Straight Life (Art Pepper album)

Straight Life
Studio album by Art Pepper
Released	1979
Recorded	21 September 1979
Genre	Jazz
Label	Galaxy Records
Producer	Ed Michel
Art Pepper chronology
Besame Mucho (1979)Besame Mucho1979 Straight Life (1979) Winter Moon (1979)Winter Moon1979

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD	(3.1/4)[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Straight Life is a 1979 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper playing with Tommy Flanagan, Red Mitchell, Billy Higgins and Kenneth Nash.

Some versions have the bonus track "Long Ago (and Far Away)".

Track listing

1. "Surf Ride" (Art Pepper) – 6:57
2. "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) – 9:55
3. "Straight Life" (Art Pepper) – 4:09
4. "September Song" (Anderson; Kurt Weill) – 11:00
5. "Make A List" (Art Pepper) – 9:46

(Recorded on 21 September 1979.)

Personnel

• Art Pepper – alto saxophone
• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• Red Mitchell – bass
• Billy Higgins – drums
• Kenneth Nash – cowbell, reco-reco (on "Make A List" only)

Sources

• Richard Cook & Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin, 4th edition, 1998. ISBN 0-14-051383-3

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