Central Avenue Reunion

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album| | name = Central Avenue Reunion | type = Live album | artist = [[Art Farmer]] & [[Frank Morgan (musician)|Frank Morgan]] | cover = Central Avenue Reunion.jpg | alt = | released = 1990 | recorded = May 26–27, 1989 | venue = Kimball's East, [[Emeryville, CA]] | studio = | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 62:00 | label = [[Contemporary Records|Contemporary]] C 14057 | producer = Helen Keane | chronology = [[Art Farmer]] | prev_title = [[Ph.D. (Art Farmer album)|Ph.D.]] | prev_year = 1989 | next_title = [[Soul Eyes (Art Farmer album)|Soul Eyes]] | next_year = 1990 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Frank Morgan (musician)|Frank Morgan]] | type = Live album | prev_title = [[Reflections (1989 Frank Morgan album)|Reflections]] | prev_year = 1989 | title = Central Avenue Reunion | year = 1989 | next_title = [[Mood Indigo (album)|Mood Indigo]] | next_year = 1989 }} }}

'''''Central Avenue Reunion''''' is a live album by [[Art Farmer]] and [[Frank Morgan (musician)|Frank Morgan]] recorded in Emeryville, CA in 1989 and originally released on the [[Contemporary Records|Contemporary]] label.<ref name="Art Farmer discography">[http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-farmer/catalog/#contemporary-c-14057 Art Farmer discography] accessed July 31, 2014</ref><ref>[https://jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/MorganFrank-ldr.php Frank Morgan Leader Entry] accessed December 18, 2018</ref>

== Reception == {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[Allmusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> |rev2 = [[Los Angeles Times]] |rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}} <ref name="LATimes"/> |rev3 = [[Penguin Guide to Jazz]] |rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}} <ref name="Penguin Guide"/> }} [[Scott Yanow]] of [[Allmusic]] said "This CD is filled with high-quality bebop that is easily recommended to straight-ahead jazz fans".<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/central-avenue-reunion-mw0000207356 Allmusic Review] accessed July 31, 2014</ref> the [[Los Angeles Times]] review observed "this quintet session harks back to the halcyon days of the 1940s Central Avenue scene, when jazz could be heard in countless clubs almost 'round the clock. Trumpeter Farmer and altoist Morgan were bandstand-mates then and they both still embrace the be-bop style: Farmer is a little more true and precise in his improvisations, whereas Morgan likes to let his lines squiggle chaotically on occasion".<ref name="LATimes">Stewart, Z., [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-27-ca-187-story.html Los Angeles Times Review], May 27, 1990</ref> The [[Chicago Tribune]] noted "Trumpeter Art Farmer`s mellow lyrical style fits easily with alto saxophonist Frank Morgan`s plaintive phrasing. The result is charming and satisfying, like an evening with people you like to be with".<ref>Fuller, J., [https://web.archive.org/web/20131002090048/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-06-10/entertainment/9002170181_1_frank-morgan-central-avenue-reunion-fits Chicago Tribune Review], June 10, 1990</ref> ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz]]'' awarded the album 3 stars saying it had "A few fine moments amid a generally routine record".<ref name="Penguin Guide">{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2 = Brian Morton|author-link2 = Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|orig-year = 1992|edition = 8th|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 978-0-141-02327-4|pages = [https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook_1/page/432 432]|chapter = Art Farmer|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook_1/page/432}}</ref>

==Track listing== # "Star Eyes" ([[Gene de Paul]], [[Don Raye]]) - 8:43 # "Farmer's Market" (Art Farmer) - 6:58 # "[[Embraceable You]]" ([[George Gershwin]], [[Ira Gershwin]]) - 6:48 # "Blue Minor" ([[Sonny Clark]]) - 7:08 # "[[I Remember You (1941 song)|I Remember You]]" ([[Johnny Mercer]], [[Victor Schertzinger]]) - 9:03 # "[[Don't Blame Me (Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh song)|Don't Blame Me]]" ([[Dorothy Fields]], [[Jimmy McHugh]]) - 5:45 # "Cool Struttin'" (Clark) - 9:21 # "[[Donna Lee]]" ([[Charlie Parker]]) - 6:30 Bonus track on CD

==Personnel== *[[Art Farmer]] - [[trumpet]], [[flugelhorn]] *[[Frank Morgan (musician)|Frank Morgan]] - [[alto saxophone]] *[[Lou Levy (pianist)|Lou Levy]] - [[piano]] *[[Eric Von Essen]] - [[double bass|bass]] *[[Albert Heath]] - [[drum kit|drums]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Contemporary Records live albums]] [[Category:Art Farmer live albums]] [[Category:Frank Morgan (musician) live albums]] [[Category:1989 live albums]]