Art Pepper - ...The Way It Was!

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me Written-By – Clarence Gaskill, Jimmy McHugh	5:21
A2	All The Things You Are Written-By – Oscar Hammerstein II & Jerome Kern*	6:32
A3	What's New Written-By – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke	4:03
A4	Tickle Toe Written-By – Lester Young	4:50
B1	The Man I Love Written-By – George & Ira Gershwin	6:32
B2	Autumn Leaves Written-By – Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma	6:28
B3	The Way You Look Tonight Written-By – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern	6:35

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – King Record Co. Ltd
• Recorded At – Contemporary's Studio
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Contemporary Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Contemporary Records, Inc.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Art Pepper
• Bass – Ben Tucker (tracks: A1 to A4), Jimmy Bond (tracks: B2), Paul Chambers (tracks: B1, B3)
• Design – George Kershaw
• Drums – "Philly" Joe Jones (tracks: B1), Frank Butler (tracks: B2), Gary Frommer (tracks: A1 to A4), Jimmy Cobb (tracks: B3)
• Engineer – Roy DuNann
• Liner Notes – Laurie Miller*
• Liner Notes [Told To Laurie Miller] – Art Pepper
• Photography By [Cover] – Cecil Charles
• Piano – Dolo Coker (tracks: B2), Red Garland (tracks: B1), Ronnie Ball (tracks: A1 to A4), Wynton Kelly (tracks: B3)
• Producer – Lester Koenig
• Tenor Saxophone – Warne Marsh (tracks: A1 to A4)

Notes

Comes in hard sleeve with Obi.
Including insert.

#A1-A4: recorded Nov. 26, 1956. Previously unreleased.
#B1: recorded Jan. 19, 1957. Previously unreleased from session for "Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section" (Contemporary S7532)
#B2: recorded Nov. 23, 1960. Previously unreleased from session for "Art Pepper: Intensity" (Contemporary S7607)
#B3: recorded Feb. 29, 1960. Previously unreleased session for "Art Pepper: Gettin' Together" (Contemporary S7573)

All sessions recorded at Contemporary's Studio in Los Angeles.

Cover photo taken at the January 19, 1957 session.
Liner Notes by Art Pepper, told to Laurie Miller Sept. 13, 1972. (Laurie Miller is a free-lance photographer and writer with whom Art Pepper is working on his autobiography.
Album front cover and liner © 1972 by Contemporary Records, Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A [Label]): SILBT 5086
• Matrix / Runout (Side B [Label]): SILBT 5087
• Matrix / Runout (Side A [Label]): S 7630 (A)
• Matrix / Runout (Side B [Label]): S 7630 (B)
• Matrix / Runout (Side A [Stamped]): SILBT 5086 C-4
• Matrix / Runout (Side B [Stamped]): SILBT 5087 B-4
• Other (Price): ¥1,500

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
S7630	Art Pepper	...The Way It Was! ‎(LP, Album, RE, RP)	Contemporary Records	S7630	US	Unknown
P-7568	Art Pepper	...The Way It Was! ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Contemporary Records	P-7568	Japan	1982
OJCCD-389-2, S-7630	Art Pepper	...The Way It Was! ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Original Jazz Classics, Contemporary Records	OJCCD-389-2, S-7630	UK & Europe	1989
S7630	Art Pepper	...The Way It Was! ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Contemporary Records	S7630	US	1972
OJCCD-389-2, S-7630	Art Pepper	...The Way It Was! ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Original Jazz Classics, Contemporary Records	OJCCD-389-2, S-7630	US	1989