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Landscape is a live 1979 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper playing with George Cables, Tony Dumas and Billy Higgins. The album was recorded at Shiba Yūbin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, at the same concerts that produced Besame Mucho.[1]

Landscape
Live album by Art Pepper
Released	1979
Recorded	16 July & 23 July 1979
Venue	Shiba Yūbin Chokin Hall, Minato, Tokyo
Genre	Jazz
Length	52:33 63:39 CD reissue
Label	Galaxy/OJC
Producer	Akira Taguchi and Hiroshi Aono
Art Pepper chronology
Art Pepper Today (1978) Landscape (1979) Besame Mucho (1979)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow awarded the album 4.5 stars, commenting that "Pepper was in inspired form during this Tokyo concert" and that his "intensity and go-for-broke style are exhilarating throughout".[2]

Track listing

1. "True Blues" (Art Pepper) – 8:07
2. "Sometime" (Pepper) – 5:05
3. "Landscape" (Pepper) – 10:26
4. "Avalon" (Vincent Rose; Al Jolson; Buddy DeSylva) – 8:40
5. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen; E.Y. Harburg) – 10:47
6. "Straight Life" (Pepper) – 6:19
7. "Mambo de la Pinta" (Pepper) – 11:06 Bonus track on CD reissue

(Recorded on 16 July & 23 July 1979.)

Personnel

• Art Pepper – alto saxophone; clarinet on "Sometime"
• George Cables – piano
• Tony Dumas – Electric upright bass (credited as "blitz bass")
• Billy Higgins – drums

References

Sources

• Richard Cook & Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin, 4th edition, 1998. ISBN 0-14-051383-3

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