| Straight Life | ||||
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| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Galaxy | |||
| Producer | Ed Michel | |||
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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)".
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".
| 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]
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