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Meet the Jazztet

Art Farmer & Benny Golson

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Album Review

Although this CD has the same program as the original LP, it gets the highest rating because it is a hard bop classic. Not only does it include superior solos from trumpeter Art Farmer, trombonist Curtis Fuller, tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, and pianist McCoy Tyner (who was making his recording debut) along with fine backup from bassist Addison Farmer and drummer Lex Humphries, but it features the writing of Golson. Highlights include the original version of "Killer Joe" along with early renditions of "I Remember Clifford" and "Blues March." This was Fuller and Tyner's only recording with the original Jazztet, and all ten selections (which also include "Serenata," "It Ain't Necessarily So," "It's All Right With Me," and "Easy Living") are quite memorable.

Customer Reviews

Far more than "OK" -- it's a jazz classic

Meet the Jazztet is one of the best albums in all of jazz. It has a great lineup -- Farmer, Golson, McCoy Tyner, and Curtis Fuller -- and many classic Golson compositions. If one is going to diss this album, one might as well diss "Kind of Blue" or "A Love Supreme."

Meet The Jazztet

I bought this album at least 5o years ago and now that I have the CD I couldnt be happier. One of the best records in Jazz!!

Jazz Jazz and the culture

I used to not like jazz. I only like the "in" song artists (black eyed peas, Britney spears)and then i heard real jazz, classic jazz, and fell in love with it. Now i am a trumpet player myself and i absolutly love playing it and listening to it. I did buy this album and i love it. It inspires me in all catagories to run woth what i have. For example, i have been playing trumpet for 4 years and for the first 3 and half years i played Orcheastra music. i hated it and then i went a Jazz Institute and i didnt know anything about what to do in Jazz, how to get that jazzy tone and improvise. All i knew were the basic blues scales. i was so nervous, then at out break all professional players would come out and play jazz. There was a piano player and a bass and then a drummer. They inspired me to play. i learned so mcuh there. antbody who is having second thoughts aboutjazz, don't you will love it. i met a violin player who was in jazz and she was profeesional in Orchestra for over 30 years. Buy this album, it will inspire you so much in many different ways.

Biography

Born: August 21, 1928 in Council Bluffs, IA

Genre: Jazz

Years Active: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s

Largely overlooked during his formative years, Art Farmer's consistently inventive playing was more greatly appreciated as he continued to develop. Along with Clark Terry, Farmer helped to popularize the flügelhorn among brass players. His lyricism gave his bop-oriented style its own personality. Farmer studied piano, violin, and tuba before settling on trumpet. He worked in Los Angeles from 1945 on, performing regularly on Central Avenue and spending time in the bands of Johnny Otis, Jay McShann,...
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