Art Pepper - The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions (1977)

Review by Leo Stanley
The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions is an exhaustive box set that contains all 45 takes from Art Pepper's legendary stay at the Village Vanguard. Any serious Pepper fan will find a lot to treasure here, but the sheer size of the set makes it intimidating for less dedicated listeners. Recording date: Jul 28, 1977 - Jul 30, 1977
TRACKS
CD 1
01 - Spoken Introduction
02 - Blues for Heard
03 - Spoken Introduction
04 - Scrapple from the Apple
05 - Spoken Introduction
06 - But Beautiful
07 - Spoken Introduction
08 - My Friend John
09 - Spoken Introduction
10 - Cherokee [#]
11 - Blues for Heard [#]

CD 2
01 - Spoken Introduction
02 - For Freddie [#]
03 - Spoken Introduction
04 - Valse Triste
05 - Spoken Introduction
06 - Live at the Vanguard
07 - Spoken Introduction
08 - Caravan [#]
09 - Blues for Heard [#]

CD 3
01 - Spoken Introduction
02 - Over the Rainbow
03 - Spoken Introduction
04 - Trip
05 - Blues for Les
06 - Night in Tunisia

CD 4
01 - Spoken Introduction
02 - No Limit
03 - Spoken Introduction
04 - Valse Triste [#]
05 - Spoken Introduction
06 - My Friend John [#]
07 - Spoken Introduction
08 - You Go to My Head
09 - Cherokee
10 - Blues for Heard [#]

CD 5
01 - Count off and Blues for Heard [#]
02 - Anthropology
03 - These Foolish Things
04 - For Freddie [#]
05 - Blues for Heard [#]

CD 6
01 - Spoken Introduction
02 - Cuevas de Mario
03 - Spoken Introduction
04 - Stella by Starlight
05 - Spoken Introduction
06 - Goodbye [#]
07 - Spoken Introduction
08 - Vanguard Max [#]
09 - Blues for Heard [#]

CD 7
01 - Count-Off Vanguard Max
02 - Spoken Introduction
03 - Las Cuevas De Mario
04 - Spoken Introduction
05 - Goodbye
06 - spoken introduction(#)
07 - For Freddie
08 - Blues For Heard

CD 8
01 - Announcement, False Start
02 - My Friend John
03 - Spoken Introduction
04 - More For Les
05 - Cherokee
06 - Blues For Heard

CD 9
01 - Count-Off
02 - More For Les
03 - Caravan
04 - Labyrinth
05 - My Friend John