Two Altos

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Two Altos
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Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedMarch 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
GenreJazz
Length32:01
LabelRegent
Regent MG 6069
ProducerOzzie Cadena
Art Pepper chronology
Surf Ride
(1952-54)
Two Altos
(1959)
The Return of Art Pepper
(1956)
Sonny Red chronology
Two Altos
(1957)
Out of the Blue
(1960)

Two Altos is an album by American 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.

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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

  • Art Pepper - alto saxophone
  • Russ Freeman - piano
  • Bob Whitlock - bass
  • Bobby White - drums

Track 5

References[]

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