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. This story is an autobiography like no other, a masterpiece of the spoken word,[...]
(String Letter Publishing). Listen in as ten of today's great rock troubadours share the deeply personal process of nurturing a spark of inspiration into a fully realized piece of music. In these rare conversations with Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers, Acoustic Guitar magazine's founding editor and an active[...]
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. This edition is updated with an extensive a[...]
Critics and fans alike have hailed Art Pepper (1925-1982) as the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. During a career spanning forty years, Pepper recorded several incredible and intensely personal albums. Many of those years were also spent wrestling with an overpowering[...]
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 [...]