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.[1][2]

Straight Ahead
Live album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Released	1981
Recorded	June 1981 Keystone Korner, San Francisco, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:37
Label	Concord Jazz CJ 168
Producer	Frank Dorritie
Art Blakey chronology
Album of the Year (1981) Straight Ahead (1981) Killer Joe (1981)
The Jazz Messengers chronology
Album of the Year (1981) Straight Ahead (1981) Keystone 3 (1982)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, described it as "One of the best recordings by Art Blakey's 1981 Jazz Messengers... Highly recommended".[3]

Track listing

1. "Falling In Love with Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 7:52
2. "My Romance" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:30
3. "Webb City" (Bud Powell) - 9:53
4. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) - 9:32
5. "E.T.A." (Bobby Watson) - 6:09
6. "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

References