Art Pepper

Art Pepper, Before And After Life

Profile and Interview by Roy Carr, Brian Case, New Musical Express, 11 February 1978

And still going strong. The alto legend is working again after beating heroin addiction and 12 years in jail. ...

Art Pepper: Ronnie Scott's, London

Live Review by Richard Williams, The Times, 19 June 1980

The jazzman personified ...

Art Pepper Dies

Obituary by Richard Cook, New Musical Express, 26 June 1982

ART PEPPER, one of the true greats of modern jazz saxophone, died from a cerebral haemorrhage last week, three months short of his 57th birthday. ...

Art Pepper: The Art of darkness

Retrospective by Brian Case, Melody Maker, 11 January 1986

His story is a 'feast of rape, voyeurism, compulsive masturbation and armed robbery'. Brian Case on the legend of former drug addict, jailbird and sax ...