Straight Ahead is an album by American saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman featuring performances recorded in 1960 for the Atlantic label.

[1][2][3][4] The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer, Leonard Feather, described the album as "A modest, honest, most agreeable set", and highlighted Kelly's contributions, which he described as "amounting at times to a virtual duet with Newman".

[6] AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "There is nothing particularly innovative about this recording, but the level of expertise and musical maturity displayed here is truly astonishing.

This is simply straight-ahead hard bop performed by some of the finest musicians in 1960s jazz".

[5] All compositions by David "Fathead" Newman except as indicated