Two Altos

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[]

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

Personnel[]

Tracks 1, 6

Art Pepper - alto saxophone
Jack Montrose - tenor saxophone
Claude Williamson - piano
Monty Budwig - bass
Larry Bunker - drums

Tracks 2, 4

Sonny Red - alto saxophone
Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
Wynton Kelly - piano
Doug Watkins - bass
Elvin Jones - drums

Track 3

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

Track 5

Art Pepper - alto saxophone
Hampton Hawes - piano
Joe Mondragon - bass
Larry Bunker - drums

References[]

^ Two Altos at AllMusic

show v t Art Pepper
Years given are for the recording(s) featuring Art Pepper, not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Surf Ride (1952–54) Two Altos (with Sonny Red, 1952–57) The Return of Art Pepper (1956) Playboys/Picture of Heath (1956) The Art Pepper Quartet (1956) Art Pepper with Warne Marsh (1956) Modern Art (1956–57) Collections (1957) Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957) Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics (1959) Gettin' Together (1960) Intensity (1960) Smack Up (1960) Living Legend (1975) The Trip (1976) A Night in Tunisia (1977) Tokyo Debut (1977) No Limit (1977) Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977) Friday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977) Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977) More for Les at the Village Vanguard (1977) San Francisco Samba (1977) Among Friends (1978) Art Pepper Today (1978) New York Album (1979) So in Love (1979) Artworks (1979) Landscape (1979) Besame Mucho (1979) Straight Life (1979) One September Afternoon (1980) Winter Moon (1980) APQ (1981) Art 'n' Zoot (with Zoot Sims, 1981) Arthur's Blues (1981) Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 (1981) Roadgame (1981) Art Lives (1981) Goin' Home (with George Cables, 1982) Tête-à-Tête (with George Cables, 1982)
With Stan Kenton	The Kenton Era (1940–54) Stan Kenton's Milestones (1943–47) A Presentation of Progressive Jazz (1947) Stan Kenton Classics (1947) Encores (1947) Innovations in Modern Music (1950) Stan Kenton Presents (1950) The Innovations Orchestra (1950–51) This Modern World (1951) Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (1950–52)
With Shorty Rogers	Modern Sounds (1951) Popo (1951) Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953) Cool and Crazy (1953) The Swingin' Nutcracker (1960)
With others	Chet Baker Big Band (1956) Mucho Calor (Conte Candoli, 1957) Hoagy Sings Carmichael (Hoagy Carmichael, 1956) California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976) Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959) On the Road (Art Farmer, 1976) Birds and Ballads (Johnny Griffin, 1978) Mistral (Freddie Hubbard, 1980) Very R.A.R.E. (Elvin Jones, 1979) Some Like It Hot (Barney Kessel, 1959) The West Coast Sound (Shelly Manne, 1953) Cool Heat (Anita O'Day, 1959)
Film soundtracks	The Gauntlet (Jerry Fielding, 1977) Heart Beat (Jack Nitzsche, 1980) The Subterraneans (André Previn, 1960)

show v t Sonny Red
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Two Altos (with Art Pepper, 1957) Out of the Blue (1959–60) Breezing (1960) A Story Tale (with Clifford Jordan, 1961) The Mode (1961) Images (1961) Sonny Red (1971)
With Donald Byrd	Mustang (1966) Blackjack (1967) Slow Drag (1967) The Creeper (1967)
With others	Curtis Fuller with Red Garland (1957) Jazz ...It's Magic! (Curtis Fuller, 1957) New Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1957) Saying Something (Bill Hardman, 1961) The Blue Yusef Lateef (Yusef Lateef, 1968) Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter, 1962) On the Sunny Side (Paul Quinichette, 1957)