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
Real Time (1986) Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn (1987) Blame It on My Youth (1988)

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]

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

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

Personnel

• Art Farmer - flugelhorn, trumpet
• Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
• James Williams - piano
• Rufus Reid - bass
• Marvin "Smitty" Smith - drums

References