Winter Moon is a 1981 album by jazz saxophonist Art Pepper, playing with Stanley Cowell, Howard Roberts, Cecil McBee, Carl Burnett and with strings arranged and conducted by Bill Holman ("Our Song", "When the Sun Comes Out", "Blues in the Night", "Winter Moon") and Jimmy Bond ("Here's That Rainy Day", "That's Love", "The Prisoner").
Track listing "Our Song" (Art Pepper) – 5:29 "Here's That Rainy Day" (Jimmy Van Heusen; Johnny Burke) – 5:18 "That's Love" (Art Pepper) – 4:50 "Winter Moon" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 5:30 "When the Sun Comes Out" (Harold Arlen; Ted Koehler) – 5:47 "Blues in the Night" (Harold Arlen; Johnny Mercer) – 6:59 "The Prisoner (Love Theme from Eyes of Laura Mars)" (Lawrence; John Desautels) – 6:45
Personnel
Musicians Art Pepper – alto saxophone; clarinet on "Blues in the Night" Stanley Cowell – piano Howard Roberts – guitar Cecil McBee – bass Carl Burnett – drums Nate Rubin – violin, concert master Mary Ann Meredith, Sharon O'Connor, Terry Adams – cello Audrey Desilva, Clifton Foster, Dan Smiley, Elizabeth Gibson, Emily Van Valkenburg, Greg Mazmanian, John Tenney, Patrice Anderson, Stephen Gehl – violin
Other personnel Bill Holman – arranger, conductor Jimmy Bond – arranger, conductor Phil Carroll – art director George Horn – mastering Galen Rowell – photography Ed Michel – producer Baker Bigsby, Wally Buck – recording Danny Kopelson – recording assistant
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