New York Jazz Sextet: Group Therapy Explained

New York Jazz Sextet: Group Therapy
Type:	Album
Artist:	Art Farmer
Cover:	New York Jazz Sextet Group Therapy.jpg
Released:	1966
Recorded:	December 27, 1965 and January 17, 1966 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	76:32
Label:	Scepter SRM/SPS-526
Chronology:	Art Farmer
Prev Title:	Sing Me Softly of the Blues
Prev Year:	1965
Next Year:	1966

Group Therapy (released on CD as Art Farmer's New York Jazz Sextet) is an album by Art Farmer's New York Jazz Sextet recorded in 1965 and 1966 and originally released on the Scepter label.^[1]

The Lone Hill Jazz CD reissue includes both mono and stereo versions. The stereo versions seem to have been mastered from a stereo LP and are poorly banded.

Reception

Ken Dryden of Allmusic states, "Art Farmer fans will want to pick up this valuable reissue, especially since this represents the sole recording by this short-lived sextet".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Signature" (Tom McIntosh) – 0:10
2. "Bottom on Top" (McIntosh) – 5:32
3. "Supplication" (Adolph Sandole) – 5:26
4. "Another Look" (Adolph Sandole) – 7:31
5. "Dim After Day" (Dennis Sandole) – 6:42
6. "Indian Summer" (Victor Herbert) – 4:32
7. "Joy Shout" (Dennis Sandole) – 4:37
8. "Giant Steps" (John Coltrane) – 3:41

Personnel

• Art Farmer – flugelhorn
• Tom McIntosh – trombone
• James Moody – tenor saxophone, flute
• Patti Bown (track 8 & 16), Tommy Flanagan (tracks 1–7) – piano
• Richard Davis (tracks 1–7), Reggie Workman (track 8) – bass
• Albert Heath – drums
• Marie Volpee – vocals (track 8)

Notes and References

1. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician_discography.php?id=6637#anchor123 Art Farmer discography
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/art-farmers-new-york-jazz-sextet-mw0000710629 Allmusic Review