Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers
{{Infobox album|
| name = Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers
| type = Live album
| artist = Art Farmer
| cover = Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1976
| recorded = May 14–15, 1976
| venue = Boomer's, NYC
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 45:51/49:00
| label = East Wind
EW-8042
| producer = Kiyoshi Itoh & Yasohachi Itoh
| chronology = Art Farmer
| prev_title = The Summer Knows
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = On the Road
| next_year = 1976
}}
Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers is a live album by Art Farmer recorded in New York in 1976 and originally released on the Japanese East Wind label.Ziegler, F., [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/eastwind.htm East Wind discography] accessed August 5, 2014 A second volume of recordings was released in 2003 on the Test of Time label.Dryden, K., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/at-boomers-vol-2-mw0000764273 AllMusic – At Boomer's, Vol. 2 review] accessed August 5, 2014 Clifford Jordan, who had played with Farmer in the Horace Silver quintet in the late 1950s and would appear on several of Farmer's albums in the 1980s, plays tenor saxophone.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 76
}}
}}
Scott Yanow of AllMusic states, "The group had not rehearsed beforehand but rehearsals were not really needed for these hard bop veterans".Yanow, S., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/at-boomers-vol-1-mw0000785165 AllMusic – At Boomer's, Vol. 1 review] accessed August 5, 2014
Track listing
Volume One:
- "Barbados" (Charlie Parker){{snd}}13:01
- "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson){{snd}}10:55
- "'Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk){{snd}}13:20
- "Will You Still Be Mine" (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair){{snd}}8:30
Volume Two:
- "Fantasy in "D"" (Cedar Walton){{snd}}11:47
- "Manhã de Carnaval" (Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria){{snd}}12:07
- "Blues for Amos" (Sam Jones){{snd}}13:54
- "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart){{snd}}11:12
Personnel
- Art Farmer{{snd}}flugelhorn
- Clifford Jordan{{snd}}tenor saxophone
- Cedar Walton{{snd}}piano
- Sam Jones{{snd}}bass
- Billy Higgins{{snd}}drums
References
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Category:East Wind Records live albums