Artist: Art Farmer
Album: Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra
Genre: Cool, Hard Bop
Label: Mercury/Universal
Released: 1962/2002
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Street of Dreams (Lewis-Young) - 4:21
- Rain Check (Strayhorn) - 3:43
- Rue Prevail (Farmer) - 4:11
- The Sweetest Sounds (From "No Strings") (Rodgers) - 4:39
- My Romance (From "Jumbo") (Hart-Rodgers) - 5:00
- Fly Me to the Moon (Howard) - 2:56
- Naima (Coltrane-Perrin) - 5:24
- Ruby (Roemheld-Parish) - 4:36
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- Personnel:
- Art Farmer - trumpet
- Ray Copeland, Rolf Ericson, Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Paul Serrano, Clark Terry, Snooky Young - trumpet
- Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Tommy Mitchell - trombone
- Paul Faulise, Tony Studd - bass trombone
- Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington, Bob Northern - French horn
- Danny Bank, Ray Beckenstein, Phil Bodner, Walt Levinsky, Romeo Penque, Stan Webb, Phil Woods - reeds
- Tommy Flanagan - piano
- Barry Galbraith, Jim Hall - guitar
- George Duvivier - bass
- Charlie Persip - drums
- Ray Barretto, Willie Rodriguez - percussion
- Oliver Nelson - arranger, conductor
This delightful LP features Art Farmer with a large orchestra not long after he switched from trumpet to flügelhorn. Oliver Nelson's arrangements provide great backdrops for the leader, as do the mix of dependable studio musicians and outstanding jazzmen assembled for the three sessions, including Tommy Flanagan, Phil Woods, Clark Terry, and Jim Hall, to name a few. The choice of material is inspiring: a snappy "Raincheck," and Farmer's moody "Rue Prevail," and a relatively (then) new work by John Coltrane, "Naima," which turns into a richly textured tour de force in the hands of Farmer & co.
Review by Ken Dryden