Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers

Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers
Live album by Art Farmer
Released	1976
Recorded	May 14 & 15, 1976 Boomers, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:51/49:00
Label	East Wind EW-8042
Producer	Kiyoshi Itoh & Yasohachi Itoh
Art Farmer chronology
The Summer Knows (1976) Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (1976) On the Road (1976)

Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers is a live album by Art Farmer recorded in New York in 1976 and originally released on the Japanese East Wind label.^[1] A second volume of recordings was released in 2003 on the Test of Time label.^[2] This quintet also presages the later, great, 1980's quintet Art Farmer kept, in that it presents us the regal front line of Art Farmer together with Clifford Jordan, a pairing first recorded in the late fifties in Horace Silver's band, but then crystallized in several magnificent, and more feted, recordings in the '80s - really an high-point in all of Farmer's remarkably consistent discography. But here we get to hear them together (Farmer and Jordan) in the '70s too - and it's most edifying (especially considering the superiority of the rhythm section here!!). They would go on to even more pristine heights together, refining their ensemble concept. Not that there's anything lacking in this lesser-known, but fabulous, document of one of jazz's truly great partnerships. Man - this is a swinging, and most refined, record!

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Allmusic	[3]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic states, "The group had not rehearsed beforehand but rehearsals were not really needed for these hard bop veterans ".^[3]

Track listing

Volume One:

1. "Barbados" (Charlie Parker) - 13:01
2. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) - 10:55
3. "'Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 13:20
4. "Will You Still Be Mine" (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) - 8:30

Volume Two:

1. "Fantasy in "D"" (Cedar Walton) - 11:47
2. "Manhã de Carnaval" (Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria) - 12:07
3. "Blues for Amos" (Sam Jones) - 13:54
4. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 11:12

Personnel

• Art Farmer - flugelhorn
• Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
• Cedar Walton - piano
• Sam Jones - bass
• Billy Higgins - drums

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