Straight Life (Art Pepper album)
Straight Life | ||||
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Studio album by Art Pepper | ||||
Released | 1979 | |||
Recorded | 1979 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Galaxy | |||
Producer | Ed Michel | |||
Art Pepper chronology | ||||
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Straight Life is an album by the American saxophonist Art Pepper, released in 1979.[1] Pepper was joined by Tommy Flanagan, Red Mitchell, Billy Higgins and Kenneth Nash.
Some versions have the bonus track "Long Ago (and Far Away)".
Title Track
Pepper's composition "Straight Life" is a contrafact of "After You've Gone", and it was also recorded for Pepper's 1957 album Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section. Pepper re-used the title for his 1979 autobiography Straight Life. Pepper was not the only jazz musician to use the title. Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and organist Jimmy Smith both released albums and compositions unrelated to Pepper's with the title "Straight Life".
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
AllMusic wrote that Straight Life "is pretty definitive and serves as a perfect introduction to Pepper's second (and most rewarding) period."[2]
Track listing
- "Surf Ride" (Art Pepper) – 6:57
- "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) – 9:55
- "Straight Life" (Art Pepper) – 4:09
- "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) – 11:00
- "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
References
- ^ Elwood, Philip (5 Oct 1997). "Recordings". San Francisco Examiner. p. M32.
- ^ a b "Straight Life Review by Scott Yanow". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1143. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 160. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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co-leader
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- Two Altos (with Sonny Red, 1952–57)
- The Return of Art Pepper (1956)
- Playboys/Picture of Heath (1956)
- The Art Pepper Quartet (1956)
- Art Pepper with Warne Marsh (1956)
- Modern Art (1956–57)
- Collections (1957)
- Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957)
- Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics (1959)
- Gettin' Together (1960)
- Intensity (1960)
- Smack Up (1960)
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- The Trip (1976)
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- Tokyo Debut (1977)
- No Limit (1977)
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- Among Friends (1978)
- Art Pepper Today (1978)
- New York Album (1979)
- So in Love (1979)
- Artworks (1979)
- Landscape (1979)
- Besame Mucho (1979)
- Straight Life (1979)
- One September Afternoon (1980)
- Winter Moon (1980)
- APQ (1981)
- Art 'n' Zoot (with Zoot Sims, 1981)
- Arthur's Blues (1981)
- Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 (1981)
- Roadgame (1981)
- Art Lives (1981)
- Goin' Home (with George Cables, 1982)
- Tête-à-Tête (with George Cables, 1982)
Stan
Kenton
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- Encores (1947)
- Innovations in Modern Music (1950)
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- The Innovations Orchestra (1950–51)
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Rogers
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- On the Road (Art Farmer, 1976)
- Birds and Ballads (Johnny Griffin, 1978)
- Mistral (Freddie Hubbard, 1980)
- Very R.A.R.E. (Elvin Jones, 1979)
- Some Like It Hot (Barney Kessel, 1959)
- The West Coast Sound (Shelly Manne, 1953)
- Cool Heat (Anita O'Day, 1959)
soundtracks
- The Gauntlet (Jerry Fielding, 1977)
- Heart Beat (Jack Nitzsche, 1980)
- The Subterraneans (André Previn, 1960)