Reddit reviews Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper

The Straight Life, the life of Art Pepper: http://www.amazon.com/Straight-Life-The-Story-Pepper/dp/0306805588

Straight Life by Art Pepper is the best I've read.

Space Is The Place and Bright Moments and Beneath The Underdog also interesting.

On the other hand, Ben Watson is an idiot.

Those Japanese reissues are normally very good - i think that time period is the King pressings , which are highly regarded. Art Pepper was a very interesting/tragic story. Not uncommon for jazz musicians, unfortunately.

https://www.amazon.com/High-Times-Hard-Anita-ODay/dp/0879101180

https://www.amazon.com/Straight-Life-Story-Art-Pepper/dp/0306805588


https://www.amazon.com/ART-Why-Stuck-Junkie-Jazzman/dp/1494297574


https://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Soul-Music-Southern-Freedom/dp/0316332739


And this essential book that almost no one has ever heard of, although it is the only book from its time, written by an actual jazz musician who was there . An absolute gem.
https://www.amazon.com/JAZZ-MASTERS-THIRTIES-Rex-Stewart/dp/B000W2S6DY

Miles Davis' autobiography Miles is really mind-blowing. He's extremely candid, but also a complete asshole, so it makes for a very interesting read. Also, Art Pepper's autobiography Straight Life is very interesting and heartbreaking. Really gets into his drug addiction, repeated trips to jail, his sexuality. One of the great musician bios in my opinion.

I strongly recommend Art Pepper's autobiography Straight Life for its brutal honesty about his drug problems, and his life in general.

read http://www.amazon.co.uk/Straight-Life-Story-Art-Pepper/dp/0306805588

it's good persective to look at a life in drugs from outside - to see it's waste