Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers explained

Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers
Type:Live album
Artist:Art Farmer
Cover:Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers.jpg
Released:1976
Recorded:May 14–15, 1976
Venue:Boomer's, NYC
Genre:Jazz
Length:45:51/49:00
Label:East Wind
EW-8042
Producer:Kiyoshi Itoh & Yasohachi Itoh
Chronology:Art Farmer
Prev Title:The Summer Knows
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:On the Road
Next Year:1976

Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers is a live album by Art Farmer recorded in New York in 1976 and originally released on the Japanese East Wind label.[1] A second volume of recordings was released in 2003 on the Test of Time label.[2] Clifford Jordan, who had played with Farmer in the Horace Silver quintet in the late 1950s and would appear on several of Farmer's albums in the 1980s, plays tenor saxophone.

Reception

Scott Yanow of AllMusic states, "The group had not rehearsed beforehand but rehearsals were not really needed for these hard bop veterans".[3]

Track listing

Volume One:

  1. "Barbados" (Charlie Parker)13:01
  2. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson)10:55
  3. "'Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk)13:20
  4. "Will You Still Be Mine" (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)8:30

Volume Two:

  1. "Fantasy in "D"" (Cedar Walton)11:47
  2. "Manhã de Carnaval" (Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria)12:07
  3. "Blues for Amos" (Sam Jones)13:54
  4. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart)11:12

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Ziegler, F., East Wind discography accessed August 5, 2014
  2. Dryden, K., AllMusic – At Boomer's, Vol. 2 review accessed August 5, 2014
  3. Yanow, S., AllMusic – At Boomer's, Vol. 1 review accessed August 5, 2014