Art Pepper - An Afternoon In Norway: The Kongsberg Concert

[mjzee]

Release date May 9:

An Afternoon in Norway: The Kongsberg Concert is a previously unreleased recording of alto saxophone icon Art Pepper, captured live at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Norway in 1980, featuring pianist Milcho Leviev, bassist Tony Dumas and drummer Carl Burnett. Digipak 2 CD set with audio transferred from the original tape reels. An elaborate booklet features liner notes by acclaimed author and jazz scholar Marc Myers, plus interviews with artists who knew or were inspired by Art Pepper. Limited Edition.

[tranemonk]

Does anyone know if Laurie Pepper is done putting out "Unreleased Art" volumes? I have all of them and they are fantastic. I know she's been putting out the chapters of the book, but the music is fantastic.

[Ken Dryden]

3 hours ago, tranemonk said:

Does anyone know if Laurie Pepper is done putting out "Unreleased Art" volumes? I have all of them and they are fantastic. I know she's been putting out the chapters of the book, but the music is fantastic.

She ceased operations with her label Widow's Taste, though it is possible that she is involved in getting additional tapes issued by other labels like Omnivore.

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Laurie is 84 or 85 these days, so running a record label might be a bit much.

[ghost of miles]

Two tracks in and I'm loving it. Milcho Leviev's presence made this one a no-brainer for me.... that and my growing appreciation in recent years for late Art as great Art.

Edited May 7 by ghost of miles

[John L]

I just heard this for the first time.  

Given that this concert comes two days after this band's Ronnie Scott's gig (Blues For the Fisherman) and two weeks before the Geneva concert recently released on Omnivore, it is interesting to compare the Norway concert to those recordings.  On first listen, I would say that this new release does not seem to reach the artistic heights achieved on either of these other two recordings, although the sound quality is certainly much better than Geneva.  

[Dub Modal]

Are we at the point where Art's posthumous releases now outnumber his ante-mortem albums? Seems like in the wake of all of these his catalog should be reassessed....maybe?