On the Road [Limited Edition, Original recording remastered, Import]

Art Farmer, Art Farmer And Benny Golson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 24, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition, Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Jvc Japan
• ASIN: B00005J4CE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,296,604 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Downwind

2. My Funny Valentine

3. Namely You

4. What Am I Here For?

5. I Can't Get Started

6. Will You Still Be Mine?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ray Brown:King Of Bass, September 8, 2001

By 

Ahmed Chronwell (Washington DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: On the Road (Audio CD)

Ray Brown has been putting the low end on jazz records since the late 30s probably. His sound is always heavy and well in tune with his fellow musicians. On this CD there's a pretty good group. Art Pepper plays very inspired sax and the legendary trumpeter Art Farmer switches to flugelhorn .This accents his lyrical talents and the magic is apparent on "Downwind" and"My Funny Valentine", a horn/piano duet with Hampton Hawes. I've been getting into bebop recently from the 70s and I see that there was more than fusion going down because this album does'nt sound like a session of vets from the 50s (though it is), it's forever modern music.

5.0 out of 5 stars On Top Of His Game with Art Pepper, August 23, 2009

By 

Edward Abbott "American Audiophile" (Stuart, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On the Road [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

This LP on the Contemporary Label from 1976 features a logical but only one-time collaboration between flügelhornist Art Farmer and altoist Art Pepper. With pianist Hampton Hawes, bassist Ray Brown, and either Steve Ellington or Shelly Manne on drums completing the quintet, the five standards and Hawes' original "Downwind" were certainly in good hands.

A special highlight is a duet version of "My Funny Valentine" featuring Farmer and Hawes. Everyone plays up to par on this spirited straight-ahead set. Very highly recommended.

Track Listing:

Downwind
My Funny Valentine
Namely You
What Am I Here For?
I Can't Get Started
Will You Still Be Mine

The Sextet:

Art Farmer - Fluglehorn
Ray Brown - Bass
Steve Ellington - Drums
Hampton Hawes - Piano
Shelly Manne - Drums
Art Pepper - Alto Sax

Liner Notes by Leonard Feather.

Recorded 1976 on the Comtemporary Label and is catalog number S 7636

Review:


Long before Chuck Mangione popularized the flugelhorn to jazz fans, Art Farmer had already perfected the instrument . And was considered until his death in 1999 as the one who set the standard for the fluglehorn and later invented the flumpet. Which was an instrument that combined the two horns into one.

Art Farmer is the master of Cool on this album, but the big surprise for me is Art Pepper fantastic work - I really wasn't expecting such complexity and "reaching" by Pepper. This is definitely one of my best LP's I have in my rotation.