Straight Life: Episode TWO
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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.
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