1. Nica's Dream
2. Autumn Leaves
3. Moanin'
4. April In Paris
5. Five Spot After Dark
6. Stella By Starlight
7. Minor Vamp
8. The Aztec Suite
9. Heat Wave
10. Delirio
11. Woody 'N' You
12. Drume Negrita
13. Alone Together
Album Description
First time on CD for two of ace trumpeter Art Farmer's outstanding albums. This two-fer features Brass Shout and The Aztec Suite, both originally released in 1959. Farmer gets musical assistance on these recordings from Lee Morgan, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Cleveland, Percy Heath, Philly Joe Jones, Hank Jones and Bobby Timmons. Gambit. 2006.
Album Details
Two Outstanding Farmer Albums Issued Here for the First Time on CD! Includes the Complete LPs "brass Shout" (Arranged by Benny Golson) and "the Aztec Suite" (Arranged by Chico O'farril). Featuring Lee Morgan, Jimmy Cleveland, Zoot Sims, Hank Jones, Percy Heath and Philly Joe Jones.
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Brass Shout/The Aztec Suite
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2008-05-13)
- Publisher: Blue Note Records
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Studio: Blue Note Records
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 2 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #41557
Avg. Customer Review:
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Good music, Ok recording quality 2008-06-20
Comment: Having been a fan of Art, Benny and Chico for many years, I was excited to hear such albums existed and loved that they were put on one CD under Blue Note's Connoisseur series. After carefully hearing the tunes, I was not surprised that I enjoyed all of them and was expecting to hear great arrangements from both arrangers and orchestras. However, I would have enjoyed hearing Benny Golson's recordings cleaned up, there was too much hiss and crackling to the point where it was annoying. The Chico O'Farrill material was good (Fair, luckily my favorite tunes were on the second half. Over all I give it a 3 star.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Art in big-band settings 2007-06-01
Comment: The two albums on this CD originally were recorded for United Artist in 1959, and both feature Art with large orchestras. "Brass Shout" is purposely top-heavy with brass players (trumpets, trombones, French horns, tuba), and in this instance at least, arranger Benny Golson has a strong affinity for the French horn: Julius Watkins takes a number of solos throughout the proceedings. Golson also presents two of his better, if lesser known, compositions, FIVE SPOT AFTER DARK (Art has an excellent muted solo here) and MINOR VAMP, and these along with Horace Silver's NICA'S DREAM and Bobby Timmons's MOANIN' are the highlights of the album. Anyone who thinks Count Basie has a monopoly on the way APRIL IN PARIS should be played will be in for a surprise with the version here.
"Aztec Suite" also has a big brass section, though there's a good saxophone section as well, with tenorman Zoot Sims taking the solos; he's especially fine on WOODY'N'YOU. Chico O'Farrill has the arranging honors, and his Latin preferences are in the fore. The title track is a 16-minute multi-faceted work whose exoticism sometimes detracts from its jazz concerns. The Latin rhythms dominate on HEAT WAVE and DRUME NEGRITA. These two albums probably put bigger feathers in the caps of Golson and O'Farrill than in Farmer's, but they are interesting to hear and are perfect together on one CD.
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Brass Shout/The Aztec Suite
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