Silk Road is an album by Art Farmer which was recorded in 1996 and released on the Arabesque label the following year.

Playing the flumpet (which is a cross between a trumpet and a flugelhorn), Farmer is heard throughout this 1996 set in top form ...

While his sidemen play quite well, the warm-toned and swinging Farmer is consistently the main star, and at age 68 he proves to still be in his prime".

[3] In JazzTimes, Jim Ferguson wrote "Richly melodic but bold, Farmer’s influential, distinctive approach is facilitated by his full-toned instrument-the flumpet, a cross between the trumpet and the fluegelhorn.

Rife with winning performances, Silk Road reflects the current state of one of jazz’s best".