When Farmer Met Gryce
1955 studio album by Art Farmer and Gigi Gryce
When Farmer Met Gryce | ||||
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Studio album by Art Farmer and Gigi Gryce | ||||
Released | 1955 | |||
Recorded | May 19, 1954; May 26, 1955 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 41:46 | |||
Label | Prestige P 7085 | |||
Producer | Bob Weinstock | |||
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Gigi Gryce chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
When Farmer Met Gryce is an album by trumpeter Art Farmer and saxophonist Gigi Gryce, featuring performances recorded in 1954 and 1955 and released on the Prestige label.[4][5]
Reception
The AllMusic review stated: "all eight numbers will easily be enjoyed by straight-ahead jazz fans."[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave it a 3½-star review, expressing a slight preference for the co-leaders' later album, Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce.[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Gigi Gryce, except as indicated
- "A Night at Tony's" – 5:06
- "Blue Concept" – 4:56
- "Stupendous-Lee" – 5:47
- "Deltitnu" – 4:18
- "Social Call" – 6:04
- "Capri" – 5:01
- "Blue Lights" – 5:19
- "The Infant's Song" (Farmer) – 5:15
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on May 19, 1954 (tracks 1–4) and May 26, 1955 (tracks 5–8)
Personnel
- Art Farmer – trumpet
- Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone
- Horace Silver (tracks 1–4), Freddie Redd (tracks 5–8) – piano
- Percy Heath (tracks 1–4), Addison Farmer (tracks 5–8) – bass
- Kenny Clarke (tracks 1–4), Art Taylor (tracks 5-8) – drums
References
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 14, 2012
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 90. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 469. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Art Farmer discography accessed June 14, 2012
- ^ Rosenthal, the late David H. (September 9, 1993). Hard Bop: Jazz and Black Music 1955-1965. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199879748 – via Google Books.
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- When Farmer Met Gryce (1955)
- Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce (1955)
- The Art Farmer Septet (1956)
- Farmer's Market (1956)
- 2 Trumpets (1957)
- Three Trumpets (1957)
- Last Night When We Were Young (1958)
- Portrait of Art Farmer (1958)
- Modern Art (1958)
- Brass Shout (1959)
- The Aztec Suite (1959)
- Art (1961)
- Early Art (1962)
- Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1963)
- Interaction (1963)
- Perception (1964)
- To Sweden with Love (1964)
- The Many Faces of Art Farmer (1964)
- Sing Me Softly of the Blues (1965)
- New York Jazz Sextet: Group Therapy (1966)
- Baroque Sketches (1966)
- The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits (1967)
- Homecoming (1971)
- Gentle Eyes (1972)
- Yesterday's Thoughts (1976)
- To Duke with Love (1976)
- On the Road (1976)
- The Summer Knows (1977)
- Crawl Space (1977)
- Something You Got (1977)
- Big Blues (1979)
- Yama (1979)
- Manhattan (1982)
- Mirage (1982)
- Warm Valley (1983)
- You Make Me Smile (1985)
- Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn (1987)
- Azure (1987)
- Blame It on My Youth (1988)
- Ph.D. (1989)
- The Time and the Place (2007)
- Live at the Half-Note (1964)
- The Time and the Place: The Lost Concert (1966)
- Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (1976)
- Central Avenue Reunion (1989)