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On the Road (Art Farmer album)

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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)

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

Reception

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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

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  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

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References

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  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.