Art Pepper – Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section album cover

Art Pepper – Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section

Album 1957

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1957 album Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section.

Music from Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section

Artists on Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section

Gear Used On Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Art Pepper – Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section (1957). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Microphones used by Art Pepper on Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section

Condenser Microphones

AKG C12

Avg price: $8,457.50

Visible in the bottom photo, which documents the recording sessions for Art Pepper Meets the Rythym Section. Pepper can be seen playing into a C12.

The use of the microphone is confirmed by this article from ProSoundWeb.

Legendary engineer Roy DuNann recorded the original 1957 sessions at Contemporary’s studio in Los Angeles. DuNann used AKG C-12 and Neumann U 47 condenser microphones, which fed an Ampex 350 2-track tape recorder running at 15 ips.