Art Pepper

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alto saxophonist bandleader composer human jazz musician

Art Pepper was an influential American jazz alto saxophonist known for his lyrical improvisation and key role in the West Coast jazz movement.

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Label Occurrences
Art Pepper canonical 13

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alto saxophonist ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1982 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
associatedAct Chet Baker ⓘ
Miles Davis Rhythm Section ⓘ
Shelly Manne ⓘ
Shorty Rogers ⓘ
Stan Kenton ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1925-09-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1982-06-15 ⓘ
ethnicity American ⓘ
familyName Pepper ⓘ
fullName Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. ⓘ
genre West Coast jazz ⓘ
cool jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
givenName Arthur ⓘ
influenced West Coast jazz ⓘ
surface form: West Coast jazz saxophonists
influencedBy Charlie Parker ⓘ
instrument alto saxophone ⓘ
clarinet ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement West Coast jazz ⓘ
surface form: West Coast jazz movement
notableEvent served multiple prison terms related to drug addiction ⓘ
notableWork album "Art Pepper + Eleven" ⓘ
album "Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section" ⓘ
album "Gettin' Together!" ⓘ
album "Living Legend" ⓘ
album "Smack Up" ⓘ
album "Straight Life" ⓘ
album "The Trip" ⓘ
album "Today" ⓘ
autobiography "Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper" ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Gardena, California ⓘ
surface form: Gardena, California, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
recordLabel Contemporary Records ⓘ
Galaxy Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Savoy Records ⓘ
spouse Laurie Pepper NERFINISHED ⓘ
style lyrical improvisation ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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Chet Baker → associatedAct → Art Pepper ⓘ
Fantasy Records → releasedArtist → Art Pepper ⓘ
Nica's Dream → associatedPerformer → Art Pepper ⓘ
Skylark → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Art Pepper ⓘ
I'm Old Fashioned → hasNotablePerformer → Art Pepper ⓘ
subject surface form: "I'm Old Fashioned"
It Could Happen to You → hasNotableRecordingBy → Art Pepper ⓘ
Like Someone in Love → hasNotableRecordingBy → Art Pepper ⓘ
The End of a Love Affair → hasNotableInterpreter → Art Pepper ⓘ
Stan Kenton → associatedAct → Art Pepper ⓘ
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To → hasNotableRecordingBy → Art Pepper ⓘ
Chesney Henry Baker Jr. → associatedAct → Art Pepper ⓘ
Pacific Jazz Records → releasedMusicOf → Art Pepper ⓘ
Russ Freeman → associatedWith → Art Pepper ⓘ