Art Pepper
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Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. was an American jazz musician, mostly as an alto saxophonist. He occasionally performed and recorded on tenor saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet. Active primarily in West C
Pepper in Los Angeles, 1979
Stan Kenton, Eddie Safranski, Shelly Manne, Chico Alvarez, Ray Wetzel, Harry Betts, Bob Cooper, and Pepper (second from right), 1947 or 1948
Synanon
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Synanon, originally known as Tender Loving Care, was a new religious movement founded in 1958 by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich Sr. in Santa Monica, California, United States. Originally established as a
Art Pepper
…Quentin, he played in an ensemble with saxophonist Frank Morgan who was also serving a sentence on drug charges. In the late 1960s, Pepper spent time in Synanon, a rehabilitation program that turned out to be a cult. His autobiography, Straight Life (1980, co-written with his third wife Laurie Pepper), discusses…
Club Casa del Mar (seen here in 2005), at one time a Synanon facility
The Synanon facility in 1972