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Reissues like this one are always befuddling. Why has a session featuring the great Art Farmer's flügelhorn next to guitarist Jim Hall's chameleonic grace, bassist Steve Swallow's feather-touch bass, and Pete LaRoca's drums languished in the vaults for decades? Farmer and his crew use Swedish folk melodies as the basis for each of the six songs here, and at points it begins to sound like modal jazz in the 1960s had some odd Nordic strain that's gone heretofore unremarked upon. Farmer's never allowed himself to be bullied or hurried, favoring wide swaths of tone over speed or even exactness. Hall's perfect at this game, playing clean and pristine single notes and then ripping into a grit-filled series of riffs that precede an unerringly risky solo of bent corners and blunted runs. Farmer's mid-1960s discography has lots of material in it, and this short session (time length is just over 32 minutes) adds far more than its duration hints. --Andrew Bartlett
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Inventive, melodious jazz,
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This review is from: To Sweden With Love (Audio CD)
Buying this disc is probably like ordering filet mignon at a premium restuarant--a small portion of choice entree. The running time is little over a half hour but the music is splendid. Farmer is at his most inventive and while his quartet is minus the usual piano, you will never miss it. Jim Hall on guitar is that good; he is to this quartet what Paul Desmond was to the Dave Brubeck combo. Warmly recommended.
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top drawer!,
By James F. Petty (Lexington, Ma. United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: To Sweden With Love (Audio CD)
this album is one of art farmer's finest - justawesome. and how can you go wrong with master guitarist jim hall? it's a no-brainer that "To Sweden With Love" is a 5-star album!
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Inventive, melodious jazz,
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Buying this disc is probably like ordering filet mignon at a premium restuarant--a small portion of choice entree. The running time is little over a half hour but the music is splendid. Farmer is at his most inventive and while his quartet is minus the usual piano, you will never miss it. Jim Hall on guitar is that good; he is to this quartet what Paul Desmond was to the Dave Brubeck combo. Warmly recommended.
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