ART FARMER-PHIL WOODS 'What Happens' orig CAMPI (Italy)

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117

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Artist: ART FARMER / PHIL WOODS

Title: What Happens

Label/Catalogue Number: Campi Records (SJG 12001)

Released: original ‘Made In Italy’ pressing

Record Format: 12”

Condition: sleeve and vinyl are excellent (very clean). There is still the original ‘What Happens’ sticker glued on top of the front sleeve (see scan). Only that sticker is a bit used

Comment/Label Description: Cult story (!) Cult label (!) Cult record (!). I found the following information at the internet:

One can only imagine the recording session since details are few. The Art Farmer-Phil Woods-Martial Solal Quintet entered an Italian recording studio around 9 p.m. on the night of October 19, 1968. Reportedly, there was some tension, a clash of styles and personality between Farmer and Solal, during some of the initial takes. The first piece recorded was 'Watch What Happens,' a hard driving tune that sounds as if the band had been playing and improvising together for years. They hadn't. The tune has a rugged quality with a brief sublime duet between Woods and Textier. They thought it was so perfect that it was chosen as the beginning track of the album. The second track is Billy Strayhorn's 'Chelsea Bridge.' Woods' playing is initially dreamy and sexy, then clear and a bit rough, culminating with a tender conclusion. Then mood changes dramatically with the samba-tinged 'Blue Bossa.' Woods and Farmer play as if they are competing for a woman's affection. And then both Solal and Humair have chances to strut their musical wares. On Gigi Gryce's 'Blue Light,' Textier puts down a strong bass foundation allowing the horns to take off and soar. 'The Day After' features the sultry trumpet of Art Farmer. Finally, 'Sunrise Sunset,' the familiar song from 'Fiddler on the Roof' serves as a delicious coda to the evening's work. Sometime after midnight, the Quintet emerged weary from the studio and returned to Rome. Not much else is known. They never recorded as a quintet again. Although an LP was produced and distributed mostly in Europe, it is unlikely that many in this country possess or even know much about the recording. It doesn't show up in most of the catalogs.

Tracks: Watch What Happens, Chelsea Bridge, Blue Bossa, Blue Light, The Day After, Sunrise Sunset

Musicians: Art Farmer (Flugelhorn), Phil Woods (Alto Saxophone), Martial Solal (Piano), Henry Textier (Bass), Daniel Humair (Drums)

Airmail Postage/Packaging:

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GERMANY: 1-7 LPs (5,50 or 7,50 Euro)  8-36 LPs (7,50 Euro)

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