In the early 1980s I was living in London and learning to play the saxophone - and as a side note I was (and still am) a big Art Pepper fan (also huge fan of the album). Anyway, there were many great teachers around in London, some well known others less so - but they were still extremely accomplished players - and being pretty new to jazz I used to love hearing their stories. I made a point of trying to take lessons from players who were old enough to have played in the 40s, 50s and 60s just to hear them reminisce. One such player was an elderly guy - well into his seventies - who taught occasionally and played very rarely. I had about 10 lessons from him before he died. Anyway, he lived in his parents appartment that he had inherited - which was like a strange time capsule from the 1940s itself - still had all the old plumbing but was in a very central part of London. He himself had a great (west coast - zoot sims) tone and very melodic style even though he was getting on in years. One day I commented on this aspect of his playing and he said he had in fact played with a lot of the American west coast guys including Zoot Sims and Art Pepper.
As a matter of fact he said (actually with a hint of sadness) that many years ago Pepper had actually stood in that very room! (At the time I thought it was quite possible that it was still the same furniture too

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Anyway, his explanation was that a lot of the American bands would pick up local musicians when they toured England - especially the big bands - and he'd ended up playing with many of these touring American bands. They'd bring the stars, like Pepper but a lot of the "chairs" were supplemented by the locals. Sadly I cant remember exactly which band he said pepper was playing with but I think it was the Kenton orchestra - its 25 years ago for me! Anyway, he said that he was a naive young guy and totally in awe of these players. He was actually living in the same appartment - at that time still with his parents. He said that his mother after hearing him idolize these players more than once asked if he wanted to invite them over for "an English Tea". The following day he asked if the sax section (with Pepper of course) would like to come over before their evening performance. They turned up very late at his parents place, very drunk, with Pepper looking the worse for wear. His mother served the tea in the living room. Pepper declined on a cup of tea, then unzipped his fly and urinated on the living room carpet before passing out. Funnily enough he wasnt invited back.