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ex Art Pepper Quartet, Jim Hall Trio, Pepper Adams Quintet, Dexter Gordon Quartet

American jazz pianist.
Born : August 16, 1928 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Died : March 17, 1958 in Los Angeles, California.

During his short career (he died at the age of 29 years from a drug overdose), Carl Perkins played with Curtis Counce, Harold Land, Jack Sheldon, Oscar Moore, Frank Butler, Clifford Brown, Max Roach, Frank Morgan, Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Dexter Gordon, among others. His only album as a leader, Introducing Carl Perkins, was released in 1956.

ALBUMS

Carl Perkins (4), Elmo Hope, Al Haig, Walter Bishop*

Perkins / Hope / Haig / Bishop

1995, CD, Comp, Barna Records Lab, S.L.

Oscar Moore Quartet* With Carl Perkins

Carl Perkins Memorial

Art Pepper, Carl Perkins (4), Ben Tucker, Chuck Flores

The Art Of Pepper

Carl Perkins (4), Paul Smith (5), Jimmy Rowles, Gerald Wiggins, Lou Levy

Piano Playhouse

Swing/Bop/Cool Jazz

Dexter Gordon, Carl Perkins (4), Buddy Collette, Curtis Counce

1977, LP, Comp, Dootone Records

Dexter Gordon Featuring Carl Perkins

Dexter Blows Hot And Cool

1956, 7", EP, Sonet

Bop/Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes / I'll Never Smile Again

Shellac, 10", Savoy Records

Modern Jazz Piano Stylings...

7", EP, Dooto Records

Carl Perkins (4) / Chet Baker

Too Close For Comfort / Tenderly

7", Jazz West Coast, Pacific Jazz

Modern Jazz Piano Stylings...

7", EP, Prestige Records (14)

Buddy DeFranco And His Orchestra

I Hear Benny Goodman And Artie Shaw

2014, 2xCD, Comp, RE, RM, Phono (4),

Swing/Instrumental

2011, CD, Album, Jazz Legacy Productions,

Bop/Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz

Buddy DeFranco And His Orchestra

I Hear Benny Goodman & Artie Shaw (The Complete "Plays Benny Goodman And Artie Shaw" Sessions Vol.2)

Art Pepper Quartet

Complete TV Studio Recordings

2005, CD, Comp, Lone Hill Jazz,

Dexter Gordon Quartet

Complete Kenny Drew & Carl Perkins Sessions

2004, CD, Comp, Lone Hill Jazz

Pepper Adams Quintet

My One And Only Love

1990, CD, West Wind

The Curtis Counce Group

Art Pepper Quartet

Buddy DeFranco And His Orchestra

1979, Cass, Verve Records

Buddy DeFranco And His Orchestra

The Curtis Counce Group

Cool Jazz/Hard Bop

Leroy Vinnegar Sextet

1957, 7", EP, Vogue Records, Pacific Jazz

The Modern Jazz Octet

Swing Shift Music For Night Owls

1957, LP, Tampa Records,

The Curtis Counce Group

You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce - Vol. 2

Pepper Adams Quintet

Pepper Adams Quintet

The Curtis Counce Group

The Curtis Counce Group

The Richie Kamuca Quartet

Richie Kamuca Quartet

Buddy DeFranco And The All-Stars

Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra

Learnin' The Blues / Honeysuckle Rose

1956, 7", Single, Clef Records,

Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra

Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra

The Chet Baker-Art Pepper Sextet

7", World Pacific Records,

Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra

Jazz By Jacquett

Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra

APPEARANCES +

John La Barbera Big Band, Pat La Barbera*, Joe La Barbera*, Renee Rosnes, Clay Jenkins, Rufus Reid

2023, CD, Origin Records,

1944-1960, Les Débuts D'Un Leader

2020, CD, Comp, Promo, Jazz Magazine (2)

Four Classic Albums

Eight Classic Albums

Back On Indiana Avenue (The Carroll DeCamp Recordings)

Chet Baker & Art Pepper

2018, CD, Album, RE, RM, Factory Of Sounds

Post Bop/Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz

Soho Scene ’61 (Jazz Goes Mod)

Red Mitchell & Jim Hall

Rejoice! + Good Friday Blues + Jazz Guitar

2016, 2xCD, Album, Comp, RE, RM, Fresh Sound Records,

Four Classic Albums

2016, 2xCD, Comp, Avid Jazz

Jazz 100年 Part2 ジャズの巨人 20 Wes Montgomery

2016, CD, Comp, Universal Music,

Jazz 100年 Part2 ジャズの巨人 21 Art Pepper

2016, CD, Comp, Mono, Universal Music,

Over The Rainbow (Rare And Unissued Art Pepper 1949-1960)

2015, CDr, Club, RM, Lighthouse Records (4),

Davy Graham, Bert Jansch

Davy & Bert Live In Edinburgh

2014, 10", RSD, Ltd, Les Cousins,

West Coast Jazz Vol 2

2014, 10xCD, Album + Box, Comp, The Intense Media,

Jazz Guitar Ultimate Collection Vol. 1

2014, 10xCD, Comp, Mono + Box, The Intense Media,

Cool Jazz/Bop/Post Bop/Gypsy Jazz/Swing/Bossa Nova/Latin Jazz/Hard Bop/Modal/Big Band

Jazz 100年 10 木の葉の子守歌～ジャズ史③日本を席巻したウエスト・コースト

2014, CD, Comp, Mono, Universal Music,

West Coast Jazz

2014, 10x CD, Box Set,

Jazz (More Than 100 Legendary Recordings 1956 - 1960)

2013, 10xCD, Comp, Mono, The Intense Media,

2011, 2xCD, Comp, RE, RM, Not Now Music

The Big Sound Of Quincy Jones

2011, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Not Now Music

Three Classic Albums Plus (Leader & Sideman)

2011, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Avid Entertainment, Avid Jazz,

Bop/Modal/Cool Jazz

Dizzy Gillespie

Complete Big Band Studio Sessions 1946-1960

2011, 7xCD, Comp, RM + Box, United Archives,

The 100 Best Jazz Tunes Of The 1950's

2011, 8xCD, Comp + Box, Chrome Dreams,

Jim Hall And His Modest Jazz Trio

Good Friday Blues

2011, CD, Album, Mono, Poll Winners Records,

From Monkhouse To Medway 1963-1973

2010, CD, Comp, RE, Hux Records,

2010, CD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records

Stuff Smith & Oscar Peterson

Stuff Smith & Oscar Peterson

2009, 10xCD, Album + Box, Comp, House Of Jazz, T2 Entertainment,

2009, 10xCD, Album + Box, Comp, T2 Entertainment,

The Art History Project - Unreleased Art Vol. IV

2009, 3xCD, Comp, Widow's Taste,

Big Band/Bop/Cool Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

Galivantin' Guitar

Hollywood Quintet Sessions

2008, CD, Album, Comp, Fresh Sound Records

2008, Box + 4xCD, Comp, Proper Records (2)

My Funny Valentine

Contemporary Jazz/Cool Jazz

Curtis Counce • Jack Sheldon • Harold Land • Carl Perkins • Frank Butler Quintet*

Complete Studio Recordings (The Master Takes)

2007, 2xCD, Comp, Gambit Records,

2007, CD, Comp, Folha De S.Paulo,

Chet Baker & Art Pepper

Complete Playboys Sessions 1956

2007, CD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records,

Remember: A Tribute To Wes Montgomery

Billy Larkin & The Delegates* Featuring Clifford Scott

Billy Larkin & The Delegates Featuring Clifford Scott

2005, CD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records,

Jazz-Funk/Soul-Jazz

2004, 2xCD, Comp, Disconforme SL,

Bop/Big Band/Cool Jazz

Piano Playhouse

Swing/Bop/Cool Jazz

Illinois Jacquet

The Illinois Jacquet Story

Andreas Pettersson

Getting Close To You

2001, CD, Album, SITTEL

2000, CD, Album, String Jazz

Contemporary Story

1999, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, Fantasy,

Contemporary Jazz

Bob Cooper, Bill Holman, Frank Rosolino

Kenton Presents Bob Cooper, Bill Holman & Frank Rosolino

1999, 4xCD, Comp, Mosaic Records (2),

The Complete Verve Stuff Smith Sessions

1999, 4xCD, Comp, Mono, Num + Box, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2)

Davy Graham & Holly*

Godington Boundry

Classic Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Prog Rock/Folk Rock

Rhapsody In Blue: Blue Note Plays The Music Of George And Ira Gershwin

After Hours (At Hull University, 4th February 1967)

Harold Mabern Trio

Mabern's Grooveyard

1997, CD, Album, 20-, DIW

Black California

1997, CD, Comp, Fantasy, Musica Jazz,

Hard Bop/Post Bop

1997, CD, Album, Novus J, BMG

The Jimmy Bruno Trio Plus Special Guest Bobby Watson

Live At Birdland

Jazz Profile: Chet Baker

1996, CD, Comp, Giants Of Jazz,

Blue York Blue York - So Good They Named It Twice

1996, CD, Comp, Blue Note, Blue Note,

Bop/Vocal/Hard Bop/Jazz-Funk/Big Band

Jazz 'Round The Clock

1996, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Verve Records,

Swing/Big Band/Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop

Bob Andrews (2) Presents Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Richie Kamuca, Gabe Baltazar, Teddy Edwards, Sonny Criss

West Coast Sax Mode

1995, CD, Norma,

The Best Of Chet Baker Plays

1994, 2xCD, Comp, EMI Jazz,

Illinois Jacquet

Flying Home: The Best Of The Verve Years

Listen To The Dawn

Stuff Smith + Dizzy Gillespie + Oscar Peterson

Stuff Smith + Dizzy Gillespie + Oscar Peterson

The Jazz Guitar Vol.4

1993, CD, Comp, Jazz Portraits

Marian McPartland

Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Swing

Oscar Moore / Barney Kessel / Tal Farlow Plus The Nick Esposito Sextet

A Tribute To Wes Montgomery Volume I

This Is How I Feel About Jazz

Richie Kamuca / Victor Feldman / Cal Tjader Featuring Scott LaFaro

Kamuca · Feldman · Tjader Featuring Scott LaFaro

1991, LP, Album, Vantage Records (2),

Art Pepper, Sonny Criss, Bud Shank

1991, LP, Mono, Vantage Records (2),

The Art Pepper Quartet*

1991, 2xCD, Comp, West Wind

Gypsy Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

1991, Cassette,

Cool Jazz/Easy Listening/Smooth Jazz

My One And Only Love

1990, CD, Album, West Wind

Jazz Club ➀ Standards Vol.1

1989, CD, Comp, Century

Jazz Club ➁ Standards Vol.2

1989, CD, Comp, Century,

1989, CD, Master Mix (4)

Art Pepper With Carl Perkins Trio*

Art Pepper With Carl Perkins Trio

1987, 7", Mono, Interplay Records

Pacific Jazz Collection

Max Roach, Clifford Brown*

Max Roach And Clifford Brown*

In Concert -Complete Version-

The Complete Pacific Jazz Small Group Recordings Of Art Pepper

1983, 3xLP, Comp + Box, Ltd, Num, 7,5, Mosaic Records (2),

The Verve Collectors' Item

1983, Box + 4xLP, Mono, Dlx, Verve Records,

Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing/Hard Bop

Illinois Jacquet

1982, 2xLP, Album, Comp, Mono, Verve Records,

West Coast Scene - Vol. 2

1980, 2xLP, Comp + LP, Album, RE, Jazz Vogue,

Cool Jazz/Latin Jazz

Shirley Collins & Davey Graham*

Folk Roots, New Routes

My Mother's Love

1979, LP, Poljazz

Quadrant (6) Featuring Joe Pass, Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Mickey Roker

Jazz: The 50's Volume II

History Of Jazz

1978, 10x Vinyl, Box Set,

Swing/Bop/Big Band/Ragtime

Herbie Mann, Ella Mae Morse And Jimmy Giuffre

1976, LP, Mono, Calliope (3)

Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims

Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims

Joe Pentzlin Trio

Joe Pentzlin Trio

1974, LP, Not On Label,

Contemporary Jazz/Modal

Max Roach And Clifford Brown*

The Best Of Max Roach And Clifford Brown In Concert!

1968, LP, Comp, Mono, London Records, GNP,

The Genius Of Wes Montgomery

1968, Box Set, 3x Vinyl,

The Art Of The Ballad

1966, LP, Comp, VSP,

The Art Of The Ballad

1966, LP, Comp, Mono, Ste, VSP,

Phineas Newborn Jr. Trio*

The Newborn Touch

The Art Of The Ballad

Kenny King (8) And The NORAD "Velvetones"

1965, 7", EP, Promo, Styrene, North American Air Defense Command, North American Air Defense Command,

Easy Listening/Light Music

Jim Hall Quartet

1965, LP, Comp, World Pacific Records, World Pacific Records,

Billy Larkin & The Delegates*

Billy Larkin & The Delegates

The Artistry Of Pepper

Bobby Gebert Trio

Vol. 2 Soulatin

1961, 7", EP, Driftwood Records (Aust)

The Montgomery Brothers

The Montgomery Brothers

It's Swingin' Stuff

1959, 7", EP, Columbia,

The Playboy Jazz All-Stars Vol. 2

1958, 2xLP, Comp, Playboy Records,

Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing/Big Band/Dixieland

Harold In The Land Of Jazz

Have Violin, Will Swing

The Oscar Moore Trio, The George Redman Group

Oscar Moore Trio / George Redman Group

Chet Baker & Art Pepper

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band Jazz

1957, LP, American Recording Society,

Chet Baker & Art Pepper

Playboys, Vol. 3

1957, 7", EP, Mono, World Pacific Records, Pacific Jazz,

Chet Baker & Art Pepper*

1957, 7", Mono, Artist,

Tampa Hi-Fi Sampler And Jazz Sampler

The Art Pepper Quartet*

The Art Of Pepper

1957, Reel-To-Reel,

Bop/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz

The Art Pepper Quartet*

The Art Of Pepper Vol. II

1957, Reel-To-Reel,

Jazz Pianists Galore

Inez Jones Featuring Oscar Moore

Have You Met Inez Jones?

Jazz West Coast Vol. 3

Post Bop/Bop/Cool Jazz

Buddy DeFranco Plays Benny Goodman

Cool Jazz/Swing

Gene Norman Presents

1956, 7", EP, Jazz Selection

Clifford Brown And Max Roach

The Best Of Max Roach And Clifford Brown In Concert!

8 Great Names In Jazz

Max Roach And Clifford Brown*

Frank Morgan With Conte Candoli And Machito's Rhythm Section

Gene Norman Presents Frank Morgan

Cool Jazz/Latin Jazz

Dexter Blows Hot And Cool

Gene Norman Presents Max Roach And Clifford Brown*

Oscar Moore Quartet*

Gene Norman Presents Max Roach And Clifford Brown*

Oscar Moore Trio*

Illinois Jacquet

Illinois Jacquet

Learnin' The Blues

7", EP, Clef Records, Clef Records,

Chet Baker With Art Pepper

Minor-Yours / C.T.A.

7", Single, World Pacific Records

Seven Classic Albums

4xCD, Comp, RM, Real Gone,

Bop/Cool Jazz/Latin Jazz/Big Band

Inez Jones With The Oscar Moore Quintet

Where Or When / Don't Worry 'Bout Me

7", Single, Omega Disk

Gene Norman Presents Max Roach And Clifford Brown*

I Get A Kick Out Of You / Jor - Du

7", EP, Jazz Selection

Evening In Paris Introducing Vic Feldman

Oscar Moore Quartet*

The Guitar Of Oscar Moore

Reel, 2tr Mono, 7" Reel, Album, Jazztape

Jim Hall On Guitar: Milestones Of A Jazz Legend, 1955-1962

10xCD, Comp + Box, Documents, The Intense Media,

Phineas Newborn Jr. Trio*

The Newborn Touch

LP, Album, Contemporary Records,

Barney Kessel, Grant Green, Oscar Moore, Mundell Lowe

Best Plucking In Town

An Odyssey Of Immortal Jazz Performances

Hi Fi Sampler Percussion

Billy Larkin & The Delegates* Guest Artist Clifford Scott

In A New York Jazz Lounge

2010, CD, Comp, Dig, Music-Box

West Coast 1957 - Mode Jazz Lounge

2007, CD, Comp, Mode Records,

Les Trésors Du Jazz 1956

2007, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde, Le Chant Du Monde,

Jerry Naylor's Tribute to The Rockabilly Legends Volume 3

2005, CD, Comp, The Jerry Naylor Company, LLC

Jerry Naylor's Tribute To Rockabilly Legends Volume 5

2005, CD, The Jerry Naylor Company, LLC

Jerry Naylor's Tribute To Rockabilly Legends Volume 6

2005, CD, Comp, The Jerry Naylor Company, LLC

Jerry Naylor's Tribute To Rockabilly Legends Voulme 7

2005, CD, Comp, The Jerry Naylor Company, LLC,

Piano Playhouse

Charlie Parker Records - The Complete Collection

30xCD, Comp, Membran,

Vocal/Bop/Swing/Hard Bop/Latin Jazz/Doo Wop

Collection 1954-1956

2020, 4xCDr, Comp, RE, Unofficial, Necromancer (2),

Remember: A Tribute To Wes Montgomery

2006, CD, Album, Unofficial, Not On Label

Best Selection (Aladdin Recordings)

Modal/Cool Jazz