Living Legend
by Art Pepper
- Type: Album
- Released: 1976
- Label: Contemporary
- Country: United States
- Length: 48:39
- Community rating: 3.95/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Making a triumphant return to the studio following a harrowing period of incarceration and rehabilitation, the brilliant alto saxophonist reasserts his mastery of post-bop. The session captures his playing with a newfound, hardened emotional intensity, backed by an exceptional rhythm section that effortlessly supports his fiery improvisations.
Genres
Descriptors: saxophone, improvisation, ballad, confessional, emotive
Tracklist
- Ophelia (7:51)
- Here's That Rainy Day (5:38)
- What Laurie Likes (6:43)
- Mr. Yohe (7:10)
- Lost Life (5:52)
- Samba Mom-Mom - Original Take (8:19)
- Samba Mom-Mom - Alternate Take (7:03)
Credits
- Art Pepper Quintet - Member
- Art Pepper - Member, Primary Artist, Written-By
- Jimmy Bond - Member
- Frank Butler - Member
- Pete Jolly - Member
- Lester Koenig - Member
- Jack Sheldon - Member
- Harold Land - Member
- Jimmy Van Heusen And Johnny Burke - Written-By