Playboys is a 1956 jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 album

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 featuring trumpeter Chet Baker

Chet Baker

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...

 and saxophonist Art Pepper

Art Pepper

Art Pepper , born Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr., was an American alto saxophonist and clarinetist.About Pepper, Scott Yanow of All Music stated, "In the 1950s he was one of the few altoists that was able to develop his own sound despite the dominant influence of Charlie Parker" and: "When Art Pepper...

. The album was the third collaboration between Pepper and Baker, following the successes of The Route and Chet Baker Big Band. All three albums were recorded in 1956.

Playboys was issued on CD by Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records

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 in 1998 under the name Picture of Heath after the fifth track (itself a reference to Jimmy Heath

Jimmy Heath

James Edward Heath , nicknamed Little Bird, is an American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger. He is the brother of bassist Percy Heath and drummer Albert Heath.-Biography:...

, composer of all but two of the tracks). The tracks themselves were presented in a slightly different order, starting with the new title track. Hugh Hefner

Hugh Hefner

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 reportedly objected to the album cover (obviously inspired by Playboy magazine

Playboy

Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...

with its near-identical wordmark

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 and pinup photo) and threatened to sue. Perhaps for that reason, when Blue Note Records released Playboys on CD (under the name Picture of Heath), the original pinup cover was replaced with a photo of the artists in the recording studio.

Track listing

1. "For Minors Only" (J. Heath)
2. "Minor-Yours" (A. Pepper)
3. "Resonant Emotions" (J. Heath)
4. "Tynan Tyme" (A. Pepper)
5. "Picture of Heath" (J. Heath)
6. "For Miles and Miles" (J. Heath)
7. "C.T.A." (J. Heath)

1998 CD release

1. "Picture of Heath"
2. "For Miles and Miles "
3. "C.T.A. "
4. "For Minors Only"
5. "Minor Yours "
6. "Resonant Emotions"
7. "Tynan Time"

Personnel

• Chet Baker
  Chet Baker
  Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...
  
   — trumpet
  Trumpet
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• Art Pepper
  Art Pepper
  Art Pepper , born Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr., was an American alto saxophonist and clarinetist.About Pepper, Scott Yanow of All Music stated, "In the 1950s he was one of the few altoists that was able to develop his own sound despite the dominant influence of Charlie Parker" and: "When Art Pepper...
  
   — alto saxophone
• Phil Urso
  Phil Urso
  Phil Urso was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer....
  
   — tenor saxophone
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• Carl Perkins
  Carl Perkins (pianist)
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   — piano
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• Curtis Counce
  Curtis Counce
  Curtis Counce was an American hard bop and West Coast jazz double bassist. The fruit of his 1956 Contemporary Records studio collaboration with tenor saxophonist Harold Land, trumpeters Jack Sheldon and Gerald Wilson, pianist Carl Perkins and drummer Frank Butler was issued in 2007 on a double CD...
  
   — bass
  Bass guitar
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• Larance Marable
  Larance Marable
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   — drums
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It was recorded on October 31, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA.