Azure (Art Farmer and Fritz Pauer album)

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Azure
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Studio album by
Art Farmer and Fritz Pauer
Released1987
RecordedJune 25 & 26 and September 9 & 10, 1987
Austrophon Studios, Vienna, Austria
Genre Jazz
Length39:55
Label Soul Note
SN 1126
Producer Giovanni Bonandrini
Art Farmer chronology
Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
(1987)
Azure
(1987)
Blame It On My Youth
(1988)

Azure is an album by American flugelhornist Art Farmer and Austrian pianist Fritz Pauer featuring performances recorded in 1987 and released on the Soul Note label. [1]

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Reception

Professional ratings
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The Allmusic review called the album "A peaceful and mostly introspective release". [2]

Track listing

  1. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 4:32
  2. "Nighttime" (Fritz Pauer) - 3:58
  3. "Yesterday's Thoughts" (Benny Golson) - 4:56
  4. "Blue Windows" (Traditional) - 3:19
  5. "Azure" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 4:15
  6. "Sound Within an Empty Room" (Pauer) - 6:13
  7. "Soul Eyes" (Mal Waldron) - 4:22
  8. "Danielle" (Al Cohn) - 4:17
  9. "Song of Praise" (Pauer) - 4:03

Personnel

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References

  1. Art Farmer discography Archived January 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine accessed June 14, 2012
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 14, 2012
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 471. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.