Smack Up

by Art Pepper Quintet

Smack Up cover art

Recorded shortly before the alto saxophonist began a lengthy prison sentence for narcotics possession. The session uniquely consists entirely of compositions penned by fellow saxophonists, including Ornette Coleman and Benny Carter, signaling a stylistic shift away from West Coast cool toward muscular, angular bop.

Genres

  • Hard Bop

Tracklist

  1. Smack Up
  2. Las Cuevas De Mario
  3. A Bit Of Basie
  4. How Can You Lose
  5. Maybe Next Year
  6. Tears Inside
  7. Solid Citizens - Take 33 (bonus track)
  8. Solid Citizens - Take 37- (bonus track)