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by Art Pepper

Author: Art Pepper
Publisher: Da Capo Press; Revised edition (March 22, 1994)
Language: English
Pages: 624
ePub: 1233 kb
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Art Pepper (1925-1982) was called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. Straight Life: The Story. has been added to your Cart.
Art Pepper (1925-1982) was called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. But his autobiography.
Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper is the autobiography of jazz saxophonist Art Pepper, co-written with his wife, Laurie Pepper. It was first published in 1979 by Schirmer Books. Straight Life has been praised by critics, including Terry Castle, who called it "one of the greatest, saddest autobiographies ever written". Art Pepper began recording himself talking about his life around 1973, "as an act of catharsis and stabilization". The tapes formed the basis for the writing and forming of the book.
Harrowing and engrossing, Straight Life tells the life story of Art Pepper, based on tape recorded interviews made by his wife Laurie
Harrowing and engrossing, Straight Life tells the life story of Art Pepper, based on tape recorded interviews made by his wife Laurie. Who is Art Pepper? The "greatest alto saxophone player in the world. He was also a junkie who tragically spent a huge portion of his life behind bars thanks to a legal system which destroys a musician of genius just because he's an addict.
Art and Laurie Pepper's Straight Life-The Story of Art Pepper exists as a classic biography within an autobiography, wrapped in a memoir. Published originally in 1979 and then again in 1994 with a new afterword, updating the alto saxophonist's story from 1979 until his death in 1982, Straight Life remains the touchstone of the post-bebop West Coast jazz life
Pepper, Art, 1925-; Pepper, Laurie, joint author.
Pepper, Art, 1925-; Pepper, Laurie, joint author. Pepper, Art, 1925-, Jazz musicians, Saxophonists. New York : Schirmer Books. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Internet Archive Books. Uploaded by Tracey Gutierres on July 15, 2014.
Art Pepper (1925 - 1982) was described as the greatest alto-sexophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. But Straight Life is much more than a jazz book ? it is oneof the most explosive, yet one of the most lyrical, of all autobiographies, narrated on tape to his wife Laurie. Pepper refuses to tiptoe round many of the unpalatable episodes of a life that involved alcoholism, heroin addiction,armed robberies and five of what should have been his most productive years imprisoned in San Quentin
Art Pepper (19251982) was called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. But his autobiography,Straight Life, is much more than a jazz bookit is one of the most explosive, yet one of the most lyrical, of all autobiographies.
Art Pepper (19251982) was called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation.