Pepper's Pow Wow
| Pepper's Pow Wow | ||||
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| Released | 1971 | |||
| Recorded | January 7, 1971 New York City | |||
| Genre | Crossover Jazz/Native American music | |||
| Length | 38:42 | |||
| Label | Embryo SD 731 | |||
| Producer | Daniel Weiss | |||
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Pepper's Pow Wow is the debut album led by Native American saxophonist and composer Jim Pepper recorded in 1971 and first released on Herbie Mann's Embryo label.[1][2][3]
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "while Pepper's Pow Wow is not strictly a jazz record, nor is it a folk record or a rock record, it is something far greater than merely the sum of those things".[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Gilbert Pepper except as indicated
- "Witchitai-To (Chant) / Witchitai-To (Song)" (Traditional/Jim Pepper) - 7:17
- "Squaw Song" - 3:50
- "Rock Stomp Indian Style" - 2:07
- "Senecas (As Long as the Grass Shall Grow)" (Peter La Farge) - 5:48
- "Ya Na Ho" - 5:42
- "Slow War Dance" - 1:51
- "Nommie-Nommie (When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder)" (Traditional) - 2:37
- "Newly-Weds Song" - 3:01
- "Fast War Dance/Now War Dance" (Gilbert Pepper/Billy Cobham, Chuck Rainey, Jim Pepper, Larry Coryell, Tom Grant) - 2:24
- "Drums" (La Farge) - 4:20
Personnel
- Jim Pepper - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, drums, bells, rattles, shakers, vocals
- Ravie Pepper - flute, bamboo flute, shakers, vocals
- Tom Grant - piano, shakers, vocals
- Larry Coryell - guitar
- Jerry Jemmott, Chuck Rainey - electric bass
- Billy Cobham, Spider Rice - drums
- Gib Pepper - drums, bells, rattles, shakers, vocals, arranger
- Arif Mardin - arranger (track 5)
References
- ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: East-West, Embryo, Vortex series accessed November 12, 2015
- ^ Edwards, D., Eyries, P. & Callahan, M. Embryo Album Discography accessed November 12, 2015
- ^ Discography of Jim Pepper's Work accessed November 12, 2015
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Pepper's Pow Wow – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
