Straight Ahead (Art Blakey album)

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.

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

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