Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn explained

Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
Type:	Album
Artist:	Art Farmer
Cover:	Something to Live For The Music of Billy Strayhorn.jpg
Released:	1987
Recorded:	January 14–15, 1987 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	38:42
Label:	Contemporary C 14029
Producer:	Helen Keane
Chronology:	Art Farmer
Prev Title:	Real Time
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Blame It on My Youth
Next Year:	1988

Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn is an album by Art Farmer recorded in New York in 1987 and originally released on the Contemporary label.^[1]

Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic said "This very logical set is a real gem... Farmer brings the right combination of sensitivity, swing, respect for the melody, and creativity to these renditions and the results are quite memorable".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Billy Strayhorn except as indicated

1. "Isfahan" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) - 7:25
2. "Blood Count" - 6:08
3. "Johnny Come Lately" - 5:39
4. "Something to Live For" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 6:07
5. "Upper Manhattan Medical Group" - 7:07
6. "Rain Check" - 6:44
7. "Day Dream" (Ellington, Strayhorn, John La Touche) - 5:12 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

• Art Farmer - flugelhorn, trumpet
• Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
• James Williams - piano
  • Rufus Reid - bass Marvin "Smitty" Smith - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-farmer/catalog/#contemporary-c-14029 Art Farmer discography
2. Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed July 30, 2014