On the Road (Art Farmer album)

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On the Road
On the Road (Art Farmer album).jpg
Studio album by
Art Farmer
Released1976
RecordedJuly 26 & 28 and August 16, 1976
Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Length40:48
Label Contemporary
S 7636
Producer John Koenig and Lester Koenig
Art Farmer chronology
Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers
(1976)		On the Road
(1976)		 Crawl Space
(1977)

On the Road is an album by Art Farmer recorded in Los Angeles in 1976 and originally released on the Contemporary label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic states, "Everyone plays up to par on this spirited straight-ahead set". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Downwind" (Hampton Hawes) - 7:30
  2. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 6:57
  3. "Namely You" (Gene DePaul, Johnny Mercer) - 6:51
  4. "What Am I Here For?" (Duke Ellington, Frankie Laine) - 6:46
  5. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 7:30
  6. "Will You Still Be Mine?" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) - 5:39

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Art Farmer discography accessed July 29, 2014
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed July 29, 2014
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 76. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 470. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.


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