Live at the Half-Note

{{About|Art Farmer's jazz album|other jazz albums recorded at the Half Note Club|Half note (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Live at the Half-Note | type = Live album | artist = [[Art Farmer]] Quartet featuring [[Jim Hall (musician)|Jim Hall]] | cover = Live at the Half-Note.jpg | alt = | released = 1964 | recorded = December 5, 6 & 7, 1963 | venue = [[Half Note Club]], New York City | studio = | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 37:26 | label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]<br><small>SD 1421</small> | producer = [[Arif Mardin]] | chronology = [[Art Farmer]] | prev_title = [[Interaction (album)|Interaction]] | prev_year = 1962 | next_title = [[To Sweden with Love]] | next_year = 1964 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Jim Hall (musician)|Jim Hall]] | type = Live album | prev_title = [[Interaction (album)|Interaction]] | prev_year = 1962 | title = Live at the Half-Note | year = 1963 | next_title = [[To Sweden with Love]] | next_year = 1964 }} }} '''''Live at the Half-Note''''' is an album by [[Art Farmer]]'s Quartet featuring guitarist [[Jim Hall (musician)|Jim Hall]] recorded in 1963 at the [[Half Note Club]] and released on the [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] label.<ref name="Art Farmer discography">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080113012231/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician_discography.php?id=6637#anchor121 Art Farmer discography] accessed June 20, 2012</ref>

== Reception == {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[Allmusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> }} The [[Allmusic]] review by [[Scott Yanow]] states, "Hall was a perfect musical partner for Farmer since both musicians have mellow sounds and thoughtful improvising styles that are more complex than expected".<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-half-note-mw0000194523 Allmusic Review] accessed June 20, 2012</ref>

==Track listing== # "[[Stompin' at the Savoy]]" ([[Benny Goodman]], [[Andy Razaf]], [[Edgar Sampson]], [[Chick Webb]]) - 12:27 # "Swing Spring" ([[Miles Davis]]) - 5:51 # "[[What's New?]]" ([[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]], [[Bob Haggart]]) - 4:24 # "[[I Want to Be Happy]]" ([[Irving Caesar]], [[Vincent Youmans]]) - 9:41 # "[[I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You]]" ([[George Bassman]], [[Ned Washington]]) - 5:03

==Personnel== *[[Art Farmer]] - [[flugelhorn]] *[[Jim Hall (musician)|Jim Hall]] - [[guitar]] *[[Steve Swallow]] - [[double bass|bass]] *[[Walter Perkins (musician)|Walter Perkins]] - [[drum kit|drums]]

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[[Category:1964 live albums]] [[Category:Art Farmer live albums]] [[Category:Jim Hall (musician) live albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Arif Mardin]] [[Category:Atlantic Records live albums]]