Besame Mucho (album)

Besame Mucho is a live album by saxophonist Art Pepper recorded in Japan in 1979 at the same concerts that produced Landscape and originally released on the Japanese JVC label in 1981 before being rereleased on the Galaxy label.[1][2]

Besame Mucho
Live album by
Art Pepper
Released1981
RecordedJuly 16 & 23, 1979
VenueShiba Yūbin Chokin Hall, Minato, Tokyo
GenreJazz
Length46:52
LabelJVC
VIJ-6372
ProducerAkira Taguchi and Hiroshi Aono
Art Pepper chronology
Landscape
(1979)		 Besame Mucho
(1981)		 Straight Life
(1979)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek noted "Only the ballad is on the short side, and the rest give Pepper the opportunity to really stretch himself and interact with Cables, whose fluid scalar approach to soloing, while invoking bop's precision balanced by an abundant lyrical swing, was a perfect vehicle for the saxophonist's intense melodic improvising. This is a welcome addition to the U.S. catalog for fans and a fantastic introduction to Pepper's many gifts for the uninitiated."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Art Pepper except where noted.

  1. "Red Car" – 9:14
  2. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 6:29
  3. "The Trip" – 10:01
  4. "Mambo de la Pinta" – 11:57
  5. "Bésame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar) – 9:11

Personnel

References
  1. Art Pepper catalog accessed October 31, 2016
  2. Art Pepper: An Illustrated Discography accessed October 31, 2016
  3. Jurek, Thom. Besame Mucho – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
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