It is fitting that Art Pepper’s late and most productive period enjoyed this degree of documentation. Marginalized during the majority of his haphazard career, Pepper rose above the resistance to be ...

Anyone dipping their toes for the first time into the recorded legacy of the fitfully prolific Los Angeles-based alto saxophonist Art Pepper (1925-82) is best advised to start with the two series of ...

Art Pepper was a self-taught jazz saxophonist who never practiced. But he earned acclaim as one of the greatest alto players to follow in the footsteps of Charlie Parker, and one of the foremost ...

It was not much of an exaggeration when saxophonist Art Pepper said, “My whole life went into this.” Quoted by his wife, Laurie Pepper, the keeper of his flame, he was speaking of a performance of ...

Jazz saxophonist Art Pepper was born 100 years ago today. He started on clarinet at age 9 and debuted on record with Stan Kenton at age 18. Pepper had an intensive and creative alto saxophone style ...

While fans of the forward-thinking R&B singer await news about her new album, reportedly called “Chilombo,” Aiko quietly dropped a mesmerizing video and track that references her most recent song, ...