''Gentle Eyes'' is an album by Art Farmer recorded in Austria in 1972 and originally released on the

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label.Art Farmer discography
accessed August 5, 2014

Reception

Scott Yanow of

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states, "this sleepy affair with a European string section is unremittingly dull... the arrangements for the 15 strings, five horns and rhythm section are quite boring. There are many rewarding Art Farmer dates currently available, so skip this misfire".Yanow, S.
Allmusic Review
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Track listing

# "A Time for Love" (

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, Paul Francis Webster) – 5:22 # "Didn't We" (

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) – 3:07 # "Soulsides" ( Erich Kleinschuster) – 4:28 # "So Are You" (Hans Salomon) – 3:36 # "Song of No Regrets" (

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) – 4:59 # "Gentle Rain"(

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" ( Roger Nichols, Paul Williams) – 3:17 # " God Bless the Child" (

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, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) – 4:54 # "Gloomy Morning" (Salomon) – 5:19 # "Gentle Eyes" (Fritz Pauer) – 3:28 # "Some Other Time" ( Leonard Bernstein,

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) – 5:59

Personnel

* Art Farmer – flugelhorn *Robert Demmer, Robert Politzer – trumpet *Garney Hicks –

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

*Hans Low – alto flute *Leszek Zadlo – soprano saxophone,

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

*Hans Salomon – alto saxophone, bass clarinet *Hans Grotzer, Toni Stricker –

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*Wladi Cermac, Paul Fickl, Johann Fuchs, Herbert Heide, Erich Koritschoner, Bruno Mayr, Kurt Plaschka, Wolfgang Reichert, Walter Topf – violin *Heinz Fussganger, Bruno Schimann, Dagmar Sothje, Gerhard Zatschek – cello *

Fritz Pauer Fritz Pauer (October 14, 1943 – July 1, 2012) was an Austrian jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader. Career Born in Vienna, Pauer began his professional playing career as a teenager, performing with Hans Koller (1960–62) before leading his ...

– piano, electric piano *Richard Oesterreicher, Julius Scheybal – guitar *Rudolf Hansen,

Jimmy Woode James Bryant Woode (September 23, 1926 – April 23, 2005) was an American jazz bassist. He played and/or recorded in bands with Flip Phillips, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Nat Pierce, Sidney ...

– bass *Erich Bachtragl – drums *Jula Koch – percussion *Stephanie – vocals *Johannes Fehring – conductor *Hans Salomon – arranger

References

{{Authority control Mainstream Records albums Art Farmer albums 1972 albums Albums produced by Bob Shad