Hood(bs)
 Douglas Fisher(p)  Bill Pittman, Al Hendrickson(g)  Buddy Clark(b)
 Mel Lewis(ds)  The Hi-Lo's(vo)
@ March 24, 1960 / Hollywood
+ Isle of Capri
+ My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
#Latest CD reissue number : Collectables 6694(U.S.)
Thanks to Mister Tamio Akiyama for CD reissue information.

[The Hi-Lo's / This Time It's Love] (Columbia/Collectables 7552)
*same personnel, date and location.
+ A Lot of Living to Do : CD bonus track
+ Cindy's Prayer        : CD bonus track
#Latest CD reissue number : as above(U.S.)
Note : These tracks originally issued on Columbia 4-41647(45rpm).


   
[Toni Harper / Night Mood] (RCA Victor LPM-2253)
*Conte Candoli, Al Porcino, Stu Williamson, Dick Collins(tp)
 Pete Carpenter, Frank Rosolino, Francis Fitzpatrick(tb)
 Bud Shank, Art Pepper(as)  Bill Perkins, Jack Montrose(ts)
 Jack Nimitz(bs)  Larry Bunker(vib)  Jimmy Rowles(p)  William Pittman(g)
 Joe Mondragon(b)  Mel Lewis(ds)  Toni Harper(vo)
@ April 13, 1960 / RCA Studio, Hollywood
+ In the Still of the Night
+ Paradise
+ Saturday Night
+ A Sleepin' Bee
+ You and the Night and the Music
#Latest CD reissue number : BMG 7 43214 2131 2(EU) / BVCJ-38186(Japan)


   
[June Christy / Somethig Cool, Stereo Version] (Capitol ST-516)
*June Christy(vo) with Pete Rugolo Orchestra including Art Pepper(as).
@ April 26, 27 and 28, 1960 / Hollywood
+ Something Cool
+ Lonely House
+ The Night We Called It a Day
+ Midnight Sun
+ The Stranger Called the Blues
+ I Should Care
+ Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
+ It Could Happen to You
+ I'll Take Romance
+ I'm Thrilled
+ This Time the Dream's on Me
#Latest CD reissue number : CDP 7 96329 2(U.S.) / TOCJ-9305(Japan)


   
[Shorty Rogers / The Swingin' Nutcracker] (RCA Victor LPM-2110)
*Shorty Rogers(tp, flh)  Conte Candoli, Johnny Audino, Ray Triscari,
 Jimmy Zito(tp)  Harry Betts, Frank Rosolino, Kenneth Shroyer,
 George Roberts(tb)  Art Pepper, Bud Shank(as)  Bill Hollman,
 Richie Kamuca, Bill Perkins(ts)  Chuck Gentry(bs)  Jimmy Giuffre(cl-1)
 Pete Jolly(p)  Joe Mondragon(b-2)  Lou Levy(b-3)  Mel Lewis(ds)
@ May 17 and 26, 1960 / RCA Studio, Hollywood
+ Like Nutty Overture  -3
+ Blue Reeds           -2
+ Snowball             -1, 3
+ Six Pack             -2
+ Flowers for the Cats -2
+ Pass the Duke        -2
+ Overture for Shorty  -2
#Latest CD reissue number : BMG 7 43214 21212 7(EU)


   
[The Marty Paich Piano Quartet / Lush Latin and Cool] (RCA Victor LPM-2259)
*Marty Paich, Pete Jolly, Jimmy Rowles, John Williams(p)
 Stu Williamson(tp)  Dave Wells(tp, tb)  Art Pepper, Bud Shank(as, ts)
 Bill Pittman(g)  Joe Mondragon(b)  Mel Lewis(ds)
@ June 2, 1960 / RCA Studio, Hollywood
+ Honky Tonk Train
+ St.Louis Blues Boogie Woogie
+ Little Rock Gateway
+ One O'Clock Jump
#Latest CD reissue number : BMG 7 43214 58058 2(EU)


   
[Henry Mancini and his Orchestra / Combo !] (RCA Victor LPM-2258)
*Pete Candoli(tp)  Dick Nash(tb)  Ted Nash(flute, as, ts)
 Art Pepper(cl)  Ronnie Lang(bs, afl)  John Williams(p, hpc)
 Larry Bunker(vib)  Bob Bain(g)  Rollie Bundock(b)  Shelly Manne(ds),
 Ramon Rivera(perc)
@ June 14, 17, and 21, 1960 / RCA Studio, Hollywood
+ Sidewalks of Cuba
+ Castle Rock
+ Charleston Alley
+ Dream of You
+ Playboy's Theme
+ Far East Blues
+ Scandinavian Shuffle
+ Moanin'
+ Swing Lightly
+ A Powdered Wig
+ Tequila
+ Everybody Blow !
#Latest CD reissue number : RCA/Legacy 88985346702(EU)


   
[Helen Humes / Songs I Like to Sing] (Contemporary C-3582, S-7582)
*Al Porcino, Ray Triscari, Stu Williamson, Jack Sheldon(tp)
 Harry Betts, Bob Fitzpatrick(tb)  Art Pepper(as, cl)  Ben Webster,
 Teddy Edwards(ts)  Bill Hood(bs)  Barney Kessel(g) Andre Previn(p)
 Leroy Vinnegar(b)  Shelly Manne(ds)  Helen Humes(vo)
@ September 6 and 7, 1960 / Contemporary Studios, Los Angeles
+ Don't Worry 'Bout Me
+ Love Me Or Leave Me
+ St.Louis Blues
+ I Want a Roof Over My Head
+ Million Dollar Secret
+ You're Drivin' Me Crazy
+ Mean To Me
+ Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
+ Don't Worry 'Bout Me (alt. take) : CD bonus track
#Latest CD reissue number : Fantasy OJCCD 171-2(U.S.)


   
[Art Pepper / Smack Up] (Contemporary C-3602, S-7602)
*Jack Sheldon(tp)  Art Pepper(as)
 Pete Jolly(p)  Jimmy Bond(b)  Frank Butler(ds)
@24, 25 October 24 and 25, 1960 / Contemporary Studios, Los Angeles
+ Smack Up
+ Las Uuevas de Mario
+ a Bit of Basie
+ How Can You Lose
+ Maybe Next Year
+ Tears Inside
+ Solid Citizens (take 33) : CD bonus track
+ Solid Citizens (take 37) : CD bonus track
#Latest CD reissue number : Fantasy OJCCD 176-2(U.S.) / UCCO-90181(Japan)


   
[Art Pepper / Intensity] (Contemporary C-3607, S-7607)
*Art Pepper(as)  Dolo Coker(p)  Jimmy Bond(b)  Frank Butler(ds)
@ November 23 and 25, 1960 / Contemporary Studios, Los Angeles
+ I Can't Believe that You're in Love with Me
+ I Love You
+ Come Rain or Come Shine
+ Long Ago and Far Away
+ Gone with the Wind
+ I Wished on the Moon
+ Too Close for Comfort
+ Autumn Leaves : CD bonus track (Japanese issue only)
+ Five Points   : CD bonus track
#Latest CD reissue number : Fantasy OJCCD 387-2(U.S.) / UCCO-90143(Japan)
Note : [Autumn Leaves] not issued on OJCCD 387-2. However on
       OJCCD 389-2 entitled [...The Way It Was !].


   
[Helyne Stewart / Love Moods] (Contemporary C-3601, S-7601)
*Jack Sheldon(tp)  Frank Rosolino(tb)  Art Pepper(as)  Teddy Edwards(ts)
 Pete Jolly(p)  Jimmy Bond(b)  Frank Butler(ds)  Helyne Stewart(vo)
@ January 20, 1961 / Contemporary Studios, Los Angeles
+ Love is Here to Stay
+ My Silent Love
+ How Deep is the Ocean
+ The Man I Love
#Latest CD reissue number : Fantasy OJCCD 1020-2(U.S.)


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