The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits

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The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits
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Studio album by Art Farmer Quintet
Released 1967
Recorded May 16, 23, & 25 and June 7, 1967
New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Columbia
CL 2746/CS 9546
Producer Teo Macero
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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.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 3/5 stars[3]

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".[2]

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

References

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  1. ↑ Art Farmer discography accessed July 29, 2014
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Allmusic Review accessed July 29, 2014
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