The Vinyl Countdown # 84

Art Pepper, Art Lives (1983)

When I first got into Art Pepper – it was all the smooth stuff from the 50s and early 60s. Class act. Even if he was a mess off the stage and out of the booth – and even sometimes famously when he was playing (or about to be playing). But there are two periods in Pepper’s career. And after lock-ups and rehabs he bounced back …