''Straight Life'' is a 1979
jazz album by American saxophonist
Art Pepper
Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American alto saxophonist and very occasional tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. Active in West Coast jazz, Pepper came to prominence in Stan Kenton's big band. He was known ...
playing with
Tommy Flanagan,
Red Mitchell
Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell (September 20, 1927 – November 8, 1992) was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet.
Biography
Mitchell was born in New York City. His younger brother, Whitey Mitchell, also became a jazz ba ...
,
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
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives fo ...
and organist
Jimmy Smith both released albums and compositions unrelated to Pepper's with the title "Straight Life".
Track listing
#"Surf Ride" (
Art Pepper
Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American alto saxophonist and very occasional tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. Active in West Coast jazz, Pepper came to prominence in Stan Kenton's big band. He was known ...
) – 6:57
#"
Nature Boy" (
eden ahbez) – 9:55
#"Straight Life" (
Art Pepper
Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American alto saxophonist and very occasional tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. Active in West Coast jazz, Pepper came to prominence in Stan Kenton's big band. He was known ...
) – 4:09
#"
September Song" (
Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fru ...
,
Maxwell Anderson) – 11:00
#"Make A List" (
Art Pepper
Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American alto saxophonist and very occasional tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. Active in West Coast jazz, Pepper came to prominence in Stan Kenton's big band. He was known ...
) – 9:46
::''(Recorded on 21 September 1979.)''
Personnel
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Art Pepper
Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American alto saxophonist and very occasional tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. Active in West Coast jazz, Pepper came to prominence in Stan Kenton's big band. He was known ...
–
alto saxophone
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*
Tommy Flanagan –
piano
*
Red Mitchell
Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell (September 20, 1927 – November 8, 1992) was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet.
Biography
Mitchell was born in New York City. His younger brother, Whitey Mitchell, also became a jazz ba ...
–
bass
Bass or Basses may refer to:
Fish
* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
Music
* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gui ...
*
Billy Higgins –
drums
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*
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.
References
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1979 albums
Art Pepper albums
Galaxy Records albums