Art Pepper – Intensity – Contemporary Records (Acoustic Sounds Series) 180g Vinyl

Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series continues in 2024!
Twelve standout albums from the Contemporary Records catalog reissued on 180-gram vinyl
Titles featuring Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Helen Humes, Ben Webster and many more!
Mastered AAA by Bernie Grundman from the original analog tapes
180-gram LPs pressed at Quality Record Pressings!
Stoughton Printing gatefold old-style tip-on jackets
Series supervised by Chad Kassem CEO of Acoustic Sounds

Continuing Craft Recordings’ celebration of seminal jazz artists from Contemporary Records

Two more essential Art Pepper reissues, originally recorded in 1960, are the albums Gettin’ Together! and Intensity.

Originally released on either side of Smack Up, these albums underscore just how refreshingly creative Pepper was at the time.

Gettin’ Together’s tight “Bijou the Poodle,” penned by Pepper, leads the way, with Jazzwise admiring its “angularity…representing the darker side of the Californian jazz idyll.”

Often described as a sequel to Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section, Gettin’ Together! once again finds Pepper backed on beat by Miles Davis alums (bassist Paul Chambers, drummer Jimmy Cobb). Meanwhile, the San Francisco Examiner sums up 1963’s Intensity, the last release of his early period, as Pepper being “well on his way toward a new kind of playing freedom.”

Writes AllMusic, “Pepper sticks to swinging standards such as ‘I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me,’ ‘Gone with the Wind, and ‘I Wished on the Moon’ as points of departure on this interesting and largely enjoyable set.”

Track Listing

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
Five Points