Back to the City
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| Live album by Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet featuring Curtis Fuller | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | February 21 & 22, 1986 Sweet Basil, New York City |
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 45:05 | |||
| Label | Contemporary C 14020 |
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| Producer | Helen Keane | |||
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Back to the City 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.[1]
Reception
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [3] |
Scott Yanow of Allmusic calls the album "Timeless hard bop music".[2]The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3½ stars saying it "features some lesser known items from the band's book, including a rare outing for Farmer as a composer".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Benny Golson except as indicated
- "Back to the City" - 7:55
- "From Dream to Dream" - 6:49
- "Write Soon" (Art Farmer) - 9:44
- "Vas Simeon" - 7:31
- "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) - 6:07
- "Without Delay/Time Speaks" - 6:59
Personnel
- Art Farmer - flugelhorn
- Benny Golson - tenor saxophone
- Curtis Fuller - trombone
- Mickey Tucker - piano
- Ray Drummond - bass
- Marvin "Smitty" Smith - drums
References
- ↑ Art Farmer discography accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
