''Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce'' (also released as ''Evening in Casablanca'') is an album by trumpeter Art Farmer's Quintet featuring saxophonist Gigi Gryce. It was recorded in 1955 and released on the Prestige label.Prestige Records discography
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Reception

In his review for

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, Stephen Cook calls the album "a set that qualifies as one of Farmer's best. A must for every jazz collection".Cook, S
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accessed June 18, 2012 The Penguin Guide to Jazz is similarly positive, giving it a maximum four-star rating. It comments on the strengths of Gryce's compositions, mentioning "Evening in Casablanca" and "Satellite" for their "unusual structures" and "Nica's Tempo" for being "constructed more from key centres than from chords, tmight be his masterpiece".

Track listing

All compositions by Gigi Gryce except where noted. # "Forecast" (Duke Jordan) — 4:48 # "Evening in Casablanca" — 5:20 # "Nica's Tempo" — 7:50 # "Satellite" — 4:21 # "Sans Souci" — 6:39 # "Shabozz" — 5:32

Personnel

* Art Farmer —

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* Gigi Gryce —

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...

* Duke Jordan —

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

* Addison Farmer — bass *

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drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

References

{{Authority control Prestige Records albums Art Farmer albums Gigi Gryce albums 1955 albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Albums produced by Bob Weinstock Albums recorded in a home studio