Straight Life The Story of Art Pepper indie and the ups and downs

and the ups and downs of his life as an artist

Loveless remains an enigma

There is always something to see

and folk tunes before mixed-race audiences in 1950s coffee houses

Richie Havens

Straight Life The Story of Art Pepper indie and the ups and downsAuthors: Art Pepper, Laurie Pepper Art Pepper (1925 1982) was called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post Charlie Parker generation. But his autobiography, Straight Life, is much more than a jazz book it is one of the most explosive, yet one of the most lyrical, of all autobiographies. This edition is updated with an extensive afterword by Laurie Pepper covering Art Pepper's last years, and a complete and up to date discography by Todd Selbert.