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March 24, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1397

Art Pepper, Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section (1957) I’d heard a bit of Art Pepper and a bit about Art Pepper and then I heard this. And this was just it. Replete with the story: Pepper was nervous – he found out about the session the day it took place. The Rhythm Section refers […]

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March 13, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1583

Sonny Rollins, Tenor Madness (1956) It’s the title track that was the selling point – Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane duking it out – but it’s the least interesting track on the album for me (still, it is the selling point). One of my favourite albums of all time – one of the early touchstones […]