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The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits

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Released
  
1967

Artist
  
Art Farmer

Producer
  
Teo Macero

Genre
  
Jazz

The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits (1967)
  
Art Worker (1968)

Release date
  
1967

Label
  
Columbia Records

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Recorded
  
May 16, 23, & 25 and June 7, 1967 New York City

Similar
  
Art Farmer albums, Jazz albums

The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits is an album by Art Farmer's Quintet recorded in 1967 and originally released on the Columbia label.

Contents

Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic states, "The quintet's concise interpretations (no performance is over six minutes) are melodic without being overly predictable. As usual Farmer's lyricism by itself is a good reason to search for this underrated album".

Track listing

  1. "Song for My Father" (Horace Silver) - 4:36
  2. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:30
  3. "Sidewinder" (Lee Morgan" - 3:58
  4. "Moanin'" (Bobby Timmons) - 4:49
  5. "Watermelon Man" (Herbie Hancock) - 3:55
  6. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (Joe Zawinul) - 3:13
  7. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) - 5:41
  8. "Take Five" (Paul Desmond) - 3:37
  9. "Gemini" (Jimmy Heath) - 5:28
  10. "The 'In' Crowd" (Billy Page) - 4:11
  • Recorded in New York City on May 16 (tracks 1-3 & 5), May 23 (tracks 4 & 6), May 25 (tracks 7 & 9) and June 7 (tracks 8 & 10), 1967

    • Personnel

  • Art Farmer - flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Jimmy Heath - tenor saxophone
  • Cedar Walton - piano
  • Walter Booker - bass
  • Mickey Roker - drums

    • Songs

    1Song For My Father4:36
    2'Round Midnight5:30
    3Sidewinder3:58

    References

    The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits Wikipedia
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