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The Aztec Suite
| Recorded | Nov 1959 |
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| Label | United Artists Records |
| Released | 1959 |
| Personnel | 4 credited players |
| Discogs | master 889009 |
The record
Latin-tinged and programmatic, this late-'59 suite stretches the working quartet format well past standards, Hank Jones' understated touch meeting Farmer's flugelhorn-adjacent lyricism throughout. Brother Addison and Persip's crisp drumming keep the rhythm section genuinely simpatico.
Session personnel
- Addison Farmer — bass
- Charlie Persip — drums
- Art Farmer — leader, trumpet
- Hank Jones — piano
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1959 | United Artists Records · UAL 4062 — Vinyl, LP, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1959 | United Artists Records — STEREO |
| 1959 | United Artists Records · UAL 4062 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono |
| 1959 | United Artists Records · UATC 2122 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel |
| 1960 | United Artists Records · UAL 4082 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1960 | United Artists Records · UAS 5082 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1960 | United Artists Records · UAT-5023 — Vinyl, LP, Mono |
| 1960 | London American Recordings · LTZ-T.15198 — Vinyl, LP, Mono |
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