Jim Pepper

American Kaw-Muscogee Creek jazz musician (1941-1992)

Born: 18 June 1941
Salem
Died: 10 February 1992
Portland
Country: United States
Discography: 9 albums

Biography

Jim Pepper was a jazz musician who played saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone and voice. Jim Pepper was born on 18 June 1941 in Salem and died on 10 February 1992 in Portland. The music is usually filed under jazz. The discography here lists 9 albums, from “Pepper's Pow Wow” (1971) to “Afro Indian Blues” (2006).

Jim Gilbert Pepper II (June 18, 1941 – February 10, 1992) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and singer of Kaw and Muscogee 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 or sideman. Pepper and Joe Lovano played tenor sax alongside each other in an acclaimed band led by drummer Paul Motian, recording three LPs in 1984, 1985 and 1987. Motian described Pepper's playing as "post-Coltrane". Don Cherry 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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Discography

Studio and live albums

Pepper's Pow Wow 1971 · Embryo Records Comin' and Goin' 1983

Dakota Song 1987

The Path 1988

West End Avenue 1989

Vol. I: Quadrologue at Utopia 1990 · Live

Live at New Morning, Paris 1999

The Music of Jim Pepper - Witchi-Tai-To 2002

Afro Indian Blues 2006

Also plays on

Albums where Jim Pepper is credited as a sideman

1969	Coryell — Larry Coryell	flute
1983	The Ballad of the Fallen — Charlie Haden & Carla Bley	woodwind
1983	When Elephants Dream of Music — Bob Moses	tenor saxophone