Jazz saxophonist Art Pepper was born 100 years ago today. He started on clarinet at age 9 and debuted on record with Stan Kenton at age 18. Pepper had an intensive and creative alto saxophone style ...

Laurie Pepper has been the lightning rod for the music of her late husband, Art Pepper, since the saxophonist's death at 56 in 1982. She took proper control of his musical legacy in 1981 on the advice ...

There are great jazz musicians. And then there are great pairings of great jazz musicians. Some of these pairings you know, some may be less familiar. A duo in the latter category was West Coast alto ...

What’s up with all the Seattle jazz retrievals? A few months ago, a British label brought out an album of a 1956 “Jazz at the Philharmonic” concert. Now Omnivore Recordings has released a red-vinyl ...

Saxophonist Art Pepper 19251982 lived the kind of jazz life only found in Hollywood movies His prodigious talent led him to top gigs as a teenager but drugs and attendant criminal activity knocked him ...

Since 2006, Laurie Pepper, the widow of jazz saxophonist Art Pepper, has been releasing live recordings her husband made during the last years of his life. A new batch of these recordings from 1981 is ...

Fall 2025 vinyl reissues include Mobley, Montgomery, Pepper, Rollins, Lateef, and Garland. Pre-order now on 180g and hi-res. This year marks the first time Savoy titles from Yusef Lateef, Hank Mobley, ...