title: Straight Ahead (Art Blakey album)
text: # 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
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
  
  Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, described it as "One of the best recordings by Art Blakey's 1981 Jazz Messengers... Highly recommended".
  
  ## 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
  