With his lyrical, swinging style, alto saxophonist Art Pepper is recognized as one of the major jazz stars to emerge out of the West Coast jazz scene of the 1950s. A gifted soloist by his teens, Pepper achieved almost instant fame, famously finishing second behind Charlie Parker as best alto saxophonist in the 1952 DownBeat magazine readers' poll. Along with Chet Baker, Gerry... Wikipedia