Pepper's Pow Wow Explained
Pepper's Pow Wow is the debut album led by Native American saxophonist and composer Jim Pepper recorded in 1971 and first released on Herbie Mann's Embryo label.[1] [2] [3]
Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "while Pepper's Pow Wow is not strictly a jazz record, nor is it a folk record or a rock record, it is something far greater than merely the sum of those things".
Track listing
All compositions by Gilbert Pepper except as indicated
- "Witchitai-To (Chant) / Witchitai-To (Song)" (Traditional/Jim Pepper) – 7:17
- "Squaw Song" – 3:50
- "Rock Stomp Indian Style" – 2:07
- "Senecas (As Long as the Grass Shall Grow)" (Peter La Farge) – 5:48
- "Ya Na Ho" – 5:42
- "Slow War Dance" – 1:51
- "Nommie-Nommie (When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder)" (Traditional) – 2:37
- "Newly-Weds Song" – 3:01
- "Fast War Dance/Now War Dance" (Gilbert Pepper/Billy Cobham, Chuck Rainey, Jim Pepper, Larry Coryell, Tom Grant) – 2:24
- "Drums" (La Farge) – 4:20
Personnel
- Jim Pepper – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, drums, bells, rattles, shakers, vocals
- Ravie Pepper – flute, bamboo flute, shakers, vocals
- Tom Grant – piano, shakers, vocals
- Larry Coryell – guitar
- Jerry Jemmott, Chuck Rainey – electric bass
- Billy Cobham, Spider Rice – drums
- Gib Pepper – drums, bells, rattles, shakers, vocals, arranger
- Arif Mardin – arranger (track 5)
Notes and References
- http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-east-west-embryo-vortex-series/#sd-731 Atlantic Records Catalog: East-West, Embryo, Vortex series
- Edwards, D., Eyries, P. & Callahan, M. Embryo Album Discography accessed November 12, 2015
- https://jimpepperlives.wordpress.com/pepper-discography/ Discography of Jim Pepper's Work
