Art Pepper - Straight Life
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Music CD Cover Artist: Art Pepper Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 1991-07-01 Music Label: Ojc Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Straight Life Album
Free Music Review: Favorite Pepper Album
Hit: 5 Stars
I cannot hope to improve on John Stark's very perceptive and eloquent review. But I would like to second it. This is the finest album from Pepper's late period, and my personal favorite. His renditions of Kurt Weill's "September Song" and Eden Ahbez's "Nature Boy," in particular, are hauntingly lovely and heartbreaking, with superbly delicate solos from pianist Tommy Flanagan and bassist Red Mitchell (the most shamefully underrated bassist in jazz history), and thoughtful brushwork, as always, from drummer Billy Higgins. The hugely enjoyable "Make A List" sounds like a Latin-tinged Vince Guaraldi tune, and the rollicking version of Pepper's classic tune "Straight Life" presented here is definitive.
I have listened to this album at least 100 times over the past year: it never fails to move me deeply. A real treasure.