March 7, 2017

Art Pepper got lumped into the “West Coast Sound” because he was from L.A. but his alto playing was anything but laid back. This junkie was voted second best alto player in the world by Downbeat several times when Bird was alive and went on to have a stellar career cut short by his death in his 50s.

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