No Limit (Art Pepper album)

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Released1977
RecordedMarch 26, 1977
Length38:00
No Limit
Studio album by
Released1977
RecordedMarch 26, 1977
GenreJazz
Length38:00
LabelContemporary/OJC
ProducerLester Koenig, John Koenig
Art Pepper chronology
Tokyo Debut
(1977)
No Limit
(1977)
Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard
(1977)

No Limit is a 1977 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper, playing with pianist George Cables, bassist Tony Dumas and drummer Carl Burnett.

As Pepper says in the sleeve notes, he considered this album to be a memento of his friendship with Lester Koenig, who died on November 21, 1977.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarHalf star[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStar[3]
DownBeatStarStarStarStar[4]

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow wrote that the album "has the emotional intensity and chance-taking improvisations of his live concerts of the period".[1]

DownBeat awarded 4 stars to the album.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Rita-San" (Art Pepper) – 7:55
  2. "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (Tommy Wolf, Fran Landesman) – 8:41
  3. "My Laurie" (Art Pepper) – 8:25
  4. "Mambo de la Pinta" (Art Pepper) – 12:41

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