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1987 studio album by Art Farmer
Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
Released 1987 Recorded January 14–15, 1987New York City
Genre
Jazz Length 38 :42
Label
Contemporary C 14029
Producer Helen Keane
Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn is an album by
Art Farmer recorded in New York in 1987 and originally released on the
Contemporary label.
[1]
Reception
Scott Yanow of
Allmusic said "This very logical set is a real gem... Farmer brings the right combination of sensitivity, swing, respect for the melody, and creativity to these renditions and the results are quite memorable".
[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Billy Strayhorn except as indicated
"
Isfahan " (
Duke Ellington , Billy Strayhorn) - 7:25
"Blood Count" - 6:08
"Johnny Come Lately" - 5:39
"
Something to Live For " (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 6:07
"Upper Manhattan Medical Group" - 7:07
"Rain Check" - 6:44
"
Day Dream " (Ellington, Strayhorn,
John La Touche ) - 5:12 Bonus track on CD
Personnel
References
Studio albums Live albums Related articles
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader With
Art Farmer With
Charles Mingus With
Lee Morgan With
Max Roach With
Cedar Walton With others
Paul Chambers Quintet (1957)
Sonny Clark Quintets /
My Conception (1957)
Epistrophy & Now's the Time (
Richard Davis , 1972)
Dealin' (Richard Davis, 1973)
Iron Man (
Eric Dolphy , 1963)
Conversations (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
To Bird with Love (
Dizzy Gillespie , 1992)
Roots (
Slide Hampton , 1985)
Luminous (
John Hicks and
Elise Wood , 1985)
Shades (
Andrew Hill , 1986)
J.J. Inc. (
J.J. Johnson , 1961)
Con Alma! (
Charles McPherson , 1965)
Any Old Time (
Carmen McRae , 1986)
Carmen Sings Monk (Carmen McRae, 1988)
Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (
Mingus Dynasty , 1988)
Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988)
Pony's Express (
Pony Poindexter , 1962)
Manhattan Project (
Dizzy Reece , 1976)
The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (
Sahib Shihab , 1957)
Further Explorations (
Horace Silver , 1958)
Music Inc. (
Charles Tolliver , 1970)
What It Is (
Mal Waldron , 1981)
Money in the Pocket (
Joe Zawinul , 1967)