The Art Farmer & Benny Golson Jazztet - Back To The City (1986)

Recorded at the same sessions as Real Time, this set features a reunion by the Jazztet, a classic sextet that originally broke up in 1963 due to lack of work. Twenty-three years later, flugelhornist Art Farmer and trombonist Curtis Fuller are heard playing in their unchanged styles while tenor-saxophonist Benny Golson (who had evolved from a Don Byas-type approach to a sound influenced by Archie Shepp) is in fine form. With pianist Mickey Tucker, bassist Ray Drummond and drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith completing the group, the band plays four lesser-known Golson compositions, Farmer's "Write Soon" and the standard "Speak Low." Timeless hard bop music.

Tracks:

1.Back To The City (7:55)
2.From Dream To Dream (6:49)
3.Write Soon (9:44)
4.Vas Simeon (7:31)
5.Speak Low (6:07)
6.Without Delay/Time Speaks (6:59)

Personnel:

Art Farmer-flugelhorn
Benny Golson-tenor sax
Curtis Fuller-trombone
Mickey Tucker-piano
Ray Drummond-bass
Marvin "Smitty" Smith-drums