Art Pepper on life in jazz

Title

Art Pepper on life in jazz

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:09:01

Description

Keith Howell interviews saxophonist Art Pepper about his life and career in jazz including his early days playing with Stan Kenton, and also about his heroin addiction and experiences in prison. The interview coincides with the publication of his biography Straight Life.

Contributors

Keith Howell; Art Pepper

Keywords

Books; Musicians; Prisons; Popular music; Drug abuse; Illegal drugs; Autobiographies; Heroin; Prisoners; Jazz; Art Pepper; Straight Life; Stan Kenton

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