Straight Ahead is a live album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers recorded at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco in 1981 and released on the Concord Jazz label.Art Blakey discography accessed June 19, 2013Art Blakey chronology accessed June 18, 2013
Reception
Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, described it as "One of the best recordings by Art Blakey's 1981 Jazz Messengers... Highly recommended".Yanow, S. AllMusic Review, accessed June 19, 2013
Track listing "Falling In Love with Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 7:52 "My Romance" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:30 "Webb City" (Bud Powell) - 9:53 "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) - 9:32 "E.T.A." (Bobby Watson) - 6:09 "The Theme" (Miles Davis) - 2:56
Personnel Art Blakey - drums Wynton Marsalis - trumpet Bobby Watson - alto saxophone Bill Pierce - tenor saxophone James Williams - piano Charles Fambrough - bass
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