ART PEPPER QUINTET: INTENSITY (CONTEMPORARY RECORD - ACOUSTIC SOUNDS SERIES)

Performer: Art Pepper – saxophone; Paul Chambers – double bass; Joe Morello – drums
Composer: Art Pepper Quintet
Number of discs: 1
Barcode: 0888072590168
Label: Craft Recordings
Format: LP (180-gram audiophile vinyl)
Genre: Jazz
Year: 2025

Part of the Acoustic Sounds Contemporary Records Series

Audiophile 180-gram vinyl pressing

Strictly analog remastering by Bernie Grundman from original tapes

Old-style tip-on cover by Stoughton Printing

Supervised by Chad Kassem, CEO of Acoustic Sounds

Craft Recordings enriches its Contemporary Records reissue series with one of Art Pepper’s most compelling albums, Intensity, originally released in 1963. Initially issued on the flip side of Smack Up, this album offers a clear insight into the remarkable creativity Pepper possessed during this period.

Upon its original release, the San Francisco Examiner noted that Pepper was “on the right path toward a new performance freedom,” while AllMusic highlighted that “Pepper swings through standards such as ‘I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me’, ‘Gone With the Wind’, and ‘I Wished on the Moon’, using them as ideal starting points for an album that is both musically engaging and highly enjoyable to listen to.”

This new edition, part of the Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series, has been meticulously remastered by Bernie Grundman from the original analog masters, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings, and presented in a luxurious tip-on cover by Stoughton Printing.

Art Pepper – saxophone
Paul Chambers – double bass
Joe Morello – drums

I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me
I Love You
Come Rain or Come Shine
Long Ago (And Far Away)
Gone With the Wind
I Wished on the Moon
Too Close for Comfort
Five Points