Altoist
Art Pepper's 1981 appearances at Los Angeles' now-obsolete Maiden Voyage club were fully documented, resulting in three LPs. This particular release finds
Pepper and his quartet (with pianist
George Cables, bassist
David Williams, and drummer
Carl Burnett) performing "Roadgame" "Road Waltz," and "Everything Happens to Me."
Pepper switches to clarinet for "When You're Smiling Although only a year away from his death, the great
Art Pepper was still very much in his prime for this memorable outing.