Art Farmer - Interaction

This [reissue] restores to circulation a strong Atlantic date from Art Farmer's immediate post-Jazztet period and features Farmer's quartet playing standards with swinging subtlety. Interaction, from 1963, is a vehicle for the intertwining improvisations of guitarist Jim Hall and Farmer, on flügelhorn, who weaves through and around Hall's sublimely understated lines with disarming ease, elegance, and sensitivity. Their approach draws to mind the great duet outings Hall made with pianist Bill Evans (Undercurrent & Intermodulation). Bassist Steve Swallow, at this time still strictly an acoustic player, and drummer Walter Perkins are also given lots of the spotlight in a intimate mix that highlights the quartet's telepathic interplay. The only misgiving is some occasional distortion in Hall's and Swallow's parts. [...] This cd can be readily recommended to Farmer's fans and to listeners with an interest in any of the players involved.

Jim Todd
 

Source : http://www.allmusic.com/album/interactionsing-me-softly-of-the-blues-r422987/review

Art Farmer Quartet
Interaction

Tracks

1 Days of Wine and Roses (Mancini, Mercer) 6:47
2 By Myself (Dietz, Schwartz) 7:06
3 My Little Suede Shoes (Parker) 5:01
4 Embraceable You (Gershwin, Gershwin) 7:02
5 My Kinda Love (Alter) 7:17
6 Sometime Ago (Mihanovich) 6:22
7 Loads of Love* (Rodgers) 4:52

* Cd only bonus track

 
Personnel
Art Farmer - flghrn
Jim Hall - g
Steve Swallow - b
Walter Perkins - dr

Recorded July 25 & 29 ; August 1, 1963