Nostalgia (The Jazztet album) explained

Nostalgia
Type:Album
Artist:The New Jazztet
Cover:Nostalgia (The New Jazztet album).jpg
Released:1988
Recorded:November 22–23, 1983
Studio:Vanguard Studios, New York City
Genre:Jazz
Label:Baystate
RJL-8089
Producer:Benny Golson & Fumimaru Kawashima
Chronology:The New Jazztet
Prev Title:Moment to Moment
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Back to the City
Next Year:1986

Nostalgia is an album by Art Farmer and Benny Golson's New Jazztet featuring Curtis Fuller, recorded in New York in 1983 and originally released on the Japanese Baystate label in 1984.[1] [2] [3]

Reception

Ken Dryden of Allmusic said "While neither version of the old nor the updated edition of the Jazztet met with commercial success, the various groups co-led by Art Farmer and Benny Golson always produced memorable recordings".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Benny Golson except where noted

  1. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer)
  2. "Jam 'N' Boogie"
  3. "Caribbean Runabout"
  4. "Dark Eyes" (Traditional)
  5. "Red Dragonfly" (Kosaku Yamada)
  6. "Solstice" (Art Farmer)
  7. "From Dream to Dream"

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-farmer/catalog/#baystate-rjl-8089 Art Farmer discography
  2. Fitzgerald, M., The Jazztet discography, accessed July 31, 2014
  3. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Baystate.htm Jazzlists: Baystate Records LP discography
  4. Dryden, K., Allmusic Review accessed July 31, 2014