Two Altos is an album by American alto saxophonists Art Pepper and Sonny Red. The four standards which appear on the album were recorded in Los Angeles with West Coast-jazz musicians between 1952 and 1954, whilst the two originals were recorded at Van Gelder Studio, in 1957. Regent Records, a subsidiary of Savoy, released these recordings in 1959.

Two Altos
Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedMarch 4, 1952 (#5)
March 29, 1953 (#3)
August 25, 1954 (#1, 6)
Los Angeles, CA
November 12, 1957 (#2, 4)
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
GenreJazz
Length32:01
LabelRegent
Regent MG 6069
ProducerOzzie Cadena
Art Pepper chronology
Surf Ride
(1952-54)
Two Altos
(1959)
The Return of Art Pepper
(1956)
Sonny Red chronology
Two Altos
(1957)
Out of the Blue
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]

Track listing edit

  1. "Deep Purple" (Robbins, Parish) - 3:58
  2. "Watkins Production" (Doug Watkins) - 9:36
  3. "Everything Happens to Me" (Dennis, Adair) - 3:08
  4. "Redd's Head" (Sonny Red) - 9:13
  5. "These Foolish Things" (Maschwitz, Link, Strachey) - 2:41
  6. "What's New" (Haggart, Burke) - 3:25

Personnel edit

Tracks 1, 6

Tracks 2, 4

Track 3

  • Art Pepper - alto saxophone
  • Russ Freeman - piano
  • Bob Whitlock - bass
  • Bobby White - drums

Track 5

References edit