Gheorghe Posted August 26, 2024 Report Posted August 26, 2024 On 8/26/2024 at 1:36 PM, HutchFan said: Now spinning: Art Farmer - Farmer's Market (Prestige, 2-LPs) Compilation of tracks recorded 1954-56 Expand Art Farmer was living in Vienna/Austria from the 70´s until his death. Though he was constantly touring the world, Vienna was his homebase and he played there every year several times. I heard him very very often. Farmer´s Market was played often. He was great ! Just a perfect musician. Quote
HutchFan Posted August 26, 2024 Report Posted August 26, 2024 On 8/26/2024 at 1:57 PM, Gheorghe said: Art Farmer was living in Vienna/Austria from the 70´s until his death. Though he was constantly touring the world, Vienna was his homebase and he played there every year several times. I heard him very very often. Farmer´s Market was played often. He was great ! Just a perfect musician. Expand I wish I would've had an opportunity to hear Farmer perform. Never did. But I'm grateful for the records. Quote
HutchFan Posted August 26, 2024 Report Posted August 26, 2024 Giving this new-to-me LP a first spin: Nancy Harrow with Jack Wilkins - Two's Company (Inner City, 1984) Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted August 26, 2024 Report Posted August 26, 2024 On 8/26/2024 at 12:50 AM, JSngry said: It does, and it's a really good record that way. That's the one with the Basie band, right? Expand Interesting mix of tunes on that album. I knew about half of them. The song "Welcome to the Club" should have been better known. Do you know other versions of it? It would have been great for Dino. Quote
soulpope Posted August 26, 2024 Report Posted August 26, 2024 On 8/26/2024 at 2:52 PM, HutchFan said: Giving this new-to-me LP a first spin: Nancy Harrow with Jack Wilkins - Two's Company (Inner City, 1984) Expand Good one 👌 .... Quote
HutchFan Posted August 26, 2024 Report Posted August 26, 2024 On 8/26/2024 at 3:03 PM, soulpope said: Good one 👌 .... Expand Yep. Harrow is terrific -- and terrifically under-recognized. Quote
mjazzg Posted August 26, 2024 Report Posted August 26, 2024 On 8/26/2024 at 3:27 PM, HutchFan said: Yep. Harrow is terrific -- and terrifically under-recognized. Expand Worse than under-recognised here, I've never heard her name let alone her music, sorry Nancy. Tidal have some albums, not Hutchfan's though, so I shall sample Quote
soulpope Posted August 26, 2024 Report Posted August 26, 2024 On 8/26/2024 at 3:27 PM, HutchFan said: Yep. Harrow is terrific -- and terrifically under-recognized. Expand Indeed .... Quote
JSngry Posted August 26, 2024 Report Posted August 26, 2024 On 8/26/2024 at 3:02 PM, Teasing the Korean said: Interesting mix of tunes on that album. I knew about half of them. The song "Welcome to the Club" should have been better known. Do you know other versions of it? It would have been great for Dino. Expand Nope, don't know of any. I got that album as a hand-me-down from my wife's aunt. A very "surprising" assortment of records that includes another Nat record called Tell Me About Yourself that was another mostly standards album arranged by Dave Cavanaugh, and a very nice one. Quote
HutchFan Posted August 26, 2024 Report Posted August 26, 2024 On 8/26/2024 at 3:53 PM, mjazzg said: Tidal have some albums, not Hutchfan's though, so I shall sample Expand If you'd like to dig into her music, I'd recommend these, @mjazzg: - Anything Goes (Audiophile, 1979) - You're Nearer (Tono/Baldwin St., 1986) Quote
mjazzg Posted August 26, 2024 Report Posted August 26, 2024 On 8/26/2024 at 4:11 PM, HutchFan said: If you'd like to dig into her music, I'd recommend these, @mjazzg: - Anything Goes (Audiophile, 1979) - You're Nearer (Tono/Baldwin St., 1986) Expand Thanks, shall start just there, 'Anything Goes' is on Tidal so that's my first port of call Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted August 26, 2024 Report Posted August 26, 2024 On 8/26/2024 at 4:11 PM, JSngry said: Nope, don't know of any. I got that album as a hand-me-down from my wife's aunt. A very "surprising" assortment of records that includes another Nat record called Tell Me About Yourself that was another mostly standards album arranged by Dave Cavanaugh, and a very nice one. Expand The one with the golf clubs and the amazing cardigan? I've got that one too. Quote
jazzbo Posted August 26, 2024 Report Posted August 26, 2024 "Welcome to the Club" has lyrics written by Noel Sherman who also wrote the lyrics to "Ramblin' Rose." Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted August 26, 2024 Report Posted August 26, 2024 (edited) On 8/26/2024 at 2:00 PM, HutchFan said: I wish I would've had an opportunity to hear Farmer perform. Never did. But I'm grateful for the records. Expand I never got to hear him either. I'm surprised to read Gheorghe's glowing reviews of his live performances as I was told by someone who saw him later in life and they said that every time they saw him, he seemed drunk and was not playing very well. Edited August 26, 2024 by Kevin Bresnahan Quote
optatio Posted August 26, 2024 Report Posted August 26, 2024 On 8/26/2024 at 2:45 AM, Ken Dryden said: One of 21 vintage LPs I bought in a local store yesterday, all but one was under $4. Somebody must have cleaned out their father's or husband's collection. Expand 👍 - on my shelf! Quote
Ken Dryden Posted August 26, 2024 Report Posted August 26, 2024 Rather nice sound for 1940s transcriptions! On 8/26/2024 at 1:57 PM, Gheorghe said: Art Farmer was living in Vienna/Austria from the 70´s until his death. Though he was constantly touring the world, Vienna was his homebase and he played there every year several times. I heard him very very often. Farmer´s Market was played often. He was great ! Just a perfect musician. Expand I never got to hear him, but I have a lot of his discography in my collection and fond memories of the phone interview I did a few years prior to his death. Quote
kh1958 Posted August 27, 2024 Report Posted August 27, 2024 On 8/26/2024 at 1:57 PM, Gheorghe said: Art Farmer was living in Vienna/Austria from the 70´s until his death. Though he was constantly touring the world, Vienna was his homebase and he played there every year several times. I heard him very very often. Farmer´s Market was played often. He was great ! Just a perfect musician. Expand I got to hear him just once at Sweet Basil. I recall he had Jerome Richardson on tenor sax. Quote
Gheorghe Posted August 27, 2024 Report Posted August 27, 2024 On 8/26/2024 at 2:00 PM, HutchFan said: I wish I would've had an opportunity to hear Farmer perform. Never did. But I'm grateful for the records. Expand Most records I have is those made by musicians I heard perform. I usually bought records the next day after I heard a famous musician..... that´s how I built up my little collection.... Nowadays it is also musicians I heard, mostly fellow musicians, I mean I have them their record, they have my newest album..... Quote
optatio Posted August 27, 2024 Report Posted August 27, 2024 On 8/26/2024 at 2:00 PM, HutchFan said: I wish I would've had an opportunity to hear Farmer perform. Never did. Expand Saw him twice - in Vienne/France (Jazz à Vienne) and in Göttingen (Club 'Blue Note') - bright moments! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted August 28, 2024 Report Posted August 28, 2024 Good one. I should dig that out. Quote
soulpope Posted August 28, 2024 Report Posted August 28, 2024 On 8/26/2024 at 8:16 PM, Kevin Bresnahan said: I never got to hear him either. I'm surprised to read Gheorghe's glowing reviews of his live performances as I was told by someone who saw him later in life and they said that every time they saw him, he seemed drunk and was not playing very well. Expand Can't rule out exceptions, but saw Art Farmer several times during his long stay @ Wien and can confirm Gheorghe's impressions .... Quote
mjazzg Posted August 28, 2024 Report Posted August 28, 2024 Schlomovitz/Polin - Contemporary Music for Harp and Flute [Ars Nova, USA] Initial listen to this new arrival. With thanks to @Teasing the Koreanfor making me aware of it with a post a few weeks ago. And with thanks to @HutchFanfor his assistance in getting it to the UK. This is going to get a lot of plays. Quote
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