Gettin' Together (Art Pepper album) explained

Gettin' Together
Type:album
Artist:Art Pepper
Cover:Gettin' Together (Art Pepper album).jpeg
Released:1960
Recorded:29 February 1960
Genre:Jazz
Length:58:05
Label:Contemporary/OJC
Producer:Lester Koenig
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Gettin' Together is a 1960 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper playing with trumpeter Conte Candoli, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb (whose name is spelled “Jimmie” on the original album cover.)

The liner notes by Martin Williams describe the album as 'a sort of sequel to the earlier Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section, which also featured the Miles Davis rhythm section of its time.

Track listing

  1. "Whims of Chambers" (Paul Chambers) – 6:56
  2. "Bijou the Poodle" (Art Pepper) – 5:48
  3. "Why Are We Afraid" (Dory Langdon; André Previn) – 3:36
  4. "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Sigmund Romberg; Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:55
  5. "Rhythm-a-Ning" (Thelonious Monk) – 7:15
  6. "Diane" (Art Pepper) – 5:03
  7. "Gettin' Together" (Art Pepper) – 7 :50

(Recorded on 29 February 1960.)

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