Two Altos Explained

Two Altos
Type:studio
Artist:Art Pepper and Sonny Red
Cover:Two_Altos.jpg
Released:1959
Recorded:March 4, 1952 (#5)
March 29, 1953 (#3)
August 25, 1954 (#1, 6)
Los Angeles, CA
November 12, 1957 (#2, 4)
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre:Jazz
Length:32:01
Label:Regent
Regent MG 6069
Producer:Ozzie Cadena
Chronology:Art Pepper
Prev Title:Surf Ride
Prev Year:1952-54
Next Title:The Return of Art Pepper
Next Year:1956

Two Altos is an album by American alto saxophonists Art Pepper and Sonny Red. The four standards which appear on the album were recorded in Los Angeles with West Coast-jazz musicians between 1952 and 1954, whilst the two originals were recorded at Van Gelder Studio, in 1957. Regent Records, a subsidiary of Savoy, released these recordings in 1959.

Track listing

  1. "Deep Purple" (Robbins, Parish) - 3:58
  2. "Watkins Production" (Doug Watkins) - 9:36
  3. "Everything Happens to Me" (Dennis, Adair) - 3:08
  4. "Redd's Head" (Sonny Red) - 9:13
  5. "These Foolish Things" (Maschwitz, Link, Strachey) - 2:41
  6. "What's New" (Haggart, Burke) - 3:25

Personnel

Tracks 1, 6

Tracks 2, 4

Track 3

Track 5