The Meaning of Art

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The Meaning of Art
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Studio album by
Released1995
RecordedMay 9–10, 1995
StudioManhattan Beach Recording, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length50:02
Label Arabesque
AJ-0118
Producer Helen Keane
Art Farmer chronology
The Company I Keep
(1994)
The Meaning of Art
(1995)
Silk Road
(1997)

The Meaning of Art is an album by trumpeter Art Farmer which was recorded in 1995 and released on the Arabesque label. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos said "This is jazz that is relatively cliché and quote-free; not groundbreaking, but a consistent, professional effort. The release is a testimony to Farmer's endurance as one of the truly great jazz musicians of the late 1900s. Recommended". [4]

Track listing

  1. "On the Plane" (Slide Hampton) – 5:17
  2. "Just the Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 7:04
  3. "Lift Your Spirit High" (Hampton) – 5:18
  4. "One Day, Forever" (Benny Golson) – 6:30
  5. "Free Verse" (Geoff Keezer) – 10:35
  6. "Home" (Fritz Pauer) – 7:48
  7. "Johnny One Note" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 7:36

Personnel

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References

  1. Jazzlists: Arabesque Jazz discography, accessed May 14, 2018
  2. Noal Cohen and Michael Fitzgerald, Art Farmer discography: 1981-1999, accessed May 14, 2018
  3. Arabesque Records: album entry, accessed May 14, 2018
  4. 1 2 Nastos, Michael G.. Art Farmer: The Meaning of Art – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 14, 2018.