Peter Earl Anderza (October 24, 1933 – 1982) was an American

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who recorded only two albums. ''

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1962, features

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Jack Wilson and

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Donald Dean. The bassist is either Jimmy Bond or George Morrow. A second recording date followed in 1963, featuring

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(ts), Dupree Bolton (t), Roosevelt Wardell (p), Clarence Jones (b), and Chuck Carter (d). Anderza's short and troubled life is the matter of a chapter of ''San Quentin Jazz Band'', by Pierre Briançon which chronicled the gathering of top jazz musicians in the

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prison in the early sixties. He was incarcerated in San Quentin from May, 1959 till October, 1962 and then from June to September, 1964.

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is where Anderza met Bolton, and played with

Art Pepper Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American alto saxophonist and very occasional tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. Active in West Coast jazz, Pepper came to prominence in Stan Kenton's big band. He was known ...

, among others.

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1933 births 1982 deaths American jazz alto saxophonists American male saxophonists Cool jazz saxophonists West Coast jazz saxophonists Jazz musicians from California Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area 20th-century American saxophonists 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians {{US-jazz-saxophonist-stub