It is fitting that Art Pepper’s late and most productive period enjoyed this degree of documentation. Marginalized during the majority of his haphazard career, Pepper rose above the resistance to be ...

A “holy grail” for many jazz music collectors, Surf Ride has been re-issued by Craft Recordings as part of its Original Jazz Classics series. The album cover is peak 1950s with cheesecake charm and ...

It was not much of an exaggeration when saxophonist Art Pepper said, “My whole life went into this.” Quoted by his wife, Laurie Pepper, the keeper of his flame, he was speaking of a performance of ...