The Trip (Art Pepper album) explained

The Trip
Type:	studio
Artist:	Art Pepper
Cover:	The Trip (Art Pepper album).jpg
Released:	1977
Recorded:	15–16 September 1976
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:33
Label:	Contemporary/OJC
Producer:	Lester Koenig & John Koenig
Prev Title:	Living Legend
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	A Night in Tunisia
Next Year:	1977

The Trip is a 1976 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper, playing with pianist George Cables, bassist Happy Williams and drummer Elvin Jones.

This album features The Trip, one of Art Pepper's own melodies written in 1963 while in San Quentin. Pepper likened jazz to the storytelling that took place between the prisoners. As he says in the sleeve notes, "When I play,... the sound that comes out of this thing, this piece of metal is just me saying these things and taking people on a trip."

Track listing

1. "The Trip" (Art Pepper) – 8:55
2. "A Song For Richard" (Joe Gordon) – 6:17
3. "Sweet Love Of Mine" (Woody Shaw) – 6:34
4. "Junior Cat" (Art Pepper) – 7:46
5. "The Summer Knows" (Michel Legrand, Marilyn & Alan Bergman) – 7:09
6. "Red Car" (Art Pepper) – 5:45

(Recorded on 15–16 September 1976.)

Personnel

• Art Pepper – alto saxophone
• George Cables – piano
• David Williams – bass
• Elvin Jones – drums

Sources

• Richard Cook & Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD 4th edition. Penguin, 1998.