Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics

Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics is a 1960 jazz big band album by saxophonist Art Pepper performing under the direction and arrangements of Marty Paich. The recording is one of several dates Pepper made with Paich and his big band in 1959 and is the only one with Pepper as leader. The recording focuses on Paich's big band arrangements of modern jazz classics, including Denzil Best's "Move," Thelonious Monk's "'Round Midnight," Gerry Mulligan's "Walkin' Shoes". Highlights of the recording are Pepper's clarinet performances on "Anthropology" and the alternate takes of "Walkin'."

Art Pepper + Eleven - Modern Jazz Classics
Studio album by Art Pepper
Released	January/February 1960
Recorded	March 14, March 28, & May 12, 1959
Genre	Jazz
Length	53:55
Label	Contemporary/OJC
Producer	Lester Koenig
Art Pepper chronology
Mucho Calor (1957) Art Pepper + Eleven - Modern Jazz Classics (1960) Gettin' Together (1960)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Move"	Denzil Best	3:26
2.	"Groovin' High"	Dizzy Gillespie	3:22
3.	"Opus De Funk"	Horace Silver	3:13
4.	"'Round Midnight"	Hanighen, Monk, Williams	3:32
5.	"Four Brothers"	Jimmy Giuffre	2:57
6.	"Shawnuff"	Brown, Fuller, Gillespie	2:58

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bernie's Tune"	Leiber, Miller, Stoller	2:41
2.	"Walkin' Shoes"	Gerry Mulligan	3:31
3.	"Anthropology"	Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker	3:19
4.	"Airegin"	Sonny Rollins	3:01
5.	"Walkin'"	Richard Carpenter	5:15
6.	"Donna Lee"	Charlie Parker	3:23
Total length:			40:15

An expanded compact disc featuring many unreleased "alternate" takes was released on December 1, 1988.

CD expanded release

1. "Move" (Denzil Best) –3:26
2. "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) –3:22
3. "Opus de Funk" (Horace Silver) –3:13
4. "'Round Midnight" (Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Williams) –3:32
5. "Four Brothers" (Jimmy Giuffre) –2:57
6. "Shaw 'Nuff" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) –2:58
7. "Bernie's Tune" (Leiber, Miller, Stoller) –2:44
8. "Walkin' Shoes" (Gerry Mulligan) –3:31
9. "Anthropology" (Gillespie, Charlie Parker) –3:19
10. "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) –3:01
11. "Walkin'" [Original Take] (Richard Carpenter) –5:15
12. "Walkin'" [Alternate Take] (Carpenter) –4:54
13. "Walkin'" [Alternate Take] (Carpenter) –4:58
14. "Donna Lee" [Original Take] (Charlie Parker) –3:23
15. "Donna Lee" [Alternate Take] (Charlie Parker) –3:22

(Recorded on March 14, March 28 and May 12, 1959.)

Personnel

• Art Pepper — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Pete Candoli — trumpet
• Al Porcino — trumpet
• Jack Sheldon — trumpet
• Dick Nash — trombone
• Bob Enevoldsen — valve trombone, tenor saxophone
• Vincent DeRosa — French horn
• Herb Geller — alto saxophone
• Bud Shank — alto saxophone
• Charlie Kennedy — alto saxophone
• Bill Perkins — tenor saxophone
• Richie Kamuca — tenor saxophone
• Med Flory — baritone saxophone
• Russ Freeman — piano
• Joe Mondragon — bass
• Mel Lewis — drums
• Marty Paich — arranger, conductor

References

1. Yanow, Scott. Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics at AllMusic
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 160. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Sources

• Art Pepper & Laurie Pepper. Straight Life. New York, Schirmer, 1979. ISBN 0-306-80558-8
• Art Pepper Discography Page (http://www.jazzdisco.org/pepper/)