ART PEPPER – So In Love (2023 Remastered Reissue) – LP – Vinyl

LP – Black Vinyl.Remastered by Grammy winner Michael Graves, with vinyl cut by Jeff Powell.Originally reissued as part of thePromise Kept: The Complete Artist House Recordingsboxed set, now available separately.

The LP contains the original 5 tracksand the CD/Digital include an additional 3 bonus tracks.

Producer John Snyder had always wanted to record Art Pepper and booked him into a week at the Village Vanguard in New York. At the time, Pepper was under contract to Contemporary Records and label head, Les Koenig, decided he would record the gigs, quashing any notion Snyder had of doing the same. However, Art promised Snyder that hed record an album for Snyders label, Artists House, at some point down the road. Together they wound up making four.

Here again on vinyl, CD & Digital are the original albums drawn from these sessions, lovingly recreated in their original form, remastered by Grammy winner Michael Graves and recut by Jeff Powell. So In Love (originally issued in 1980) features Peppers takes on classics from Thelonious Monk, Cole Porter, and Hoagy Carmichael, plus a pair of originals including Blues For Blanche. The CD and Digital add three bonus performances from the sessions.

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow noted: “Pepper is in excellent form throughout the album, giving these songs heart-wrenching interpretations”. John and Art both kept their promises. John brought Art into the wider world; he put him on the road. Just as he said he would, he brought him to New York and to the Village Vanguard, got his picture in the papers, got him on the radio. From Art, John got his dearest wish. He made these recordings. Laurie Pepper

Tracklist:

Side A
1. Straight No Chaser [6:26]
2. Blues For Blanche [6:49]
3. So In Love [11:37]

Side B
1. Diane [12:22]
2. Stardust [10:34]