http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6199&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rssArt Pepper may not be a recognizable figure to the general public, but he is a bright shining star in the jazz world. Pepper, of San Pedro, California was a child prodigy who fell in love with the music of Lester Young. As a teen, he was featured in Lee Young's (Lester's brother) band and with the great Benny Carter. Segregation forbade his touring with them so he joined Stan Kenton's group and quickly became a featured soloist. Pepper shared Stan Getz's good looks and an ability to fit into any musical situation yet retain his own voice, and became an in-demand session player and a solo star. Heroin claimed Pepper for well over a decade and he spent a substantial part of his life in and out of jail and recovery homes. In the '70s he picked his career up and released a string of excellent albums showing a new, tougher style. His biting autobiography, "Straight Life," is closer to literature than the usual celebrity tell-all; it may be the most self-critical, least flattering autobiography ever written. - Nick DedinaCool/West Coast Jazzen720Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:51:40 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6199&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss Art Pepper may not be a recognizable figure to the general public, but he is a bright shining star in the jazz world. Pepper, of San Pedro, California was a child prodigy who fell in love with the music of Lester Young. As a teen, he was featured in Lee Young's (Lester's brother) band and with the great Benny Carter. Segregation forbade his touring with them so he joined Stan Kenton's group and quickly became a featured soloist. Pepper shared Stan Getz's good looks and an ability to fit into any musical situation yet retain his own voice, and became an in-demand session player and a solo star. Heroin claimed Pepper for well over a decade and he spent a substantial part of his life in and out of jail and recovery homes. In the '70s he picked his career up and released a string of excellent albums showing a new, tougher style. His biting autobiography, "Straight Life," is closer to literature than the usual celebrity tell-all; it may be the most self-critical, least flattering autobiography ever written. - Nick Dedina http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2094366&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss Cool/West Coast Jazz Tue, 1 Jan 1957 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Pepper on Rhapsody Online 2094366 tra.2094366 Art Pepper art.6199 0.99 Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section alb.111173 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/0/5/3/1813509_170x170.jpg 2006-06-13 00:00:00.0 1957-01-01 00:00:00.0 true You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To tra.2094366 324000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2094366&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2094366&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1261251&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss West Coast Jazz Tue, 1 Jan 1957 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Pepper on Rhapsody Online 1261251 tra.1261251 Art Pepper art.6199 0.99 Modern Art alb.243216 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/6/5/0/1030560_170x170.jpg 1988-05-23 00:00:00.0 1957-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Cool Bunny tra.1261251 252000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1261251&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1261251&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.511200&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss Cool/West Coast Jazz Tue, 1 Jan 1957 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Pepper on Rhapsody Online 511200 tra.511200 Art Pepper art.6199 0.99 Modern Art alb.243216 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/6/5/0/1030560_170x170.jpg 1988-05-23 00:00:00.0 1957-01-01 00:00:00.0 true When You're Smiling tra.511200 291000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.511200&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.511200&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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0.0 Modern Art alb.243216 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/6/5/0/1030560_170x170.jpg 1988-05-23 00:00:00.0 1957-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Summertime tra.1261254 438000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1261254&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1261254&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1261248&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss Cool/West Coast Jazz Tue, 1 Jan 1957 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Pepper on Rhapsody Online 1261248 tra.1261248 Art Pepper art.6199 0.99 Modern Art alb.243216 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/6/5/0/1030560_170x170.jpg 1988-05-23 00:00:00.0 1957-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered tra.1261248 266000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1261248&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1261248&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/7/2/7/277275_170x170.jpg 1988-05-11 00:00:00.0 1956-08-06 00:00:00.0 true You Go To My Head tra.511204 258000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.511204&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.511204&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2103272&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss Cool/West Coast Jazz Thu, 1 Jan 1959 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Pepper on Rhapsody Online 2103272 tra.2103272 Art Pepper art.6199 0.99 Art Pepper + Eleven: Modern Jazz Classics alb.230315 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/7/7/6/1176770_170x170.jpg 2006-06-13 00:00:00.0 1959-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Airegin tra.2103272 180000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2103272&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2103272&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2007434&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss Cool/West Coast Jazz Mon, 1 Jan 1979 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Pepper on Rhapsody Online 2007434 tra.2007434 Art Pepper art.6199 0.99 Straight Life alb.98194 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/9/9/389998_170x170.jpg 1990-01-01 00:00:00.0 1979-01-01 00:00:00.0 true September Song tra.2007434 661000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2007434&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2007434&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1261736&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss Cool/West Coast Jazz Sat, 1 Jan 1972 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Pepper on Rhapsody Online 1261736 tra.1261736 Art Pepper art.6199 0.99 The Way It Was! alb.215152 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/8/8/408898_170x170.jpg 1989-10-05 00:00:00.0 1972-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Autumn Leaves tra.1261736 387000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1261736&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1261736&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2094367&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss Cool/West Coast Jazz Tue, 1 Jan 1957 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Pepper on Rhapsody Online 2094367 tra.2094367 Art Pepper art.6199 0.99 Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section alb.111173 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/0/5/3/1813509_170x170.jpg 2006-06-13 00:00:00.0 1957-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Red Pepper Blues tra.2094367 216000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2094367&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2094367&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2094371&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss Cool/West Coast Jazz Tue, 1 Jan 1957 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Pepper on Rhapsody Online 2094371 tra.2094371 Art Pepper art.6199 0.99 Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section alb.111173 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/0/5/3/1813509_170x170.jpg 2006-06-13 00:00:00.0 1957-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Jazz Me Blues tra.2094371 286000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2094371&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2094371&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2103265&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss Cool/West Coast Jazz Thu, 1 Jan 1959 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Pepper on Rhapsody Online 2103265 tra.2103265 Art Pepper art.6199 0.99 Art Pepper + Eleven: Modern Jazz Classics alb.230315 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/7/7/6/1176770_170x170.jpg 2006-06-13 00:00:00.0 1959-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Opus De Funk tra.2103265 192000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2103265&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2103265&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1261247&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss Cool/West Coast Jazz Tue, 1 Jan 1957 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Pepper on Rhapsody Online 1261247 tra.1261247 Art Pepper art.6199 0.99 Modern Art alb.243216 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/6/5/0/1030560_170x170.jpg 1988-05-23 00:00:00.0 1957-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Blues In tra.1261247 360000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1261247&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1261247&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2148706&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss Cool/West Coast Jazz Tue, 11 May 1982 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Art Pepper on Rhapsody Online 2148706 tra.2148706 Art Pepper art.6199 0.99 The Complete Galaxy Recordings alb.234669 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/1/0/1/561014_170x170.jpg 1989-11-03 00:00:00.0 1982-05-11 00:00:00.0 true Mambo Koyama tra.2148706 402000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2148706&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2148706&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.4945402&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss Cool/West Coast Jazz Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Pepper on Rhapsody Online 4945402 tra.4945402 Art Pepper art.6199 0.99 The Most Romantic Jazz In The Universe alb.4938007 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/0/4/5/1725400_170x170.jpg 2009-07-01 00:00:00.0 2004-01-13 00:00:00.0 true These Foolish Things tra.4945402 159000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.4945402&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.4945402&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.511182&rws=%2Fart-pepper%2Ftop-tracks.rss Cool/West Coast Jazz Mon, 6 Aug 1956 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Art Pepper on Rhapsody Online 511182 tra.511182 Art Pepper art.6199 0.99 The Return Of Art Pepper alb.198846 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