Art Pepper: Notes From a Jazz Survivor
Please check my jazzblog at jazzpages.tumblr.com This 50 minute jazz DVD features Art Pepper, one of the great alto saxophonists. This documentary is a painfully revealing portrait of this cult figure and contains lots of mus ic. An intensely personal and sometimes painful look into the fascinating world of Art Pepper. One of Jazz’ greatest alto saxophonists and most expressive soloists, Pepper was also a thief, drug addict, alcoholic, womanizer, and world renown wildman. In candid interviews he recounts his triumphs, troubles, and luck in meeting Laurie, his last wife. For half the film Pepper leads a trio in a Malibu nightclub, the set includes “Red Car”, “Patricia”, and “Miss Who?”.
Video Rating: 5 / 5