Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter (1928-1999) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 71
Arthur Stewart Farmer was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet-flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, double bassist Addison Farmer, started playing professionally while at high school in Los Angeles.
Art Farmer is read about 100 times a day, in 27 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 9 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 111 days, one point a day.
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Benny Golson Bandmate in The Jazztet
Creed Taylor Produced Crawl Space and Something You Got- Bob Weinstock Produced When Farmer Met Gryce and Early Art
Albert Heath Bandmate in The Jazztet
Teo Macero Produced Baroque Sketches (1966)
Donald Byrd Duets: 2 Trumpets and Three Trumpets
Gerry Mulligan Also in The Subterraneans and I Want to Live!
Larry Coryell Duets: September Ballads (1988)
Arthur Freed Produced The Subterraneans (1960)
Jimmy Heath Duets: From Vienna with Art (1970)
Arif Mardin Produced Sing Me Softly of the Blues (1965)
Mark Murphy Duets: September Ballads (1988)
Shelly Manne Also in The Subterraneans and I Want to Live!- Tom Wilson Produced Brass Shout (1959)
Enrico Pieranunzi Produced Isis (1981)- Eddie Costa Duets: In Their Own Sweet Way (1962)
Nasuhi Ertegün Produced Interaction (1963)- Idrees Sulieman Duets: Three Trumpets (1957)
Fritz Pauer Duets: Azure (1987)- Ranald MacDougall Directed The Subterraneans (1960)
Egil Kapstad Duets: My Wonderful One (1988)
Terje Venaas Duets: My Wonderful One (1988)
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Art gained greater attention after the release of a recording of his composition "Farmer's Market" in 1952. He subsequently moved from Los Angeles to New York, where he performed and recorded with musicians such as Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins, and Gigi Gryce and became known principally as a bebop player.
