Art Pepper 1925-1982

"...cool plus hot but never lukewarm...." - from a reader review of Pepper's work with The Rhythm Section

There is a moment, early in a recording by Miles Davis' The Rhythm Section, when the saxophonist seems to quiver a little, as if he were unfamiliar with the music, had lost the ability to read from the sheets, or transpose in his head, or wasn't quite sure where he was.  If you guessed all of the above, you'd be right.

Art Pepper, the saxophonist, had fo…