''Back to the City'' is a live album by the

Art Farmer Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, double ...

Benny Golson Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929) is an American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before launch ...

Jazztet featuring Curtis Fuller recorded at the

Sweet Basil Jazz Club Sweet Basil was a jazz club in New York City's Greenwich Village, located at 88 Seventh Avenue South. Founded in 1974 by Sharif Esmat, it was considered among the most prominent New York City jazz clubs of its day. Many jazz albums were recorded l ...

in New York in 1986 and originally released on the Contemporary label.Art Farmer discography
accessed July 31, 2014 The cover photograph was taken at Madison Square Park, Manhattan, New York City.

Reception

Scott Yanow Scott Yanow (born October 4, 1954) is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author.Allmusic Biography/ref> Biography Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles. Since 1974, he was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles an ...

of Allmusic calls the album "Timeless hard bop music".Yanow, S.
Allmusic Review
accessed July 31, 2014'' The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' awarded the album stars, saying it "features some lesser known items from the band's book, including a rare outing for Farmer as a composer".

Track listing

''All compositions by Benny Golson except as indicated'' # "Back to the City" - 7:55 # "From Dream to Dream" - 6:49 # "Write Soon" (Art Farmer) - 9:44 # "Vas Simeon" - 7:31 # " Speak Low" ( Ogden Nash,

Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fru ...

) - 6:07 # "Without Delay/Time Speaks" - 6:59

Personnel

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

- tenor saxophone * Curtis Fuller - trombone *

Mickey Tucker Mickey Tucker (born Michael B. Tucker; April 28, 1941) is an American jazz pianist and organist. Biography Tucker was born in Durham, North Carolina in 1941. He grew up in Rankin, Pennsylvania before moving back to North Carolina aged 12. When h ...

- piano *

Ray Drummond Ray Drummond (born November 23, 1946 in Brookline, Massachusetts) is an American jazz bassist and teacher. He also has an MBA from Stanford University, hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop. He can be heard on hundreds of albums and co- ...

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

* Marvin "Smitty" Smith -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

{{The Jazztet Contemporary Records live albums Art Farmer live albums Benny Golson live albums 1986 live albums