On the Road (Art Farmer album)

On the Road is an album by Art Farmer recorded in Los Angeles in 1976 and originally released on the Contemporary label.[1]

On the Road
Studio album by
Released1976
RecordedJuly 26 & 28 and August 16, 1976
Los Angeles, CA
GenreJazz
Length40:48
LabelContemporary
S 7636
ProducerJohn Koenig and Lester Koenig
Art Farmer chronology
Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers
(1976)
On the Road
(1976)
Crawl Space
(1977)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic states, "Everyone plays up to par on this spirited straight-ahead set".[2]

Track listing edit

  1. "Downwind" (Hampton Hawes) - 7:30
  2. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 6:57
  3. "Namely You" (Gene DePaul, Johnny Mercer) - 6:51
  4. "What Am I Here For?" (Duke Ellington, Frankie Laine) - 6:46
  5. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 7:30
  6. "Will You Still Be Mine?" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) - 5:39

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Art Farmer discography accessed July 29, 2014
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed July 29, 2014
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 76. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 470. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.