Modern Art W/ Bill Evans

THE WILLIAM CLAXTON COLLECTION

180-gram PURE VIRGIN VINYL LPs IN GATEFOLD PACKAGING

4 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

Coming of age at the dawn of the bebop era, Art Farmer rejected the mechanical playing much of bebop seemed to encourage. Instead, Farmer became known for his warm, fluid tone, and his ability to make the trumpet sing like a tender yet stately baritone voice. On Modern Art (his last small group collaboration with Bill Evans, with whom he had first recorded in 1956), Farmer emphasizes style over technique. The group swings with both authority and subtlety on all eight tracks, making this album one of the best records of this period.

PERSONNEL:

• ART FARMER, trumpet
• BENNY GOLSON, tenor sax
• BILL EVANS, piano
• ADDISON FARMER, bass
• DAVE BAILEY, drums

New York, September 10, 11 & 14, 1958.

(*) [A5] BONUS TRACK:

• ART FARMER (tp), HAL McKUSICK (b-cl, as),
• BILL EVANS (p), PAUL CHAMBERS (b),
• CONNIE KAY (d), JIMMY GIUFFRE (arr).
• New York, March 25, 1958.

SIDE A:

• 1 MOX NIX
• 2 FAIR WEATHER
• 3 DARN THAT DREAM
• 4 THE TOUCH OF YOUR LIPS
• 5 IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND *

SIDE B:

• 1 JUBILATION
• 2 LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE
• 3 I LOVE YOU
• 4 COLD BREEZE