Back to the City explained

Back to the City
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet featuring Curtis Fuller
Cover:	Back to the City.jpg
Released:	1986
Recorded:	February 21–22, 1986
Venue:	Sweet Basil Jazz Club, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	45:05
Label:	Contemporary C 14020
Producer:	Helen Keane
Chronology:	The Jazztet
Prev Title:	Nostalgia
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	Real Time
Next Year:	1986

Back to the City is a live album by the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet featuring Curtis Fuller recorded at the Sweet Basil Jazz Club in New York in 1986 and originally released on the Contemporary label.^[1] The cover photograph was taken at Madison Square Park, Manhattan, New York City.^[2]

Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic calls the album "Timeless hard bop music".^[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album stars, saying it "features some lesser known items from the band's book, including a rare outing for Farmer as a composer".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Benny Golson except as indicated

1. "Back to the City" - 7:55
2. "From Dream to Dream" - 6:49
3. "Write Soon" (Art Farmer) - 9:44
4. "Vas Simeon" - 7:31
5. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) - 6:07
6. "Without Delay/Time Speaks" - 6:59

Personnel

• Art Farmer - flugelhorn
• Benny Golson - tenor saxophone
• Curtis Fuller - trombone
• Mickey Tucker - piano
  • Ray Drummond - bass Marvin "Smitty" Smith - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-farmer/catalog/#contemporary-c-14020 Art Farmer discography
2. Web site: Musical Maps.
3. Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed July 31, 2014
4. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton. Brian Morton (Scottish writer). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. 1992. 8th. 2008. Penguin. London. 978-0-141-02327-4. 432. Art Farmer. registration. https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook_1/page/432.