Blues Farm Explained

Blues Farm
Type:	Album
Artist:	Ron Carter
Cover:	Blues Farm.jpg
Released:	1973
Recorded:	January 10, 1973
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	36:15
Label:	CTI
Producer:	Creed Taylor
Prev Title:	Alone Together
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	All Blues
Next Year:	1973

Blues Farm is an album by bassist Ron Carter recorded at Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey in 1973 and released on the CTI label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic reviewer Nathan Bush states "Blues Farms excursions are enjoyable, but somewhat reserved. Both the compositions and performances avoid strong emotions in favor of pleasing palettes of color and texture".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ron Carter except as indicated

1. "Blues Farm" - 7:59
2. "A Small Ballad" - 5:38
3. "Django" (John Lewis) - 5:30
4. "A Hymn for Him" - 8:11
5. "Two-Beat Johnson" - 2:49
6. "R2, M1" - 6:08

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on January 10, 1973

Personnel

• Ron Carter - bass, arranger, conductor
• Hubert Laws - flute (tracks 1, 5 & 6)
• Richard Tee - electric piano, piano (tracks 1, 4 & 5)
• Bob James - piano (tracks 2, 3 & 6)
• Gene Bertoncini (track 5), Sam Brown (track 3) - guitar
  • Billy Cobham - drums Ralph MacDonald - percussion (tracks 1 & 4-6)

Notes and References

1. http://www.dougpayne.com/ctid7374.htm#bluesfarm CTI discography
2. Bush, N. Allmusic Review accessed February 7, 2012