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Straight Life
Composer: Freddie Hubbard
Straight Life was played by the Keith & Donna Band, with Jerry Garcia sitting in, on August 20, 1975. The Keith and Donna Band probably played the piece on other occasions as well. Bill Kreutzmann was a member of the Keith and Donna Band at that time.

Straight Life was first recorded by Freddie Hubbard for the CTI label in November 1970.

Note that there are a number of other compositions called Straight Life or The Straight Life. The piece played by the Keith and Donna Band has sometimes been identified as the Art Pepper composition Straight Life.


Recordings

info Straight Life, Freddie Hubbard, 1970
no info Current Cuts 1971, Various Artists (Freddie Hubbard), 1971
no info Live in New York City, Vol. 2: Trio, Jaco Pastorius, 1991
no info Live in New York City, Vol. 7: History, Jaco Pastorius, 1999
info Trios, Freddie Hubbard, 2004
info Jazz Moods: Hot, Freddie Hubbard, 2004
no info The Church of the Little Black Dog, Joel Penner Sextet, 2006
no info California Concert: The Hollywood Palladium (2 CD edition), Various Artists (Freddie Hubbard), 2010
no info Live In France 1973 (DVD), Freddie Hubbard, 2011

  
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