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No Limit (Art Pepper album)

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No Limit
Studio album by
Released1977
RecordedMay 26, 1977
GenreJazz
Length38:00
LabelContemporary/OJC
ProducerLester Koenig & John Koenig
Art Pepper chronology
Tokyo Debut
(1977)
No Limit
(1977)
Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard
(1977)

No Limit is a 1977 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper playing with pianist George Cables, bassist Tony Dumas and drummer Carl Burnett.

As Pepper says in the sleeve notes, he considered this album to be a memento of his friendship with Lester Koenig, who died on 21 November 1977.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow wrote that the album "has the emotional intensity and chance-taking improvisations of his live concerts of the period".[3]

Track listing

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  1. "Rita-San" (Art Pepper) – 7:55
  2. "Ballad Of The Sad Young Men" (Tommy Wolf, Fran Landesman) – 8:41
  3. "My Laurie" (Art Pepper) – 8:25
  4. "Mambo de la Pinta" (Art Pepper) – 12:41

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1142. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 160. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Art Pepper: No Limit". AllMusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 April 2016.

Sources

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  • Richard Cook & Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD 4th edition. Penguin, 1998. ISBN 0-14-051383-3