Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper (Pepper, Art, and Laurie Pepper)

Used. Very Good. Cover has some scuffs and dings, and one corner is bent. Inside pages are clean. Spine is creased.

Paperback. Schirmer Books (1979). Second printing.

Art Pepper, 1925-1982. Jazz musician. Innovator. Played with Benny Carter, Stan Kenton, Shelly Manne. Called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Parker generation. Also: junkie, convict. And the author of Straight Life, the self-portrait that manages to put the pieces of this life together.