Art Farmer

Art Farmer

Arthur Stewart "Art" Farmer (født d. 21. august 1928 i Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA – død d. 4. oktober 1999) var en amerikansk trompetist og flygelhornist.

Farmer huskes nok bedst for sin kvartet med Guitaristen Jim Hall, (Senere Pianisten Steve Kuhn) , bassisten Steve Swallow, og trommeslageren Pete La Roca i 60´erne.

Han har ligeledes spillet med Horace Silver, Gerry Mulligan, George Russell, Oliver Nelson og the Kenny Clarke -Francy Boland Bigband.

Havde også fra 1959 til 1962 en Jazztet med saxofonisten Benny Golson.

Farmer som spiller mest flygelhorn, spiller i cooljazz stil. og ynder at spille i en klangful stil alla Chet Baker.

Diskografi

• Art Farmer Septet
• When Farmer Met Gryce
• Two Trumpets
• Farmers Market
• Modern Art
• Potrait of Art Farmer
• Brass Shout
• Meet the Jazztet
• Perception
• Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra
• To Sweden With Love
• A Sleeping Bee
• Yesterdays Thoughts
• On The Road
• Ambrosia
• Maiden Voyage
• Real Time
• Back to the City
• Something to Live For
• Blame it on My Youth
• Foolish Memories
• To Wienna with Art
• Ph. D
• Soul Eyes
• The company I Keep
• The Meaning of Art
• Out of the Past
• Silk Road
• The Quartets
• Live at the Standford Jazz Workshop
• Art Farmer and the Jazz Giants
• Artistry
• At Bird House
• What Happens
• To Duke With Love
• The Summer Knows
• The Boomers