Real Time (The Jazztet album) explained

Real Time
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet featuring Curtis Fuller
Cover:	Real Time (The Jazztet album).jpg
Released:	1988
Recorded:	February 21–22, 1986
Venue:	Sweet Basil, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	48:42
Label:	Contemporary C 14034
Producer:	Helen Keane
Chronology:	Art Farmer
Prev Title:	Back to the City
Prev Year:	1986
Next Year:	1987

Real Time 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 in 1988.^[1]

Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic said "This highly recommended disc is a near-classic".^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3½ stars saying it "gives a vivid idea of the group's continued spirit".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Benny Golson except as indicated

1. "Whisper Not" - 11:09
2. "Sad To Say" - 5:58
3. "Are You Real" - 8:19
4. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) - 13:51
5. "Along Came Betty" - 9:25

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-14034 Art Farmer discography
2. Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed July 31, 2014
3. 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.