The Trip (Art Pepper album)

The Trip is a 1976 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper, playing with pianist George Cables, bassist Happy Williams and drummer Elvin Jones.

The Trip
Studio album by
Released1977
Recorded15–16 September 1976
GenreJazz
Length42:33
LabelContemporary/OJC
ProducerLester Koenig & John Koenig
Art Pepper chronology
Living Legend
(1975)
The Trip
(1977)
A Night in Tunisia
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

This album features The Trip, one of Art Pepper's own melodies written in 1963 while in San Quentin. Pepper likened jazz to the storytelling that took place between the prisoners. As he says in the sleeve notes, "When I play,... the sound that comes out of this thing, this piece of metal is just me saying these things and taking people on a trip."

Track listing

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  1. "The Trip" (Art Pepper) – 8:55
  2. "A Song For Richard" (Joe Gordon) – 6:17
  3. "Sweet Love Of Mine" (Woody Shaw) – 6:34
  4. "Junior Cat" (Art Pepper) – 7:46
  5. "The Summer Knows" (Michel Legrand, Marilyn & Alan Bergman) – 7:09
  6. "Red Car" (Art Pepper) – 5:45
(Recorded on 15–16 September 1976.)

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, Fourth Edition, 1998
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 160. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Kelsey, Chris. "Art Pepper: The Trip". AllMusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 April 2016.

Sources

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  • Richard Cook & Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD 4th edition. Penguin, 1998. ISBN 0-14-051383-3