All About Jazz is celebrating Art Pepper's birthday today! Alto Saxophonist Art Pepper, a native of Gardena California, played in the overtly emotional manner that came to define the West Coast style.

Art Pepper is one of only a handful of jazz artists whose life story is perhaps as well known as his recordings. Thanks largely to the publication of Straight Life in 1979, a searing autobiography ...

A “holy grail” for many jazz music collectors, Surf Ride has been re-issued by Craft Recordings as part of its Original Jazz Classics series. The album cover is peak 1950s with cheesecake charm and ...