Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn

Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
Studio album by Art Farmer
Released	1987
Recorded	January 14–15, 1987; New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:42
Label	Contemporary; C 14029
Producer	Helen Keane
Art Farmer chronology

Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn is an album by Art Farmer recorded in New York in 1987 and originally released on the Contemporary label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic said "This very logical set is a real gem... Farmer brings the right combination of sensitivity, swing, respect for the melody, and creativity to these renditions and the results are quite memorable".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Billy Strayhorn except as indicated

"Isfahan" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) - 7:25
"Blood Count" - 6:08
"Johnny Come Lately" - 5:39
"Something to Live For" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 6:07
"Upper Manhattan Medical Group" - 7:07
"Rain Check" - 6:44
"Day Dream" (Ellington, Strayhorn, John La Touche) - 5:12 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

References

^ Art Farmer discography accessed July 30, 2014
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed July 30, 2014
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 471. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Art_Farmer_discography-1] Art Farmer discography accessed July 30, 2014

[Allmusic-2] Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed July 30, 2014

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 471. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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