JazzCodex

Prestige

The Art Farmer Septet

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Recorded1956
LabelPrestige
CatalogPRLP 7031
Released1956
Personnel16 credited players
Discogsmaster 418373

The record

Monk Montgomery's electric bass is the surprise here, credited alongside Percy Heath's bass on a 1956 Prestige compilation. Gigi Gryce and Quincy Jones wrote the arrangements, Jones also taking a piano credit next to Horace Silver, with Charlie Rouse and Clifford Solomon on tenors and Jimmy Cleveland's trombone in the middle. Eight titles, including 'Mau Mau' and 'Work Of Art.' PRLP 7031.

Tracks

  1. Mau Mau
  2. Work Of Art
  3. The Little Bandmaster
  4. Up In Quincy's Room
  5. Wildwood
  6. Evening In Paris
  7. Elephant Walk
  8. Tiajuana

Session personnel

  • Gigi Gryce — Arranged By
  • Quincy Jones — Arranged By
  • Danny Bank — Baritone Saxophone
  • Oscar Estell — Baritone Saxophone
  • Percy Heath — Bass
  • Art Taylor — Drums
  • Sonny Johnson — Drums
  • Monk Montgomery — Electric Bass
  • Ira Gitler — Liner Notes
  • Horace Silver — Piano
  • Quincy Jones — Piano
  • Charlie Rouse — Tenor Saxophone
  • Clifford Solomon — Tenor Saxophone
  • Jimmy Cleveland — Trombone
  • Art Farmer — Trumpet
  • The Art Farmer Septet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1956Prestige · PRLP 7031 — Vinyl LP Compilation Mono earliest on file
1977Prestige · SMJ-6543M — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Promo, Mono
1983Prestige · P-7031 — Cassette, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Chrome
1993Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-054-2 — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered
1993Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-054-2 — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered
2013Prestige · UCCO-5231 — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, SHM
Original Jazz Classics · 00025218605427 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered

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