Art Pepper: Notes from a Jazz Survivor 1982

Saxophonist Art Pepper (1925‑1982) rose to fame as a teen before drug addiction and legal troubles sidelined him through the 1960s‑early‑70s. Shot after his memoir Straight Life (1979), film chronicles his comeback, featuring wife Laurie—met at Synanon, married 1974—who manages his affairs, and culminates in a club set where Pepper plays a trio.

Saxophonist Art Pepper (1925‑1982) rose to fame as a teen before drug addiction and legal troubles sidelined him through the 1960s‑early‑70s. Shot after his memoir Straight Life (1979), film chronicles his comeback, featuring wife Laurie—met at Synanon, married 1974—who manages his affairs, and culminates in a club set where Pepper plays a trio.

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