Listening Room – “Mirage”
Art Farmer Quintet - "Barbados"
Art Farmer Quintet - "My Kinda Love"
From "Mirage" : 1982 : Soul Note 121046-2
A nice post-CTI recording from Art Farmer, who put together a killer group for the occasion. Clifford Jordan is in great form and a young Fred Hersch shows off the skills that would make him one of the great jazz pianists of his generation. The opening track Barbados and the title track nicely set up a hard bop tone for the rest of the album, while My Kind of Love throws in some stellar cool jazz to the proceedings.
Players:
Art Farmer - Flugelhorn
Clifford Jordan - Tenor Sax
Fred Hersch - Piano
Ray Drummond - Bass
Akira Tana - Drums
Listening Room – “Crawl Space”
From "Crawl Space" : 1977 : CTI 7073
This out-of-print LP finds Art Farmer leading a talented group in four very relaxed and spacious compositions. There is great interplay between the band and even though the music is laid back there is lots of interesting playing throughout. All of Farmer's late 70's CTI albums are worth trying to track down.
Players:
Art Farmer - Fluglehorn
Jeremy Steig - Flute
Eric Gale - Guitar
Dave Grusin - Keyboards
George Mraz - Bass
Will Lee - Bass
Steve Gadd - Drums
Listening Room – “Cool Struttin’”
Blue Note released this beyond classic Sonny Clark record in 1958. Featuring a group of young players (including a then relatively unknown Jackie Mclean) "Cool Struttin'" is considered by some to be one of the best examples of Hard Bop ever made. The two Clark compositions - the title track and Blue Minor - have both entered the jazz repertoire, and the two remaining tracks Miles Davis' Sippin' at Bells and Henderson & Valle's Deep Night are just as classic. A legendary record from the very underrated talent of Sonny Clark, all of whose records are well worth checking out.
Released 1958 : Blue Note Records : Catalog # BLP 1588
Players:
Sonny Clark - Piano
Jackie McLean - Alto Sax
Art Farmer - Trumpet
Paul Chambers - Bass
Philly Joe Jones - Drums
Listening Room – “The Happy Blues”
A great jazz jam session from 1956 on Prestige Records. Led by tenor Gene Ammons, this recording features the talents of Jackie McLean, Art Farmer, Duke Jordan and Art Taylor.
Players:
Gene Ammons - Tenor Sax
Jackie McLean - Alto Sax
Art Farmer - Trumpet
Duke Jordan - Piano
Addison Farmer - Bass
Candido - Congas
Art Taylor - Drums
Art Farmer Quartet “Recorda Me”
Nice footage from 1982 of the Art Farmer Quartet performing Joe Henderson's classic track Recorda Me. The group is Art Farmer on Fluglehorn, Fred Hersch on Piano, Dennis Irwin on Bass and Billy Hart on the drums. The whole band is inspired, but be sure to check out Hersch's solo starting about 2:45 - it's brilliant stuff.
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