The story of Saxophonist Art Pepper will break your heart

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  • Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 79

  • @tomschnabel6146
    @tomschnabel6146 11 месяцев назад +51

    i interviewed Art four or five times from 1979-81 while Laurie was creating the auto biography. I even visited the Peppers in their San Fernando Valley apartment then. Straight Life is one of the most brutally honest of all jazz books. Remembering how Art got hooked early on was something else. Lester Koenig gave him an Oldsmobile Cutless Supreme, and Art was blown away by his reception in Japan. He wasn't forgotten. thank you for this.

  • @markcaletgesakaleech7217
    @markcaletgesakaleech7217 10 месяцев назад +6

    Absolutely one of the most honest biographies ever written. He was a madman and made Chet Baker look like The Beav.

  • @gregbelcamino7239
    @gregbelcamino7239 11 месяцев назад +12

    Pepper is proof that in some instances, you can't kill a gift. But he certainly tried.

  • @douglasdietz7503
    @douglasdietz7503 9 месяцев назад +4

    As a jazz lover, l appreciate your hard work and great content. Thanks for your contribution.
    Cheers

  • @nightrider12soul
    @nightrider12soul 10 месяцев назад +4

    Straight life was one of the most intensive biography.

  • @jholtz9970
    @jholtz9970 10 месяцев назад +4

    Great to see Art Pepper getting some love in 2024. I discovered his music in the 1980s, hearing some tunes on KKGO Jazz 105 FM in LA. For anyone interested, definitely check out the live Village Vanguard recordings, recorded in 1977 in NY. Fantastic band with George Mraz, Elvin Jones, and George Cables.

  • @markcaletgesakaleech7217
    @markcaletgesakaleech7217 10 месяцев назад +2

    The Goat, he could make your dog cry.

  • @nightrider12soul
    @nightrider12soul 10 месяцев назад +3

    Art Pepper life was more crazy and intense then Charlie Parker life.

  • @emmetband4931
    @emmetband4931 11 месяцев назад +11

    I saw Art play at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco in 1980 or 81. He needed help walking up the steps to the stage but once he began playing it was heaven. He played his heart out that evening.

  • @wlacosta
    @wlacosta 11 месяцев назад +4

    great bio about a tragic figure of west coast jazz. that photo of him walking up the hill in LA is on Baxter St., one of the steepest hills in the US which has been made famous more recently by skateboarders Don Nguyen and Pedro Delfino who successfully skated down it forwards and backwards, respectively

  • @richardhedd3080
    @richardhedd3080 11 месяцев назад +5

    what a unique and beautiful sound. I've heard that one of his critically acclaimed performances at the Village Vanguard he was so strung out that he was convinced there were narcotics police in the audience just waiting to arrest him.

  • @fredfarmer5952
    @fredfarmer5952 11 месяцев назад +5

    So good. So very good.
    Sad and tragic details of Art I never was aware of.

    • @rutgervangestel
      @rutgervangestel 4 месяца назад

      autobio 1 hell of a sad story!! the poor guy😟

  • @alexcarter8807
    @alexcarter8807 11 месяцев назад +5

    The book by/about him is a must-read. There's also a documentary by/about him. Also, one of the most profound pieces of music I've ever heard was a clarinet piece by Pepper that played on the radio one day a few years ago, and Pepper wasn't really a clarinetist and called the instrument "Puzzling" or "Frustrating" I forget which.

  • @bigdawg6404
    @bigdawg6404 11 месяцев назад +4

    One of my all time favorite sax players, I dig every note he played

  • @ralphaverill2001
    @ralphaverill2001 3 месяца назад

    I love the videos. Knowing the life stories of so many jazz musicians adds miles of depth to istening to their music.
    The thread of musical genius and addiction that runs through the BeBop generation seems like much more than a just sad coincidence. Must one suffer in order to create beauty and harmony?

  • @Waldvogel45
    @Waldvogel45 11 месяцев назад +4

    I was lucky enoug to be in Australia , Melbourn, when Art was on tour in '81. His playing was blistering , ( I had been an alto fan for 20+ years). His weather worn face radiated humanity and his new lack brogues creaked as he leaned forward, ( yes I was that close). Unforgetable. Thanks for this video.

  • @drewweissmann1486
    @drewweissmann1486 11 месяцев назад +5

    This is a great channel, but I wish they were longer.

  • @bmuhamad
    @bmuhamad 11 месяцев назад +3

    My family owned a home & raised on the border of Compton & Los Angeles. Great knowing. The Beach Boys were raised nearby also. Eric Dolphy, & Charles Mingus are slso amazing Los Angeles talent. Think Dexter Gordon is from around here, too.

    • @onetrackjazz
      @onetrackjazz  11 месяцев назад +2

      Very cool!

    • @schrisdellopoulos9244
      @schrisdellopoulos9244 11 месяцев назад +2

      Dolphy and Mingus. Top of the bebop chain.

    • @jamesrichardson3322
      @jamesrichardson3322 11 месяцев назад +3

      ​​@@onetrackjazz You should do a video on Ray Brown, Paul Chambers and Scott Lafaro two bass giants of Jazz, men who influenced me to become a Double Upright Bassist. I also play Electric Bass. Bill Evans and I have a lot in common.

  • @jeffsilverman6104
    @jeffsilverman6104 8 месяцев назад

    Another great profile of a master talent. "I've seen the needle, and the damage done. A little part of it in everyone...."

  • @heifetz14
    @heifetz14 11 месяцев назад +4

    Another great video,done with respect for a special musician.

  • @zephaniarutlokwana2891
    @zephaniarutlokwana2891 11 месяцев назад +5

    Addiction to many early great musicians , l am confused as to whether it robbed us of longer lifespan of those musicians or was it a stimulant that contributed to such great creativity, expression and talent overall. indeed Art was a white player of note in an black artform. My father discouraged me from playing Jazz in my teens based on addiction which was prevalent to may jazz artists and l left for 35 yrs . Though my love for the artform never completely vanished. l am now back . l think its a matter of discipline that counts .❤ Thanks for the history

    • @johnlindstrom9994
      @johnlindstrom9994 9 месяцев назад

      Now, some Jazz musicians are quite straight and brilliant, such as Tony Glausi, who is a very pure trumpeter, and happens to be a Mormon!! His parents are 100% behind him. Is the STIGMA gone?? Hopefully.

    • @paulgentile1024
      @paulgentile1024 4 месяца назад

      Discipline is the key

  • @condocord7544
    @condocord7544 8 месяцев назад

    excellent!

  • @Guyboulton
    @Guyboulton 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for this informative piece, i always wondered about him.

  • @brianpite0893
    @brianpite0893 11 месяцев назад +2

    Excellent narrative . Thanks

  • @cdog9559
    @cdog9559 11 месяцев назад +3

    Excellent . The LP Cover "Art Pepper + 11" in it's simplicity for me is iconic . The track "Move" by Denzil Best (drummer) recorded by Art Pepper is "the real deal"

  • @douglaslarue4264
    @douglaslarue4264 11 месяцев назад +1

    What a well-produced Bio.

  • @moradchebout4632
    @moradchebout4632 11 месяцев назад

    super merci

  • @bmuhamad
    @bmuhamad 11 месяцев назад +1

    Big up. Peace & Wholeness.

  • @jerrychetty2524
    @jerrychetty2524 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for your channel and awesome biographies of such iconic artists. I first knew of art pepper from the Michael connelly novels featuring the character Harry Bosch, then I checked out the music

  • @lencuriel
    @lencuriel 8 месяцев назад

    At 4 minutes 10 seconds Buddy Rich sure looks like a doppelganger for Dave Weckl.

  • @Abyss60
    @Abyss60 7 месяцев назад

    good evening the musicians of this era can be paid half money and half hero. the trick was obvious.

  • @AJ_MD
    @AJ_MD 11 месяцев назад +2

    Straight Life is an eye opening book and agreed Art Pepper's saxophone playing was sublime however, it's hard to get out of your head the things he's done and notably missed in this video.... being a repeated domestic violence perpetrator. There's no excuse for domestic violence.

  • @johnnyloungejazz5477
    @johnnyloungejazz5477 9 месяцев назад

    Yes It did piss me off. Every-time you thought he got it he lost it. So sad

  • @johnsharpe734
    @johnsharpe734 11 месяцев назад +1

    Unique sound…..a giant ….an individual alto voice……

  • @jean-pierrefoz5900
    @jean-pierrefoz5900 5 месяцев назад

    Please listen to one of the most delicate version of "Historia de un amor", partr of the album *Art Pepper Presents "West Coast Sessions!" Volume 5: Jack Sheldon*. Really hard to imagine that it may get better than that ... Seminal sax intro with a truly killer tone.

  • @saxfish
    @saxfish 11 месяцев назад +1

    < ! wOw¡ Now I´m going to listen to Art PePPer!¡! Thanks for the Push¡>

  • @slugoz7709
    @slugoz7709 11 месяцев назад

    sad story

  • @user-yh9sn1ye1j
    @user-yh9sn1ye1j 10 месяцев назад

    this great book would never find a publisher today

  • @JRM---516
    @JRM---516 11 месяцев назад +1

    Great presentation!

  • @nicolasfrost17
    @nicolasfrost17 11 месяцев назад +2

    Please do a video on Charles Mingus!

    • @onetrackjazz
      @onetrackjazz  11 месяцев назад +1

      Right now I'm during research for a video about Thelonious Monk, but stay tuned my friend.

    • @nicolasfrost17
      @nicolasfrost17 11 месяцев назад

      @@onetrackjazz Amazing!

  • @josephhancook8287
    @josephhancook8287 11 месяцев назад +2

    Straight Life blew my mind. I read it when I was a young Bassist and 27 years later, still feel it's one of the best Autobiographies, or Biography.
    Everytime I see that books cover, I can help but know EXACTLY what he was feeling during the shoot.

  • @williamgregory1848
    @williamgregory1848 6 месяцев назад

    I urge people to read Art Pepper's autobiography (be warned, it’s NOT for the faint-hearted!) It’s painfully honest as the alto saxophonist describes a life of drugs, alcohol and the occasional foray into crime, having spent five of his best years incarcerated in San Quentin. But don’t get me wrong, Art Pepper was a horrible person who made Stan Getz look like Jimmy Stewart. (He literally boasts of sexually assaulting a woman while stationed in London during World War II.) But few modern autobiographies can truly rival 'Straight Life' in sheer horror and power. It’s a rhapsodic riff on self-destruction and it’s also one of the greatest (and most tragic) books ever written.

  • @b.deville3236
    @b.deville3236 8 месяцев назад

    Nice, but my favorite jazz musicians are Grover Putz, Billy Turpentine, and Big Tarpaper Roll Spangler McGee.

    • @onetrackjazz
      @onetrackjazz  8 месяцев назад

      I'll check them out and maybe do some videos...thanks

  • @eur1gys
    @eur1gys 11 месяцев назад

    Good stuff !!! What’s track that is played in the background?

    • @onetrackjazz
      @onetrackjazz  11 месяцев назад +2

      "Answers To Be Found" by Oakwood Station

    • @eur1gys
      @eur1gys 11 месяцев назад

      @@onetrackjazz This is what Shazam told me - i thought it's a mistake, expected Art Pepper's track.
      Thanks for the clarification !

  • @sulevisydanmaa9981
    @sulevisydanmaa9981 10 месяцев назад

    @2'30" THE WICKED PICKETT (left). (?). A Man And A Half ...

  • @lucullus6127
    @lucullus6127 11 месяцев назад +1

    Why has Straight Life never been translated / published in other languages / countries ??

    • @onetrackjazz
      @onetrackjazz  11 месяцев назад +1

      I wonder that as well, maybe one day I'll ask Laurie Pepper

  • @shujishoji2984
    @shujishoji2984 5 месяцев назад

    nice!

  • @kwootamuckbear9294
    @kwootamuckbear9294 11 месяцев назад

    When I learn the sax….🤔🎵🎶🎵🙏🏾

    • @fosbury68
      @fosbury68 11 месяцев назад

      “..drink scotch whiskey all night long. And die behind the wheel”.

  • @ber334
    @ber334 11 месяцев назад

    Sounds like me

  • @mikewinburn
    @mikewinburn 11 месяцев назад

    Gotta ask…. Why would the story “piss [me] off”?… it didn’t. What did i miss?

    • @onetrackjazz
      @onetrackjazz  11 месяцев назад +1

      Because he was so talented, so may young artist wish they had his gift. he should be famous, but he pissed it away.

    • @mikewinburn
      @mikewinburn 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@onetrackjazz - yes, i'd agree with that.
      He did leave a nice body of work. I wonder what it would have been had he had all his faculties.

    • @onetrackjazz
      @onetrackjazz  11 месяцев назад +1

      man, he could have been right up there with Miles or at least Coltrane

    • @sulevisydanmaa9981
      @sulevisydanmaa9981 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@onetrackjazz I DISAGREE "he is the topcat on alto after Bird. Jackie Mac and Cann A beat him to & fro in any approach. Dolphy 2, and several others. Would have liked to hear of his influences when growing up ? Prez and Getz, but who else ? Benny C ? O er

  • @tonyprice1612
    @tonyprice1612 9 месяцев назад

    Very informative. But are any of these videos uplifting? All I have seen are this, Chet and Getz. Really depressing lives…

  • @artielarengano9287
    @artielarengano9287 11 месяцев назад +2

    Do Chet Baker next

    • @onetrackjazz
      @onetrackjazz  11 месяцев назад +2

      stay tuned my frend

    • @wallymc8938
      @wallymc8938 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@onetrackjazz Do Baker when he was with Mulligan.