Art Pepper: Over the Rainbow

Track

Over the Rainbow

Artist

Art Pepper (alto sax)

CD

The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions (Contemporary 9 CCD-4417-2)

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Musicians:

Art Pepper (alto sax).

Composed by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg

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Recorded: live at the Village Vanguard, New York, July 28, 1977

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Rating: 87/100 (learn more)

During his announcement to the audience, Art Pepper says that his producer Lester Koenig asked him to do this solo number, and he adds with some humor that it is going to be "one of these Anthony Braxton trips," but "a short thing." Well, it lasts more than seven minutes and, whether you like Braxton or not, I'm not sure you'll see the connection. Lyrical, though sometimes impaired by a hissing reed; dramatic, even if he often fills in with virtuoso licks; adventurous, though respectful of the melody—such is Pepper's solo vision of this song. The vision of a man and musician who, during his lifetime, obviously went several times "over the rainbow," and came back with a different point of view on our world.

Reviewer: Thierry Quénum

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