Straight Life The Story of Art Pepper

Art Pepper (1925 - 1982) was described as the greatest alto-saxophonist 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. The result is an autobiography like no other, a masterpiece of the spoken word, shaped into a genuine work of literature.

ISBN:	9781841950648
Publisher:	Canongate Books
Imprint:	Canongate
Published date:	10 Nov 2001
DEWEY:	781.65092
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	558
Weight:	442g
Height:	216mm
Width:	138mm
Spine width:	36mm

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