num_pages: 616
description: 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.
language: English
title: Straight Life
titlecomplete: Straight Life
genres: Biography, History, Autobiography, Jazz, Musicians, Music, Nonfiction, Art, Biography Memoir, Memoir
ratings_count: 927
publisher: Da Capo Press