By my count, Art Pepper recorded on five movie soundtracks: Some Like It Hot (1959), The Subterraneans (1960), The Enforcer (1976), The Gauntlet (1977) and Heart Beat (1980). [Photo of Laurie and Art Pepper above by Phil Bray courtesy of Laurie Pepper]
I did a bunch of research; let's give a listen:
Here's Barney Kessel's Some Like It Hot album, featuring many of the musicians who went uncredited on the 1959 film score, including Art Pepper, here on tenor saxophone. The rest of the musicians were Barney Kessel (g), Joe Gordon (tp), Pepper (ts), Jimmy Rowles (p), Jack Marshall (g), Monty Budwig (b) and Shelly Manne (d). My guess is that Pepper played the clarinet on the movie soundtrack (Dave Pell played the tenor parts). This is the title theme...
Here's Andre Previn's gorgeous theme to The Subteranneans, with Previn on piano and Gerry Mulligan on baritone saxophone. Pepper appears in the opening credits. That's Mulligan in an acting roll as the hip minister with a cross around his neck...
Here's Pepper playing Rooftop Chase from Jerry Fielding's score for the Clint Eastwood film, The Enforcer...
(If you want to hear the entire score for The Enforcer, go here.)
Here's Pepper with trumpeter Jon Fadis playing The Pickup from Jerry Fielding's score for the Clint Eastwood film The Gauntlet...
And here's Pepper playing Neal's Theme from Jack Nitzsche's score for Heart Beat...
A special thanks to Doug Paterson and David Langner.
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