Landscape (Art Pepper album)
# Landscape (Art Pepper album)

Landscape is a live 1979 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper playing with George Cables, Tony Dumas and Billy Higgins. The album was recorded at Shiba Yūbin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, at the same concerts that produced Besame Mucho.

## Reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow awarded the album 4.5 stars, commenting that "Pepper was in inspired form during this Tokyo concert" and that his "intensity and go-for-broke style are exhilarating throughout".

## Track listing

* "True Blues" (Art Pepper) – 8:07
* "Sometime" (Pepper) – 5:05
* "Landscape" (Pepper) – 10:26
* "Avalon" (Vincent Rose; Al Jolson; Buddy DeSylva) – 8:40
* "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen; E.Y. Harburg) – 10:47
* "Straight Life" (Pepper) – 6:19
* "Mambo de la Pinta" (Pepper) – 11:06 Bonus track on CD reissue

       (Recorded on 16 July & 23 July 1979.)

## Personnel

* Art Pepper – alto saxophone; clarinet on "Sometime"
* George Cables – piano
* Tony Dumas – Electric upright bass (credited as "blitz bass")
* Billy Higgins – drums
