Straight Life by Art & Laurie Pepper

Laurie Pepper
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The legendary classic autobiography of junkie jazz genius Art Pepper has never been published as an audio book. The surviving author intends to remedy that by reading it aloud, a few pages at a time. Until she completes the reading or drops dead. There will be occasional music bonuses and clarifying commentaries not available in the print edition. A NEW EPISODE EVERY SUNDAY.

Episodes

  1. Straight Life: Episode TEN

    03/21/2022

    Straight Life: Episode TEN

    Young Art gets into "the music thing". Bit of music at the end is Art's Rita San from Unreleased Art Pepper Volume 6: with Milcho Leviev Tony Dumas, Carl Burnett

    5 min

  2. 03/14/2022

    Straight Life: Episode NINE

    At seventeen, Art marries the lovely Patti.  Approximately 8 minutes of story followed by 4 minutes of music. Art and Patti marry. Bit of music at the end is Art's Valse Triste. Recordedl live at Sandy's in Boston in 1980 with Milcho Leviev, Bob Magnusson, and Carl Burnett

    8 min
  3. Straight Life: Episode EIGHT

    03/06/2022

    Straight Life: Episode EIGHT

    Art meets the love of his life (until me, of course). Incidental music is Art's tune, Patricia, performed in Nice in 1980. I'm pretty sure the band is Art, Milcho Leviev, Bob Magnusson, Carl Burnett

    7 min
  4. Straight Life Episode Seven

    02/27/2022

    Straight Life Episode Seven

    About Art's early sexual experiences. If you want to hear it ALL go to bit.ly/ALL-SO-FAR

    11 min
  5. Straight Life Episode Six

    02/21/2022

    Straight Life Episode Six

    John Noble continues talking about Art and the family. The tune at the end is "Junior Cat". I'm pretty sure the band is Art, Frank Strazzeri, Hersh Hamel, Bill Goodwin. You can listen to all the episodes so far in a row if you want (for free) at ALL THE EPISODES (So Far) http://bit.ly/All-So-Far

    15 min
  6. Straight Life: Episode FIVE

    01/31/2022

    Straight Life: Episode FIVE

    The shortest episode. Art's cousin Johnny describes Art Senior and some of his adventures.

    5 min
  7. Straight Life: Episode Four

    01/24/2022

    Straight Life: Episode Four

    All about Art's wild mysterious Italian mother, Millie, or rather, Ida, or...  And about Art's grandmother. A nifty little blues at the end of this episode.

    31 min
  8. Bonus to Straight Life Episode Three

    01/17/2022 · BONUS

    Bonus to Straight Life Episode Three

    Art's Voice: Art describes playing in the waterfront bars when he was nine years old.

    2 min
  9. Straight Life: Episode Three

    01/17/2022

    Straight Life: Episode Three

    Age nine, Art starts playing clarinet. His father takes him to the waterfront bars to entertain the dockworkers. His uncle tries to kill his father. His father tries to kill his grandmother.

    10 min
  10. Straight Life: Episode TWO

    01/10/2022

    Straight Life: Episode TWO

    The legendary autobiography of junkie jazz genius Art Pepper has never been published as an audio book. The surviving author intends to remedy that by reading it aloud, a few pages at a time. Until she completes the reading or drops dead. There will be occasional music bonuses and clarifying commentaries not available in the print edition. A NEW EPISODE EVERY SUNDAY. Art, age 5, leaves the violence of his home and moves in with his Grandmother. His nightmares begin. He discovers his mother's musical family and begins lessons on clarinet. Ends with musical interlude: live clarinet performance, "Sometime" Art Pepper, Roger Kellaway, David Williams, Carl Burnett.

    20 min

  11. 01/03/2022

    Straight Life: Episode One

    The legendary autobiography of junkie jazz genius Art Pepper has never been published as an audio book. The surviving author intends to remedy that by reading it aloud, a few pages at a time. Until she completes the reading or drops dead. There will be occasional music bonuses and clarifying commentaries not available in the print edition. A NEW EPISODE EVERY SUNDAY. Episode One; "My grandmother was a strong person. She was a solid German lady. And she never would intentionally have hurt anyone, but she was cold, very cold and unfeeling. She was married at first to my father's father and had two sons, and when he died she remarried. And the man that she married liked her son Richard and didn't like my father whose name was Arthur, the same as mine."

    9 min
  • 11 Episodes

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The legendary classic autobiography of junkie jazz genius Art Pepper has never been published as an audio book. The surviving author intends to remedy that by reading it aloud, a few pages at a time. Until she completes the reading or drops dead. There will be occasional music bonuses and clarifying commentaries not available in the print edition. A NEW EPISODE EVERY SUNDAY.

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