Pepper's Pow Wow is the debut album led by Native American saxophonist and composer Jim Pepper recorded in 1971 and first released on Herbie Mann's Embryo label.Atlantic Records Catalog: East-West, Embryo, Vortex series accessed November 12, 2015Edwards, D., Eyries, P. & Callahan, M. Embryo Album Discography accessed November 12, 2015Discography of Jim Pepper's Work accessed November 12, 2015
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The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "while Pepper's Pow Wow is not strictly a jazz record, nor is it a folk record or a rock record, it is something far greater than merely the sum of those things".
Track listing All compositions by Gilbert Pepper except as indicated "Witchitai-To (Chant) / Witchitai-To (Song)" (Traditional/Jim Pepper) – 7:17 "Squaw Song" – 3:50 "Rock Stomp Indian Style" – 2:07 "Senecas (As Long as the Grass Shall Grow)" (Peter La Farge) – 5:48 "Ya Na Ho" – 5:42 "Slow War Dance" – 1:51 "Nommie-Nommie (When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder)" (Traditional) – 2:37 "Newly-Weds Song" – 3:01 "Fast War Dance/Now War Dance" (Gilbert Pepper/Billy Cobham, Chuck Rainey, Jim Pepper, Larry Coryell, Tom Grant) – 2:24 "Drums" (La Farge) – 4:20
Personnel Jim Pepper – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, drums, bells, rattles, shakers, vocals Ravie Pepper – flute, bamboo flute, shakers, vocals Tom Grant – piano, shakers, vocals Larry Coryell – guitar Jerry Jemmott, Chuck Rainey – electric bass Billy Cobham, Spider Rice – drums Gib Pepper – drums, bells, rattles, shakers, vocals, arranger Arif Mardin – arranger (track 5)
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