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Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn

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Released
  
1987

Producer
  
Helen Keane

Release date
  
1987

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
38:42

Artist
  
Art Farmer

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

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Recorded
  
January 14 & 15, 1987 New York City

Something to Live For The Music of Billy Strayhorn (1987)
  
Blame It on My Youth (1988)

Similar
  
Art Farmer albums, Jazz albums

Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn is an album by Art Farmer recorded in New York in 1987 and originally released on the Contemporary label.

Contents

Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic said "This very logical set is a real gem... Farmer brings the right combination of sensitivity, swing, respect for the melody, and creativity to these renditions and the results are quite memorable".

Track listing

All compositions by Billy Strayhorn except as indicated

  1. "Isfahan" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) - 7:25
  2. "Blood Count" - 6:08
  3. "Johnny Come Lately" - 5:39
  4. "Something to Live For" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 6:07
  5. "Upper Manhattan Medical Group" - 7:07
  6. "Rain Check" - 6:44
  7. "Day Dream" (Ellington, Strayhorn, John La Touche) - 5:12 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

  • Art Farmer - flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
  • James Williams - piano
  • Rufus Reid - bass
  • Marvin "Smitty" Smith - drums

    • Songs

    1Isfahan7:24
    2Blood Count6:06
    3Johnny Come Lately5:37

    References

    Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn Wikipedia
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