Art Farmer

[Tom 1960]

I've always heard great things about this album, but up till now have never made the purchase. Give me some feedback on this? Thanks.

[J.A.W.]

I've always heard great things about this album, but up till now have never made the purchase. Give me some feedback on this? Thanks.

This is one of three later-period Farmer gems with Clifford Jordan, the other ones being Something to Live For, a tribute to Billy Strayhorn, and Ph.D., which features Kenny Burrell.

Blame It on My Youth, with Jordan, James Williams (piano), Rufus Reid (bass) and Victor Lewis (drums), is the masterpiece of the three in my opinion.

Get them while you can, before they are deleted by Concord.

Edited March 1, 2007 by J.A.W.

[robviti]

i wholeheartedly agree.

[Spontooneous]

i wholeheartedly agree.

Yepper.

I have a big fondness for the Strayhorn set too.

[Eric]

Another big

Some records are just special and this is one of them.

The Strayhorn record is also nice. I ahve tried several times to get into Ph.D., but it just doesn't do it for me.

[Peter Friedman]

I've always heard great things about this album, but up till now have never made the purchase. Give me some feedback on this? Thanks.

This is one of three later-period Farmer gems with Clifford Jordan, the other ones being Something to Live For, a tribute to Billy Strayhorn, and Ph.D., which features Kenny Burrell.

Blame It on My Youth, with Jordan, James Williams (piano), Rufus Reid (bass) and Victor Lewis (drums), is the masterpiece of the three in my opinion.

Get them while you can, before they are deleted by Concord.

It all depends how you define "later-period". I have a number of other CDs by Art Farmer with Clifford Jordan that should also be mentioned.

Art Farmer Quintet - At Boomers - East Wind (1976)

Art Farmer Quintet - At Boomers #2 - East Wind (1976)

Art Farmer Quintet - Mirage - Soul Note (1982)

Art Farmer Quintet - You Make Me Smile - Soul Note (1984)

Art Farmer Quintet - Live At Sweet Basil - Sweet Basil/Alfa (1992)

In my view, there is not a weak one in this bunch!

[J.A.W.]

I've always heard great things about this album, but up till now have never made the purchase. Give me some feedback on this? Thanks.

This is one of three later-period Farmer gems with Clifford Jordan, the other ones being Something to Live For, a tribute to Billy Strayhorn, and Ph.D., which features Kenny Burrell.

Blame It on My Youth, with Jordan, James Williams (piano), Rufus Reid (bass) and Victor Lewis (drums), is the masterpiece of the three in my opinion.

Get them while you can, before they are deleted by Concord.

It all depends how you define "later-period". I have a number of other CDs by Art Farmer with Clifford Jordan that should also be mentioned.

The three Contemporary CDs I was referring to were recorded in the late 1980s, hence "later-period", as opposed to his 1950s-1960s work.

Edited March 2, 2007 by J.A.W.

[Uncle Skid]

"Fairytale Countryside" is one of those "magical" pieces, at least for me.

Love Art's playing on this, but it's really the entire group that makes it special. Rufus starts with a simple but elegant ostinato, and it just keeps getting better from there...

FWIW, this record is available at EMusic; samples are available as well.

[Uncle Skid]

Needed to add:

I've always thought that this record reminded me of something, and I finally just figured it out:

Andrew Hill's Shades has a similar vibe.

Could be the presence of Reid and Jordan on both records. Or not. Either way, they are both great records!

[sal]

It might be my favorite session with Art Farmer as a leader.

[Claude]

It's a good album, but I never understood why it received a rosette in the Penguin Guide. Maybe as a sort of lifetime achievement award, like Scorcese's oscar for "The Departed".

[Nate Dorward]

It deserves the rosette even just for Clifford Jordan's feature at the end. The rest is nice, but that's really nice.

Though I do seem to recall there's an ugly edit on the first or second track..... a minor quibble.