Jim Pepper
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Biography
Jim Gilbert Pepper II (June 18, 1941 â February 10, 1992) was a jazz saxophonist, composer and singer of Kaw and Muscogee Creek Native American heritage. He moved to New York City in 1964, where he came to prominence in the late 1960s as a member of The Free Spirits, an early jazz-rock fusion group that also featured Larry Coryell and Bob Moses. Pepper went on to have a lengthy career in jazz, recording almost a dozen albums as a bandleader and many more as featured soloist. Pepper and Joe Lovano played tenor sax alongside each other in a band led by drummer Paul Motian, recording three LPs in 1984, 1985 and 1987. Motian described Pepper's playing as "post-Coltrane". Don Cherry (Choctaw/African American) was among those who encouraged Pepper to bring more of his Native culture into his music, and the two collaborated extensively. Pepper died of lymphoma aged 50.
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- Track Popularity
- 3/4 Gemini
- Witchi Tai To
- Dakota Song
- Mercer Street Blues
- What's New?
- Jumpin' Gemini
- Polka Dots and Moonbeams
- Rainbeaux
- Els Segadors featuring Carla Bley
- It Could Happen to You
- Marchant le Chemin
- Comme il Faut
- Habi Ba
- Bamasso
- Caddo Revival
- Our Quiet Place
- Reflections
- Hello Young Lovers
- Lullaby
