The Aztec Suite

1959 studio album by Art Farmer

The Aztec Suite

Studio album by

Art Farmer

Released| 1959
Recorded| November 1959
Webster Hall, New York City
Genre| Jazz
Length| 33:31
Label| United Artists
UAL 4082
Producer| Jack Lewis
Art Farmer chronology
| Brass Shout
(1959)  | The Aztec Suite
(1959)  | Meet the Jazztet
(1960)

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Allmusic| [1]
DownBeat| [2]

The Aztec Suite is an album by trumpeter Art Farmer featuring performances arranged by Chico O'Farrill recorded in 1959 and originally released on the United Artists label.[3]

## Reception

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The Allmusic review stated: "In spite of the assurances of the uncredited liner notes author who states that "since its introduction, it has become a jazz classic," this suite sounds uneven and rather dated".[1]

## Track listing

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1. "The Aztec Suite" (Chico O'Farrill) - 16:24
2. "Heat Wave" (Irving Berlin) - 3:35
3. "Deliro" (Felipe Domínguez) - 2:50
4. "Woody 'N You" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 3:14
5. "Drume Negrita" (Eliseo Grenet) - 3:07
6. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 4:21

## Personnel

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* Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Nick Travis \- trumpet
* Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rehak \- trombone
* Jim Buffington \- French horn
* Zoot Sims, Seldon Powell \- tenor saxophone
* Hank Jones \- piano
* Addison Farmer \- bass
* Charlie Persip \- drums
* José Mangual - percussion
* Chico O'Farrill \- arranger
* Al Cohn \- conductor

## References

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1. ^ a b Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed June 19, 2012
2. ^ DeMichael, Don (14 April 1960). "Art Farmer: The Aztec Suite". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 8\. p. 31.
3. ^ Art Farmer discography accessed June 19, 2012

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Studio albums|

* When Farmer Met Gryce (1955)
* Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce (1955)
* The Art Farmer Septet (1956)
* Farmer's Market (1956)
* 2 Trumpets (1957)
* Three Trumpets (1957)
* Last Night When We Were Young (1958)
* Portrait of Art Farmer (1958)
* Modern Art (1958)
* Brass Shout (1959)
* The Aztec Suite (1959)
* Art (1961)
* Early Art (1962)
* Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1963)
* Interaction  (1963)
* Perception (1964)
* To Sweden with Love (1964)
* The Many Faces of Art Farmer (1964)
* Sing Me Softly of the Blues (1965)
* New York Jazz Sextet: Group Therapy (1966)
* Baroque Sketches (1966)
* The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits (1967)
* Homecoming (1971)
* Gentle Eyes (1972)
* Yesterday's Thoughts (1976)
* To Duke with Love (1976)
* On the Road (1976)
* The Summer Knows (1977)
* Crawl Space (1977)
* Something You Got (1977)
* Big Blues (1979)
* Yama (1979)
* Manhattan (1982)
* Mirage (1982)
* Warm Valley (1983)
* You Make Me Smile (1985)
* Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn (1987)
* Azure (1987)
* Blame It on My Youth (1988)
* Ph.D.  (1989)
* The Time and the Place (2007)

Live albums|

* Live at the Half-Note (1964)
* The Time and the Place: The Lost Concert (1966)
* Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (1976)
* Central Avenue Reunion (1989)

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With
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* J Is for Jazz (1956)
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Nelson|

* Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66)
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* Dear John C. (Elvin Jones, 1965)
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* Flute Suite (A.K. Salim, 1957)
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* The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967)
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* Basie & Zoot (and Count Basie, 1975)
* The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1975)
* Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (and Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, 1975)
* Soprano Sax (1976)
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* For Lady Day (1978)
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* The Sweetest Sounds (and Rune Gustafsson, 1979)
* Just Friends (and Harry Edison, 1980)
* Art 'n' Zoot (and Art Pepper, 1981)

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* Al and Zoot (1957)
* Blues and Haikus (Jack Kerouac, 1959)
* SteveIreneo! (and Irene Kral, Steve Allen, 1959)
* Son of Drum Suite (Cohn, 1960)
* You 'n' Me (1960)
* Either Way (1961)
* Jazz Mission to Moscow (Cohn, 1962)
* Body and Soul (1973)
* Motoring Along (1974)

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Quincy
Jones|

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* The Birth of a Band! (1959)
* Quincy Plays for Pussycats (1962)
* Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964)

With
Gerry
Mulligan|

* California Concerts (1954)
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* Mainstream of Jazz (1956)
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* Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963)
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* Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959)
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* Louis Bellson Quintet (1954)
* The Genius of Ray Charles (1959)
* Jazz Is Universal (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band, 1961)
* Chris Connor (1956)
* The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin, 1960)
* Loose Blues (Bill Evans, 1962)
* The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959)
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* Creole Cookin' (Bobby Hackett, 1967)
* The Hawk in Hi Fi (Coleman Hawkins, 1956)
* Portraits on Standards (Stan Kenton, 1953)
* The Kenton Era (Stan Kenton, 1953)
* The Manhattan Transfer (released 1975)
* Profiles (Gary McFarland, 1966)
* Something to Swing About (Carmen McRae, 1959)
* Ms. Jazz (Carmen McRae, 1973)
* Metronome All-Stars 1956 (1956)
* The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1962)
* Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose, 1954)
* Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson, 1966)
* The Sound of Feeling (Oliver Nelson, 1966)
* Jazzhattan Suite (Oliver Nelson/Jazz Interactions Orchestra, 1967)

* All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day, 1962)
* Transition (Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, 1974)
* Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954)
* Samba Para Dos (Lalo Schifrin, Bob Brookmeyer, 1963)
* Moonlight in Vermont (Johnny Smith, 1952)
* Phoebe Snow (1974)
* Broadway Soul (Sonny Stitt, 1965)
* Vaughan and Violins (Sarah Vaughan, 1958)
* The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (Sarah Vaughan, 1979)
* Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More (Sarah Vaughan, 1979)
* The Jazz Guitarist (Chuck Wayne, 1953)
* At Newport '63 (Joe Williams, 1963)

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