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Mirage

by Art Farmer Quintet

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1.
Barbados 05:08
2.
Passos 07:15
3.
My Kinda Love 08:25
4.
Mirage 08:14
5.
Cherokee Sketches 06:42
6.
Smiling Billy 05:54

about

"Mirage marked a reunion for Art Farmer and Clifford Jordan, who had known each other for decades but only recorded together on occasion at the time of these 1982 sessions. Backed by a strong rhythm section consisting of pianist Fred Hersch, bassist Ray Drummond, and drummer Akira Tana, they blend well in Charlie Parker's Caribbean-flavored blues "Barbados". Farmer's regular pianist when he toured Europe, Fritz Pauer, contributed the easygoing samba "Passos" and "Cherokee Sketches", which alternates between a treacherously difficult, Thelonious Monk-like variation and a brisk reworking of the familiar standard. Hersch wrote the loping, exotic "Mirage", in which Farmer and Jordan excel in their respective solos. Jimmy Heath's "Smilin' Billy" (dedicated to drummer Billy Higgins) provides a satisfying conclusion to this Soul Note CD, a precursor to feature recorded collaborations between Farmer and Jordan that ended only with the latter's death in 1993". (K. Dryden, AllMusic)

With Jordan at his most fluent, Hersch numbering among Farmer's most sympathetic accompanists... Drummond and Tana are also splendid. (The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD - Eighth Edition)

1. Barbados
Music by Charlie Parker

2. Passos
Music by Ftritz Pauer

3. My Kinda Love
Music by Sammy Cahn, saul Chaplin

4. Mirage
Music by Fred Hersch

5. Cherokee Sketches
Music by Ftritz Pauer

6. Smiling Billy
Music by Jimmy Heath

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released December 23, 2024

Clifford Jordan ( Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax )
Fred Hersch ( Piano )
Art Farmer ( Flugelhorn )
Ray Drummond ( Bass )
Akira Tana ( Drums )

Producer – Art Farmer
Executive-Producer – Giovanni Bonandrini
Engineer [Recording] – Dave Baker
Inciso presso – Vanguard Studios, New York
Mixed By – Giancarlo Barigozzi
Mixed at Barigozzi Studios, Milano
Cover – Pick Up Studios
Painting [Cover] – Vito Lentini
Photography By [Cover] – Luigi Zanon
Liner Notes – Ira Gitler

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Soul Note Rome, Italy

Soul Note is an Italian Jazz label established in 1979, as a sister label to Black Saint. The label was based in Tribiano, Italy and specialized in Modern Jazz, with a catalog including over 350 albums.

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