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to a restaurant there for lunch. Art was thrilled with the hipness of the adventure and the loveliness of the day. I've lost all the negatives and all the photographs I shot that day but one. I have a snapshot of Art on the island. He's wearing his usual neat, not too casual clothes and borrowed rosecolored glasses. In the picture, his head's back and he's looking upward with an open-mouthed, attentive smile, as if he's looking right at God. On the way home, the fellow landed us on the water so I could take some photos of Seattle. It was evening. The sun was sinking, bright on the ocean, gold and pink on the city. We climbed out onto the pontoons. I have a memory of that that's sharper than a snapshot. I can still feel how joyous and perilous it was and how blessed I felt to be there, out on the rocking, lapping, sparkling, monstrous sea, there with my camera, clicking away, catching the sunset, catching Seattle, catching Art laughing, Art walking on the water, stumbling in his Florsheims, steadied by his friend, happy.

LAURIE PEPPER

Los Angeles, California

October 11, 1993

Art Pepper Discography

by Todd Seibert

This is a comprehensive discography delineating all known commercial recordings on which Art Pepper plays. Titles by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra are limited to those containing Pepper solos. The discography was aided by the pioneer work of the late Ernest Edwards, Jr., but was exhausting nonetheless and undertaken out of admiration for an awesome musician and the greatest alto saxophonist I ever heard.

Abbreviations of Foreign Recordings

(D)utch

(Dan)ish

(E)nglish

(Flrench

(G)erman

(It)alian

(J)apanese

(S)wedish

(Sp)anish

Other Abbreviations

STAN KENTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA

Ray Borden, John Carroll, Buddy Childers, Karl George, Dick Morse (tp); Harry Forbes, George Faye, Bart Varsalona (tb); Ed Meyers, Art Pepper (as); Red Dorris, Morey Beeson (ts); Bob Gioga (bar); Stan Kenton (p/a); Bob Ahern (g); Clyde Singleton (b); Joe Vernon (d). Hollywood, Nov. 19, 1943.

JUST JAZZ ALL STARS

Art Pepper (as); Teddy Edwards (ts); unknown rhythm. Los Angeles, Apr. 27, 1947.

STAN KENTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA

Al Porcino, Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Ken Hanna, Chico Alvarez (tp); Eddie Bert, Harry Betts, Milt Bernhart, Harry Forbes (tb); Bart Varsalona (btb); George Weidler, Art Pepper (as); Bob Cooper, Warner Weidler (ts); Bob Gioga (bar); Stan Kenton (p); Laurindo Almeida (g); Eddie Safranski (b); Shelly Manne (d); Jack Costanzo (bongo/conga); June Christy (vo); Pete Rugolo, Neal Hefti (a). Hollywood, Oct. 22, 1947.

Add Carlos Vidal Bolando, Jose Luis Manguel (Latin-perc). New York, Dec. 6, 1947.

Frank "Machito" Grillo replaces Manguel (Latin-perc).* New York, Dec. 21, 1947.

Omit Bolando and Grillo. New York, Dec. 22, 1947.

EDDIE SAFRANSKI AND THE POLL CATS (EP512)

THE POLL CATS DIRECTED BY EDDIE SAFRANSKI (851/864)

Ray Wetzel (tp); Eddie Bert (tb); Art Pepper (as); Bob Cooper (ts); Pete Rugolo (p/a); Eddie Safranski (b); Shelly Marine (d). New York, Dec. 20, 1947.

STAN KENTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA

Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Al Porcino, Chico Alvarez, Ken Hanna (tp); Milt Bernhart, Eddie Bert, Harry Betts, Harry Forbes (tb); Bart Varsalona (btb); George Weidler, Art Pepper (as); Bob Cooper, Warner Weidler (ts); Bob Gioga (bar); Laurindo Almeida (g); Stan Kenton (p); Eddie Safranski (b); Jack Costanzo (bongo); Shelly Manne (d). Click Ballroom, Philadelphia, Feb. 5, 1948.

Same personnel. Click Ballroom, Philadelphia, Feb. 7, 1948.

EARLE SPENCER AND HIS ORCHESTRA

John Check, Buddy Childers, Jake Gerheim, Jerry Munson (tp); Jimmy Knepper, Harry Betts, Harry Forbes (tb); Bob Lively, Art Pepper (as); Tommy Makagon, Anthony Ortega (ts); Howard Phillips (bar); Shannon Fletcher (p); Laurindo Almeida (g); Willie Stater (b); Roy Hall (d); Toni Aubin (vo); Paul Nelson (a). Hollywood, February 1949.

BABS GONZALES AND HIS ORCHESTRA

J. J. Johnson (tb); Art Pepper (as); Herbie Steward (ts); Wynton Kelly (p); Bill "Pee Wee" Tinney (g); Bruce Lawrence (b); Jackie Mills (d); Babs Gonzales