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Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section is a 1957 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper with pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones, who were the acclaimed rhythm section for Miles Davis at that time. The album is considered a milestone in Pepper’s career.

Track listing:
“You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” (Cole Porter) – 5:25
“Red Pepper Blues” (Art Pepper, Red Garland) – 3:37
“Imagination” (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 5:52
“Waltz Me Blues” (Art Pepper, Paul Chambers) – 2:56
“Straight Life” (Art Pepper) – 3:59
“Jazz Me Blues” (Tom Delaney) – 4:47
“Tin Tin Deo” (Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) – 7:42
“Star Eyes” (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 5:12
“Birks’ Works” (Dizzy Gillespie) – 4:17
“The Man I Love” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:36 [added to the remastered recording in 2002]
(Recorded on January 19, 1957 at Contemporary’s Studios, Los Angeles.)

Personnel:
Art Pepper – alto saxophone
Red Garland – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums

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Released: 1957
Recorded: January 19, 1957
Length: 43:38
Label: Contemporary/Original Jazz Classics
Producer: Lester Koenig