Wednesday, July 22, 2026

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:  Listen To Art Farmer And The Orchestra (Verve Vault Series (2026)

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

Label:  Verve

Rating:  *****


Format:  LP


Tracks:


Side A:


 1.  Street Of Drfeams (4:13)

 2.  Rain Check (3:37)

 3.  Rue Prevail (4:03)

 4.  The Sweetest Sounds (From "No Strings") (4:32)


Side B:


 1.  My Romance (From "Jumbo") (4:52)

 2.  Fly Me To The Moon (2:51)

 3.  Naima (5:18)

 4.  Ruby (4:38)


Personnel:


Art Farmer:  Flugelhorn

Ray Copeland: Trumpet

Rolf Ericson:  Trumpet

Bernie Glow:  Trumpet

Ernie Royal:  Trumpet

Paul Serrano:  Trumpet

Clark Terry:  Trumpet

Snooky Young:  Trumpet

Jimmy Cleveland:  Trombone

Urbie Green:  Trombone

Tommy Mitchell:  Trombone

Paul Faulise:  Bass Trombone

Tony Studd:  Bass Trombone

Ray Alonge:  French Horn

Jim Buffington:  French Horn

Bob Northern:  French Horn

Danny Bank: 

Ray Beckenstein:  Reeds

Phil Bodner:  Reeds

Walt Levinsky: Reeds

Romeo Penque:  Reeds

Stan Webb:  Reeds

Phil Woods:  Reeds

Tommy Flanagan:  Piano

Barry Galbraith:  Guitar

Jim Hall:  Guitar

George Duvivier:  Bass

Charlie Persip:  Drums

Ray Barretto:  Percussion

Willie Rodriguez:  Percussion

Oliver Nelson:  Conductor


Listen To Art Farmer And The Orchestra is an album by Art Farmer, originally released in 1963 by Mercury, remastered and reissued on July 10, 2026 by Verve.  Pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl.








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