Two Altos

Two Altos
Studio album by Art Pepper and Sonny Red
Released	1959
Recorded	March 4, 1952 (#5) March 29, 1953 (#3) August 25, 1954 (#1, 6) Los Angeles November 12, 1957 (#2, 4) Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:01
Label	Regent Regent MG 6069
Producer	Ozzie Cadena
Art Pepper chronology
Surf Ride (1952-54) Two Altos (1952-54 The Return of Art Pepper (1956)
Sonny Red chronology
Two Altos (1957) Out of the Blue (1960)

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 would assemble the material and release it in 1959. The album is a jazz rarity and was reissued on CD only once in Japan, in 1992.

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Track listing

1. "Deep Purple" (Robbins, Parish) - 3:58
2. "Watkins Production" (Doug Watkins) - 9:36
3. "Everything Happens to Me" (Dennis, Adair) - 3:08
4. "Redd's Head" (Sonny Red) - 9:13
5. "These Foolish Things" (Maschwitz, Link, Strachey) - 2:41
6. "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

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