General Article name: Intensity
Genre: Jazz Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: doxy Number of tracks: 8 Tracklist LP - 1 1. Art Pepper - I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me 2. Art Pepper - I Love You 3. Art Pepper - Come Rain or Come Shine 4. Art Pepper - Long Ago (And Far Away) 5. Art Pepper - I Wished on the Moon 6. Art Pepper - Gone With the Wind 7. Art Pepper - Too Close for Comfort 8. Art Pepper - Five Points by Art Pepper   Description Description

Intensity was the final album of altoist Art Pepper's early period and was released when he was already serving a long prison sentence due to his addiction to heroin. Assisted by pianist Dolo Coker, bassist Jimmy Bond, and drummer Frank Butler, Pepper was just starting to show the influence of John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman in his style, freeing up his playing and displaying a greater intensity during his improvisations. Ironically, 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. Excluding a 1973 recording with Mike Vax's big band, it would be 15 years before Art Pepper led another record date in the studios. ~ [Some reissues have an additional song, "Fine Points."] Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow

Contributors Artist: Art Pepper Record Label: Doxy Records