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Released
  
1961

Label
  
ArgoLP 684

Artist
  
Genre
  
Length
  
41:55

Producer
  
Kay Norton

Release date
  
1961

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Recorded
  
December 20 & 21, 1960 and January 9, 1961Nola's Penthouse, New York City

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Art Farmer albums, Jazz albums

The Jazztet and John Lewis is an album by the Jazztet, led by trumpeter Art Farmer and saxophonist Benny Golson and featuring performances composed and arranged by John Lewis. It was recorded in late 1960 and early 1961 and originally released on the Argo label.

Contents

Music and recording

John Lewis wrote all of the compositions. The first, "Bel", was written for this recording and is an "affirmative blues with altered chord changes and a slightly [Thelonious] Monkish line". "Milano" is a ballad with "an arrangement that rotates the lead among the three horns". "Django" had been recorded by several groups; this version has a higher tempo than most and has "a vamp that links individual statements and appears as a prodding background", as on the opening track. "New York 19" is another ballad. "2 Degrees East, 3 Degrees West" is a "medium-slow blues" that again features a vamp. "Odds Against Tomorrow" was written for the 1959 film of the same title; "Lewis passes the melody among the instruments, with diverse combinations of the horns in pairs that gain prominence when the 32-bar blowing section finally arrives."

Reception

The Allmusic review states, "Even though the Jazztet and Lewis' own group, the Modern Jazz Quartet, are dissimilar in many ways, the marriage is a successful one".

Track listing

All compositions by John Lewis

  1. "Bel" – 4:05
  2. "Milano" – 4:49
  3. "Django" – 4:50
  4. "New York 19" – 7:04
  5. "2 Degrees East, 3 Degrees West" – 8:40
  6. "Odds Against Tomorrow" – 12:27

Musicians

  • Art Farmer – trumpet
  • Benny Golsontenor saxophone
  • Tom McIntoshtrombone
  • Cedar Waltonpiano
  • Tommy Williamsbass
  • Albert Heath – drums
  • John Lewis – arranger
  • Production

  • Kay Norton – production
  • Tommy Nola – recording engineering
  • References

    The Jazztet and John Lewis Wikipedia


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