MR. EASY : JESSE BELVIN (RCA VICTOR)

Art Pepper (as, cl) Jesse Belvin (vo) Marty Paich (arr, cond) orchestra

LA, December 8, 1959: Something Happens to Me, The Best Is Yet to Come, Let There Be Love, It's All Right with Me

LA, December 16, 1959: In the Still of the Night, Blues in the Night, I'll Buy You a Star, Makin' Whoopee!

LADY LONELY : TONI HARPER (RCA VICTOR)

Art Pepper (as) Toni Harper (vo) Marty Paich (arr, cond) orchestra

LA, July 15, 16 & 28, 1959: Lady Lonely, He Was a Man, My Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Blue It Grows, I Love the Blues, The Other Woman, Nobody Home But the Blues, Love Has Come Love Has Gone

THE SUBTERRANEANS (MGM)

Art Farmer, Jack Sheldon (tp) Bob Enevoldsen (vtb) Art Pepper (as) Bill Perkins (ts) Gerry Mulligan (brs) Russ Freeman, Andre Previn (p) Buddy Clark, Red Mitchell (b) Dave Bailey, Shelly Manne (d) Carmen McRae (vo) orchestra

LA, summer 1959: Why Are We Afraid?, Two by Two, A Rose and the End, Look Ma No Clothes, Analyst

Art Farmer (tp) Art Pepper (as) Gerry Mulligan (brs) Russ Freeman (p) Buddy Clark (b) Dave Bailey (d)

LA, summer 1959: Bread and Wine, Things Are Looking Down

Jack Sheldon (tp) Art Pepper (as) Russ Freeman (p) Red Mitchell (b) Shelly Manne (d)

LA, summer 1959: Raising Caen

POSITIVELY THE MOST : JOANIE SOMMERS (WARNER BROS)

Art Pepper (as) Joanie Sommers (vo) Marty Paich (arr, cond) orchestra

LA, June, 1959: Heart and Soul, My Heart Belongs to Daddy, Something I Dreamed Last Night, So in Love, Oh But I Do, Squeeze Me

I GET A BOOT OUT OF YOU : MARTY PAICH (WARNER BROS)

Conte Candoli, Al Porcino, Jack Sheldon (tp) Bob Enevoldsen, George Roberts (tb) Vince DeRosa (frh) Art Pepper (as) Bill Perkins (ts) Bill Hood (brs) Victor Feldman (vib) Russ Freeman (p) Joe Mondragon (b) Mel Lewis (d)

LA, June 30 & July 2 & 7, 1959: It Don't Mean a Thing, No More, Love for Sale, Moanin', Violets for Your Furs, What Am I Here for / Cottontail, Warm Valley, Things Ain't What They Used to Be

#also issued on Discovery DS 829.

BACK IN TOWN : MEL TORME (VERVE)

Jack Sheldon (tp) Art Pepper (as, ts) Victor Feldman (vib) Marty Paich (p, org, cel, arr) 5 unknown (g) unknown (b) unknown (d) Mel Torme (vo) The Mel-Tones: Ginny O'Connor, Bernie Parke, Sue Allen, Tom Kenny (chorus) orchestra

LA, CA, April 23, 28 & 29, 1959: Makin' Whoopee!, What Is This Thing Called Love?, Baubles, Bangles and Beads, It Happened in Monterey, I've Never Been in Love Before, Truckin', Hit the Road to Dreamland, Li'l Darlin', A Bunch of the Blues: Don't Dream of Anybody But Me / Keester Parade / TNT / Tiny's Blues, Some Like It Hot, A Smooth One, I Hadn't Anyone Till You

#also issued on Verve MGVS 6063.

SOME LIKE IT HOT : BARNEY KESSEL (FANTASY)

Joe Gordon (tp) Art Pepper (cl, as, ts) Jimmie Rowles (p) Barney Kessel, Jack Marshall (g) Monty Budwig (b) Shelly Manne (d)

LA, March 30 & 31, 1959: Sweet Sue (alt. take), Runnin' Wild (alt. take)

#reissue of Contemporary C 3565 + 2 bonus tracks.

SOME LIKE IT HOT : BARNEY KESSEL (CONTEMPORARY)

Joe Gordon (tp) Art Pepper (cl, as, ts) Jimmie Rowles (p) Barney Kessel, Jack Marshall (g) Monty Budwig (b) Shelly Manne (d)

LA, March 30 & 31, 1959: Some Like It Hot, Sweet Sue, I Wanna Be Loved by You, Runnin' Wild, Sweet Georgia Brown, Down Among the Sheltering Palms, Sugar Blues, By the Beautiful Sea

#also issued on Contemporary S 7565, Fantasy OJC 168.

ART PEPPER + ELEVEN (CONTEMPORARY)

Pete Candoli, Jack Sheldon (tp) Dick Nash (tb) Bob Enevoldsen (vtb, ts) Vince DeRosa (frh) Herb Geller (as) Art Pepper (as, ts, cl) Bill Perkins (ts) Med Flory (brs) Russ Freeman (p) Joe Mondragon (b) Mel Lewis (d) Marty Paich (arr, cond)

LA, March 14, 1959: Opus de Funk, 'Round About Midnight, Walkin' Shoes, Airegin

Al Porcino (tp) Bud Shank (as) replaces Candoli, Geller

LA, March 28, 1959: Groovin' High, Shaw 'Nuff, Anthropology, Donna Lee

Charlie Kennedy (as) Richie Kamuca (ts) replaces Shank, Perkins

LA, May 12, 1959: Move, Four Brothers, Bernie's Tune, Walkin'

#also issued on Contemporary S 7568, Fantasy OJC 341.

HERB ELLIS MEET JIMMY GIUFFRE (VERVE)

Art Pepper, Bud Shank (as) Richie Kamuca (ts) Jimmy Giuffre (ts, brs) Lou Levy (p) Herb Ellis (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Stan Levey (d)

NYC, March 26, 1959: Goose Geese, When Your Lover Has Gone, Remember?, Country Boy, You Know, My Old Flame, People Will Say We're in Love

#also issued on Verve MGVS 6045.

THE BIG SMALL BANDS : DAVE PELL (CAPITOL)

Frank Beach, Jack Sheldon (tp) Bob Enevoldsen (vtb) Arthur Maebe (frh) Phil Stephens (tu) Art Pepper (as) Dave Pell (ts) Marty Berman (brs) Marty Paich (p) Buddy Clark (b) Mel Lewis (d)

LA, February, 1959: Walkin' Shoes, Boplicity, Popo

THE BROADWAY BIT : MARTY PAICH (WARNER BROS)

Frank Beach (tp) Stu Williamson (tp, vtb) George Roberts, George Roberts (tb) Bob Enevoldsen (vtb, ts) Vince DeRosa (frh) Art Pepper (as) Bill Perkins (ts) Jimmy Giuffre (brs, cl) Victor Feldman (vib, per) Marty Paich (p) Scott LaFaro (b) Mel Lewis (d)

LA, January, 1959: Too Close for Comfort, Yonger Than Spring Time / Surrey with the Fringe on Top, I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face, It's All Right with Me, I Love Paris, Lazy Afternoon, Just in Time, If I Were a Bell, I've Never Been in Love Before

#also issued on Warner Bros. WS 1296; Discovery DS 844 entitled "The New York Scene".