Art Pepper's Saxophone Spices Up Saturday

Listened to some great jazz on this Saturday before the beautiful day that is Easter. I enjoyed the great, inspiring saxophone work of the fine performer, Art Pepper. The man can coax some splendid sounds out of the alto saxophone. This set that I dug was the exciting 'Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section.' On this group of selections Pepper was joined by Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on the bass and the feisty Philly Joe Jones on drums. Plenty of good compositions in this batch but my favorite was a smokin' tune called 'Red Pepper Blues' which the guys really swung hard. I find the clever, bit edgy style of Art Pepper so satisfying. Also, there are very few folks who vamp it up real good like the masterful Red Garland on piano. Potent jazz sounds can be so refreshing and they also can rejuvenate one from head to toe. What a great day this has been in the beautiful world that is metro Atlanta.