ArtPepper:AltoSax./RedGarland:Piano
PaulChambers:Bass/PhillyJoeJones:Drums
BillyJoeJones:Drums/RhythmSection:Performer
PhilDeLancie:Mastering,Remastering,DigitalRemastering
RoyDuNann:Engineer/BernieGrundman:Mastering
LesterKoenig:Producer,LinerNotes,OriginalLinerNotes
AkiraTaguchi:MasteringSupervisor/AlanYoshida:Mastering
WilliamClaxton:Photography,CoverPhoto/ChadKassem:ExecutiveProducer
1.YoudBeSoNiceToComeHomeTo(05:27)
2.RedPepperBlues(03:40)
3.Imagination(05:55)
4.WaltzMeBlues(02:59)
5.StraightLife(04:01)
6.JazzMeBlues(04:50)
7.TinTinDeo(07:44)
8.StarEyes(05:14)
9.BirksWorks(04:17)
백인재즈의자존심이자웨스트코스트재즈를대표하는알토색소폰연주자인아트페퍼(ArtPepper)는굴곡이심한인생역정에도불구하고인간미넘치는연주를통해수많은재즈팬들의가슴을적신뮤지션이었다.마약으로인하여청춘의대부분을감호소와요양소를오가는비참한생활을하였지만,자신과의눈물겨운투쟁끝에이를극복해내며재기에성공하게된다.
이앨범은50년대의아트페퍼를대표하는명연이담긴걸작앨범이다.당시마일스데이비스퀸텟의리듬섹션이었던레드갈란드(RedGarland),폴챔버스(PaulChambers),필리조존스(PhillyJoeJones)가함께참여하였고,고장난색소폰으로연주한것이훗날화제가되었다.이앨범을녹음하기전에아트페퍼는6개월의공백이있었지만,단한번의리허설만으로연주를진행하여그의천부적인재능을과시하기도하였다.
당대최고의리듬섹션으로평가받고있던연주자들과의녹음은이앨범의가치를높이는중요한요소였으며,아트페퍼의거침없는블로윙과’TinTinDeo’,’You’dBeNicetoComeHomeTo’에서의유연한연주가더해져더욱더매력적인작품으로남게되었다.
찰리파커(CharlieParker)의천재성과캐논볼애덜리(CannonballAdderly)의인간미넘치는따스한기풍을합쳐놓은듯한명연이펼쳐진이작품은재즈의미학이무엇인지를대변할수있는귀중한앨범이다.