Mucho Calor

Mucho Calor
Studio album by
Conte Candoli and Art Pepper
Released1957
RecordedOctober 3, 1957
Forum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
GenreJazz
LabelAndex
A 3002
Conte Candoli chronology
Conte Candoli Quartet
(1957) 		Mucho Calor
(1957) 		Little Band Big Jazz
(1960)
Art Pepper chronology
Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section
(1957) 		Mucho Calor
(1957) 		Art Pepper + Eleven - Modern Jazz Classics
(1959)

Mucho Calor (subtitled A Presentation in Latin Jazz) is an album by trumpeter Conte Candoli and alto saxophonist Art Pepper in an octet with tenor saxophonist Bill Perkins, pianist Russ Freeman, bassist Ben Tucker, drummer Chuck Flores and percussionists Jack Costanzo and Mike Pacheko recorded in 1957 and originally released on the Andex label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow noted: "the music is quite jazz-oriented if a touch lightweight. Worth investigating by fans of the idiom".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Mucho Calor" (Bill Holman) - 6:53
  2. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert) - 3:05
  3. "Mambo de la Pinta" (Art Pepper) - 5:29
  4. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 2:21
  5. "Vaya Hombre Vaya" (Holman) - 3:21
  6. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 5:47
  7. "Mambo Jumbo" (Conte Candoli) - 3:47
  8. "Old Devil Moon" (Burton Lane, Yip Harburg) - 5:27
  9. "Pernod" (Johnny Mandel) - 3:57
  10. "That Old Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 4:25

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Art Pepper catalog accessed October 25, 2016
  2. ^ Andex Records accessed October 25, 2016
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Mucho Calor – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2016.