''The Company I Keep'' (subtitled ''Art Farmer Meets Tom Harrell'') is an album by trumpeters
Art Farmer and
Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by ''Jazz Journalists Association'', Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including mul ...
which was recorded in 1994 and released on the
Arabesque
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label.
[Klaus Gottwald]
Tom Harrell discography
accessed May 14, 2018
Reception
The
AllMusic
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review by Scott Yanow said "although few fireworks occur (the two brassmen mostly sound pretty complementary and mellow), the music is tasteful, enjoyable advanced hard bop".
Track listing
# "Sunshine in the Rain" (Tom Harrell) – 7:02
# "Song of the Canopy" (Geoff Keezer) – 8:15
# "Santana" (Fritz Pauer) – 10:37
# "Beside Myself" (Harrell) – 5:29
# "Beyond" (Kenny Davis) – 6:01
# "T.G.T.T. (Too Good to Title)" (
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based ...
) – 6:58
# "Who Knows" (Davis) – 8:22
# "Turn Out the Stars" (
Bill Evans
William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block ch ...
,
Gene Lees
Frederick Eugene John Lees (February 8, 1928 – April 22, 2010) was a Canadian music critic, biographer, lyricist, and journalist. Lees worked as a newspaper journalist in his native Canada before moving to the United States, where he was a music ...
) – 8:52
Personnel
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Art Farmer –
flumpet
The Flumpet is a hybrid brass instrument that shares the construction and timbral qualities of a trumpet and flugelhorn. The Flumpet was invented for Art Farmer by David Monette and is currently in production by Monette. The Flumpet is in the ke ...
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Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by ''Jazz Journalists Association'', Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including mul ...
– trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger
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Ron Blake
Ron Blake (born September 7, 1965) is an American saxophonist, band leader, composer, and music educator. Born in the Virgin Islands, he attended Northwestern University, and now lives in New York City. Blake began studying guitar at 8 and tur ...
– tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
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Geoff Keezer
Geoffrey Keezer (born November 20, 1970) is an American jazz pianist.
Keezer was playing in jazz clubs as a teenager, playing piano for Art Blakey at age 18 and touring with Joshua Redman, Benny Golson and Ray Brown in his 20s. He has toured w ...
– piano, arranger
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Kenny Davis – double bass, arranger
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Carl Allen – drums
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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 ...
– arranger
References
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Arabesque Records albums
Art Farmer albums
1994 albums