Two Altos is an album by American alto saxophonists Art Pepper and Sonny Red. The four standards which appear on the album were recorded in Los Angeles with West Coast-jazz musicians between 1952 and 1954, whilst the two originals were recorded at Van Gelder Studio, in 1957. Regent Records, a subsidiary of Savoy, released these recordings in 1959.

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Two Altos
Studio album by Art Pepper and Sonny Red
Released	1959
Recorded	March 4, 1952 (#5) March 29, 1953 (#3) August 25, 1954 (#1, 6) Los Angeles, CA November 12, 1957 (#2, 4) Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:01
Label	Regent Regent MG 6069
Producer	Ozzie Cadena
Art Pepper chronology
Surf Ride (1952-54) Two Altos (1959) The Return of Art Pepper (1956)
Sonny Red chronology
Two Altos (1957) Out of the Blue (1960)

Track listing

1. "Deep Purple" (Robbins, Parish) - 3:58
2. "Watkins Production" (Doug Watkins) - 9:36
3. "Everything Happens to Me" (Dennis, Adair) - 3:08
4. "Redd's Head" (Sonny Red) - 9:13
5. "These Foolish Things" (Maschwitz, Link, Strachey) - 2:41
6. "What's New" (Haggart, Burke) - 3:25

Personnel

Tracks 1, 6

• Art Pepper - alto saxophone
• Jack Montrose - tenor saxophone
• Claude Williamson - piano
• Monty Budwig - bass
• Larry Bunker - drums

Tracks 2, 4

• Sonny Red - alto saxophone
• Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
• Wynton Kelly - piano
• Doug Watkins - bass
• Elvin Jones - drums

Track 3

• Art Pepper - alto saxophone
• Russ Freeman - piano
• Bob Whitlock - bass
• Bobby White - drums

Track 5

• Art Pepper - alto saxophone
• Hampton Hawes - piano
• Joe Mondragon - bass
• Larry Bunker - drums

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