Art Farmer

 

Artist:  Art Farmer
Birth Name:  Arthur Stewart Farmer
Born:  August 21, 1928.  Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
Died:  October 4, 1999 (Aged 71).  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer
Instruments: Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Flumpet

Art Farmer was an American Jazz Trumpeter.  He started playing professionally while in high school.  He recorded with musicians such as Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins, and Gigi Gryce and became known principally as a Bebop player.  He went on to join Gerry Mulligan's Quartet and, with Benny Golson, to co-found The Jazzet.  He recorded more than 50 albums under his own name, a dozen with The Jazztet, and dozens more with others.

Title:  Portrait Of Art Farmer (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series) (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz

Label:  Craft Recordings

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Back In The Cage (5:04)

 2.  Stablemates (4:32)

 3.  The Very Thought Of You (5:41)

 4.  And Now (6:07)

Side 2:

 1.  Nita (4:28)

 2.  By Myself (6:15)

 3.  Too Late Now (5:55)

 4.  Earth (4:10)

Personnel:

Art Farmer:  Trumpet

Hank Jones:  Piano

Addison Farmer:  Bass

Roy Haynes:  Drums

Portrait Of Art Farmer is an album by Art Farmer, originally released in 1958 by Contemporary Records, remastered and reissued on November 10, 2025 by Craft Recordings.  Pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl.