Meet the Jazztet
by Art Farmer / Benny Golson
- Type: Album
- Released: 2 May 1960
- Label: Argo
- Country: United States
- Length: 38:15
- Community rating: 3.94/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: Benny Golson
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The debut of the co-led ensemble prominently features pianist McCoy Tyner and trombonist Curtis Fuller. The heavily arranged sextet format introduced enduring compositional standards to the jazz canon, most notably the swaggering, intricately voiced 'Killer Joe'.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, acoustic, technical, melodic
Tracklist
- Serenata (3:32)
- It Ain't Necessarily So (4:29)
- Avalon (3:32)
- I Remember Clifford (3:13)
- Blues March (5:18)
- It's All Right With Me (3:56)
- Park Avenue Petite (3:44)
- Mox Nix (4:04)
- Easy Living (3:36)
- Killer Joe (4:58)
Credits
- Art Farmer - primary artist, trumpet, written-by
- Benny Golson - primary artist, tenor saxophone, written-by, written-by, narrator
- The Jazztet - primary artist
- Addison Farmer - bass
- Emmett McBain - design
- Lex Humphries - drums
- Tommy Nola - engineer
- Ralph J. Gleason - liner notes
- Chuck Stewart - photography by
- McCoy Tyner - piano
- Kay Norton - producer
- Jack Tracy - recording supervisor
- Curtis Fuller - trombone
- Leroy Anderson - written-by
- Mitchell Parish - written-by
- George & Ira Gershwin - written-by
- Al Jolson - written-by
- Buddy G. De Sylva - written-by
- Vincent Rose - written-by
- Cole Porter - written-by
- Leo Robin - written-by
- Ralph Rainger - written-by