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Art Pepper: Notes From a Jazz Survivor (1982)
Director: Don McGlynn
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
In this moving documentary souvenir of the man and his music, Art Pepper speaks frankly and unsentimentally about his tortured history - his fight against heroin addiction, prison stretches, chaotic emotional affairs, bouts of depression - and still proclaims his love of life. And this rings true whenever he lifts his sax to his lips. Whether in a tight, funky blues, a plaintive Parker-ish ballad that fragments into Dolphy-like wailings, or a fast bebop shuffle, Pepper blows with an intense joy, power and passion. Avoiding adulation, this is an intelligent epitaph to a brave, restless and remarkable man.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Don McGlynn
Producer: Don McGlynn
Cast: Art Pepper, Laurie Pepper, Milcho Leviev, Bob Magnusson, Carl Burnett full cast
Genre(s): Documentaries
Duration: 49 mins
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