| Big City Sounds | ||||
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| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | September 16, 19 & 20, 1960 | |||
| Studio | Nola's Penthouse, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:56 | |||
| Label | Argo LP 672 | |||
| Producer | Kay Norton | |||
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Big City Sounds is an album by The Jazztet, led by trumpeter Art Farmer and saxophonist Benny Golson, featuring performances recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Argo label. [1]
"The Cool One" is a medium tempo piece by Golson that was intended to be a commercial success, as "Killer Joe" had been on the Jazztet's previous album, Meet the Jazztet . [2] : 4–5 "Blues on Down" is also by Golson, and was originally performed for his album The Modern Touch . [2] : 5 Golson added 16 written bars to the version of "Hi-Fly" recorded for Big City Sounds, which is faster than usual. [2] : 5 Farmer is the main feature on the jazz standard "My Funny Valentine". [2] : 5 "Wonder Why" has "a 36-bar, AABA'C form". [2] : 5 The Latin "Con Alma" also contains material added by Golson. [2] : 6 "Lament" is a feature for trombonist Tom McIntosh, while "Bean Bag" features pianist Cedar Walton. [2] : 6 The final track, "Five Spot After Dark", is a blues written by Golson when playing at New York's Five Spot. [2] : 6
The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars. [3]
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All compositions by Benny Golson except as indicated
Benny Golson is an American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before launching his solo career. Golson is known for co-founding and co-leading The Jazztet with trumpeter Art Farmer in 1959. From the late 1960s through the 1970s Golson was in demand as an arranger for film and television and thus was less active as a performer, but he and Farmer re-formed the Jazztet in 1982.
"I Remember Clifford" is an instrumental jazz threnody written by jazz tenor saxophonist Benny Golson in memory of Clifford Brown, the influential and highly regarded jazz trumpeter who died in an auto accident at the age of 25. Brown and Golson had done a stint in Lionel Hampton's band together. The original recording was by Donald Byrd in January 1957.
Lex Humphries was an American jazz drummer. He worked with two musicians known for mixing world music with jazz: Sun Ra and Yusef Lateef. As a member of Sun Ra's "Arkestra" he appeared in the film Space Is the Place.
Thomas S. "Tom" McIntosh was an American jazz trombonist, composer, arranger, and conductor.
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The Jazztet was a jazz sextet, co-founded in 1959 by trumpeter Art Farmer and tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, always featuring the founders along with a trombonist and a piano-bass-drums rhythm section. In its first phase, the Jazztet lasted until 1962, and helped to launch the careers of pianist McCoy Tyner and trombonist Grachan Moncur III. Farmer and Golson revived the group in 1982 and it again toured extensively. Each generation of the group recorded six albums, which were released on a variety of labels.
"Blues March" is a composition by Benny Golson. It was first recorded for Blue Mitchell's Riverside album Big 6 on July 2 and 3, 1958, and has become a jazz standard.
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