Blues Farm

Blues Farm is an album by bassist Ron Carter recorded at Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey in 1973 and released on the CTI label.^[1]

Blues Farm
Studio album by Ron Carter
Released	1973
Recorded	January 10, 1973
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:15
Label	CTI
Producer	Creed Taylor
Ron Carter chronology
Alone Together (1972) Blues Farm (1973) All Blues (1973)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Allmusic reviewer Nathan Bush states "Blues Farm's excursions are enjoyable, but somewhat reserved. Both the compositions and performances avoid strong emotions in favor of pleasing palettes of color and texture".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ron Carter except as indicated

1. "Blues Farm" - 7:59
2. "A Small Ballad" - 5:38
3. "Django" (John Lewis) - 5:30
4. "A Hymn for Him" - 8:11
5. "Two-Beat Johnson" - 2:49
6. "R2, M1" - 6:08

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on January 10, 1973

Personnel

• Ron Carter - bass, arranger, conductor
• Hubert Laws - flute (tracks 1, 5 & 6)
• Richard Tee - electric piano, piano (tracks 1, 4 & 5)
• Bob James - piano (tracks 2, 3 & 6)
• Gene Bertoncini (track 5), Sam Brown (track 3) - guitar
• Billy Cobham - drums
• Ralph MacDonald - percussion (tracks 1 & 4-6)

References

1. CTI discography accessed February 9, 2012
2. Bush, N. Allmusic Review accessed February 7, 2012
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 39. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.