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The Return of Art Pepper is an album by saxophonist Art Pepper featuring sessions from 1956 recorded for the Jazz: West label after his first release from prison. The album was rereleased on CD on Blue Note Records with bonus tracks as The Return of Art Pepper: The Complete Art Pepper Aladdin Recordings Volume 1 in 1988.

Track listing:
All compositions by Art Pepper, except where indicated.

“Pepper Returns” – 4:26
“Broadway” (Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson, Lew Brown) – 4:56
“You Go to My Head” (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 4:15
“Angel Wings” – 4:40
“Funny Blues” – 4:36
“Five More” – 4:37
“Minority” – 4:17
“Patricia” – 3:33
“Mambo de la Pinta” – 4:15
“Walkin’ Out Blues” – 5:52

Personnel:
Art Pepper – alto saxophone
Jack Sheldon – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4-7, 9 & 10)
Russ Freeman – piano
Leroy Vinnegar – bass
Shelly Manne – drums

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Released: 1957
Recorded: August 6, 1956
Studio: Capitol (Hollywood)
Length: 37:25
Label: Jazz: West
JWLP-10
Producer: Herbert Kimmel