Yesterday's Thoughts

1976 studio album by Art Farmer

Studio album by

Art Farmer

Released

1976

Recorded

July 16–17, 1975

Studio

Vanguard Studios, NYC

Genre

Jazz

Length

44:56

Label

East Wind
EW-8025

Producer

Kiyoshi Itoh & Yasohachi Itoh

Art Farmer chronology

A Sleeping Bee
(1974)

Yesterday's Thoughts
(1976)

To Duke with Love
(1975)

Yesterday's Thoughts is an album by Art Farmer recorded in 1975 and originally released on the Japanese East Wind label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Ken Dryden of AllMusic states, " Don't expect to find this long-unavailable LP quickly or at a bargain price, but it is well worth the effort to acquire it".^[2]

Track listing

"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 9:52
"How Insensitive" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes) – 6:35
"Namely You" (Gene de Paul, Johnny Mercer) – 5:58
"Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 9:31
"Yesterday's Thoughts" (Benny Golson) – 8:02
"Firm Roots" (Cedar Walton) – 4:58

Personnel

Art Farmer – flugelhorn
Cedar Walton – piano
Sam Jones – bass
Billy Higgins – drums

References

^ Ziegler, F., East Wind discography accessed August 5, 2014
^ ^a ^b Dryden, K., AllMusic Review accessed August 5, 2014

Art Farmer

Studio albums

When Farmer Met Gryce (1955)
Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce (1955)
The Art Farmer Septet (1956)
Farmer's Market (1956)
2 Trumpets (1957)
Three Trumpets (1957)
Last Night When We Were Young (1958)
Portrait of Art Farmer (1958)
Modern Art (1958)
Brass Shout (1959)
The Aztec Suite (1959)
Art (1961)
Early Art (1962)
Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1963)
Interaction (1963)
Perception (1964)
To Sweden with Love (1964)
The Many Faces of Art Farmer (1964)
Sing Me Softly of the Blues (1965)
New York Jazz Sextet: Group Therapy (1966)
Baroque Sketches (1966)
The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits (1967)
Homecoming (1971)
Gentle Eyes (1972)
Yesterday's Thoughts (1976)
To Duke with Love (1976)
On the Road (1976)
The Summer Knows (1977)
Crawl Space (1977)
Something You Got (1977)
Big Blues (1979)
Yama (1979)
Manhattan (1982)
Mirage (1982)
Warm Valley (1983)
You Make Me Smile (1985)
Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn (1987)
Azure (1987)
Blame It on My Youth (1988)
Ph.D. (1989)
The Time and the Place (2007)

Live albums

Live at the Half-Note (1964)
The Time and the Place: The Lost Concert (1966)
Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (1976)
Central Avenue Reunion (1989)

v t e Cedar Walton
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Cedar! (1967) Spectrum (1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (1969) Soul Cycle (1969) Breakthrough! (1972) A Night at Boomers, Vol. 1 (1973) A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2 (1973) Firm Roots (1974) Pit Inn (1974) Mobius (1975) Eastern Rebellion (1976) The Pentagon (1975) Beyond Mobius (1976) Eastern Rebellion 2 (1977) First Set (1977) Second Set (1977) Third Set (1977) Animation (1978) Eastern Rebellion 3 (1979) Soundscapes (1980) The Maestro (1981) Piano Solos (1981) Heart & Soul (1982) Among Friends (1982) The All American Trio (1983) Eastern Rebellion 4 (1983) Cedar's Blues (1985) The Trio 1 (1985) The Trio 2 (1985) The Trio 3 (1985) Cedar Walton (1985) Bluesville Time (1985) Blues for Myself (1986) Cedar Walton Plays (1986) Duo (1990) Cedar Walton at Maybeck (1992) Manhattan Afternoon (1992) Composer (1996) Roots (1997) The Promise Land (2001) Latin Tinge (2002) Underground Memoirs (2005) Midnight Waltz (2005) One Flight Down (2006) Seasoned Wood (2008) Voices Deep Within (2009) The Bouncer (2011)
As sideman with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Three Blind Mice (1961) Mosaic (1961) Buhaina's Delight (1961) Caravan (1962) Ugetsu (1963) Free for All (1964) Kyoto (1964) Indestructible (1964) Golden Boy (1964) Buhaina (1973) Anthenagin (1973)
With Art Farmer (or where stated), Benny Golson & The Jazztet	Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Golson, 1960–61) The Jazztet and John Lewis (The Jazztet, 1960–61) Big City Sounds (The Jazztet, 1961) The Jazztet at Birdhouse (The Jazztet, 1961) The Time and the Place (1967) The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits (1967) Homecoming (1971) Yesterday's Thoughts (1975) To Duke with Love (1975) The Summer Knows (1976) Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (1976) Voices All (The Jazztet, 1982)
With Eddie Harris	Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (1964) The In Sound (1965) Mean Greens (1966) The Tender Storm (1966) Excursions (1966) How Can You Live Like That? (1976)
With Billy Higgins	Soweto (1979) The Soldier (1979) Once More (1980) Bridgework (1980–86) Billy Higgins Quintet (1993)
With Milt Jackson	Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art (1965) Born Free (1966) Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (1968) Goodbye (1972–73) Olinga (1974)
With Etta James	Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday (1994) Time After Time (1995) 12 Songs of Christmas (1998) Blue Gardenia (2000–1)
With Clifford Jordan	Spellbound (1960) Starting Time (1961) Bearcat (1962) These are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly (1965) Glass Bead Games (1973) Half Note (1974) Night of the Mark VII (aka, The Highest Mountain, Muse, 1975) On Stage Vol. 1 (1975) On Stage Vol. 2 (1975) On Stage Vol. 3 (1975) Firm Roots (1975) The Highest Mountain (SteepleChase, 1975)
With Blue Mitchell	The Cup Bearers (1962) Boss Horn (1966) Stratosonic Nuances (1975) Summer Soft (1977)
With Houston Person	Chocomotive (1967) Trust in Me (1967) Blue Odyssey (1968) Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (1972) The Big Horn (1976) Very Personal (1980) Naturally (2012)
With others	God Bless Jug and Sonny (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973) Left Bank Encores (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973) Something for Lester (Ray Brown, 1977) Slow Drag (Donald Byrd, 1967) The Almoravid (Joe Chambers, 1971–73) Somethin's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1981) Broken Shadows (Ornette Coleman, 1971–72) Katumbo (Dance) (Johnny Coles, 1971) Giant Steps (John Coltrane, 1959) Up, Up and Away (Sonny Criss, 1967) The Beat Goes On! (Sonny Criss, 1968) This Is the Moment! (Kenny Dorham, 1958) Blue Spring (Kenny Dorham & Cannonball Adderley, 1959) It's All Right! (Teddy Edwards, 1967) Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961) Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972) Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Generation (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Bush Dance (Johnny Griffin, 1978) Roots (Slide Hampton, 1985) The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961) Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962) Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966) Hub Cap (Freddie Hubbard, 1961) Here to Stay (Freddie Hubbard, 1962) The Body & the Soul (Freddie Hubbard,1963) Bolivia (Freddie Hubbard, 1991) Highway One (Bobby Hutcherson, 1978) Farewell Keystone (Bobby Hutcherson, 1982) Really Livin' (J.J. Johnson, 1959) J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960) Save Your Love for Me (Etta Jones, 1986) Advance! (Philly Joe Jones, 1978) Drum Song (Philly Joe Jones, 1978) Seven Minds (Sam Jones, 1974) Something in Common (Sam Jones, 1974–77) First Class Kloss! (Eric Kloss, 1967) Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln, 1959) Strings! (Pat Martino, 1967) From This Moment On! (Charles McPherson, 1968) Horizons (Charles McPherson, 1968) Caramba! (Lee Morgan, 1968) The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1968) The Mode (Sonny Red, 1961) Sonny Red (1971) Setting Standards (Woody Shaw, 1983) For Losers (Archie Shepp, 1968–69) Kwanza (Archie Shepp, 1968–69) Now Is the Time (Idrees Sulieman, 1976) Goodbye Yesterday (Lucky Thompson, 1972) Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail (Lucky Thompson, 1972) I Offer You (Lucky Thompson, 1973) Another Story (Stanley Turrentine, 1969) Up Front (David Williams, 1986)