Silk Road (album)

Silk Road is an album by Art Farmer which was recorded in 1996 and released on the Arabesque label the following year.[1][2]

Silk Road
Studio album by
Art Farmer
ReleasedSeptember 2, 1997
RecordedJune 12, 1996
StudioEastSide Sound, NYC
GenreJazz
Length55:37
LabelArabesque
AJ-0130
ProducerArt Farmer, Daniel Criss
Art Farmer chronology
The Meaning of Art
(1995)		 Silk Road
(1997)		 Live at Stanford Jazz Workshop
(1997)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow said "Art Farmer has long been one of the most consistent of all brassmen. Playing the flumpet (which is a cross between a trumpet and a flugelhorn), Farmer is heard throughout this 1996 set in top form ... While his sidemen play quite well, the warm-toned and swinging Farmer is consistently the main star, and at age 68 he proves to still be in his prime".[3] In JazzTimes, Jim Ferguson wrote "Richly melodic but bold, Farmer’s influential, distinctive approach is facilitated by his full-toned instrument-the flumpet, a cross between the trumpet and the fluegelhorn. Throughout this eight-tune set, he demonstrates that he is as adept at selecting material and personnel as he is at playing ... Rife with winning performances, Silk Road reflects the current state of one of jazz’s best".[4]

Track listing
  1. "Tonk" (Ray Bryant) – 6:38
  2. "Ancient Evening" (Geoff Keezer) – 8:26
  3. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 5:38
  4. "Dance of the One" (Don Braden) – 7:34
  5. "Silk Road" (Keezer) – 5:51
  6. "Flashback" (Art Farmer) – 6:59
  7. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) – 7:50
  8. "Coming Home" (Kenny Davis) – 6:41

Personnel

References
  1. Jazzlists: Arabesque Jazz discography, accessed May 14, 2018
  2. Noal Cohen and Michael Fitzgerald, Art Farmer discography: 1981-1999, accessed May 14, 2018
  3. Yanow, Scott. Art Farmer: Silk Road – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  4. Ferguson, J. JazzTimes review, accessed May 14, 2018
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