Intensity

by Art Pepper

Intensity cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1963
  • Label: Contemporary
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 48:02
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded shortly before a lengthy period of incarceration, this session radiates an aching, lyrical brilliance through standard material. The alto saxophone performances balance the relaxed, airy tone of the West Coast school with an emotionally charged, aggressive rhythmic bite. 'Intensity' serves as a poignant, masterful climax to the artist's highly acclaimed early career output.

Genres

Descriptors: saxophone, improvisation, melodic, acoustic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (4:24)
  2. I Love You (5:24)
  3. Come Rain Or Come Shine (4:46)
  4. Long Ago (And Far Away) (4:21)
  5. Gone With The Wind (5:50)
  6. I Wished On The Moon (4:55)
  7. Too Close For Comfort (6:44)
  8. Five Points (11:35)

Credits

  • Art Pepper - primary artist, alto saxophone
  • Jimmy Bond - bass
  • Frank Butler - drums
  • Dolo Coker - piano
  • Clarence Gaskill - composed by
  • Jimmy McHugh - composed by
  • Cole Porter - composed by
  • Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer - composed by
  • Ira Gershwin - Composed By
  • Jerome Kern - Composed By
  • Allie Wrubel - Composed By
  • Herbert Magidson - Composed By
  • Dorothy Parker - Composed By
  • Ralph Rainger - Composed By
  • George David Weiss - Composed By
  • Jerry Bock - Composed By
  • Lawrence Holofcener - Composed By

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