Back to the City


Back to the City is a live album by the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet featuring Curtis Fuller recorded at the Sweet Basil Jazz Club in New York in 1986 and originally released on the Contemporary label.

Reception

of Allmusic calls the album "Timeless hard bop music".The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album stars, saying it "features some lesser known items from the band's book, including a rare outing for Farmer as a composer".

Track listing

All compositions by Benny Golson except as indicated
  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

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