Happy Birthday Art Farmer!
August 20, 2008
Happy Birthday Art Farmer!
Arthur Stewart Farmer, August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999.
I would like to say a special Happy Birthday to one of my personal mentors, Art Farmer. Art began performing as a jazz trumpeter in the 1940’s and 50’s. He, along with Clark Terry, was influential in bringing the flugelhorn into the sounds of jazz. He also later played what I just learned was called a Flumpet, a combination trumpet and flugelhorn designed for him by David Monette.
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Recordings from Art Farmer and Kenny Dorham
July 30, 2008
Art Farmer, ‘Brass Shout/Aztec Suite’
Check out these re-mastered albums originally created with Big Brass sections and full orchestras in 1959. On Brass Shout an outstanding version of APRIL IN PARIS is just one of the surprises presented. On Aztec Suite, along with some multi-faceted exoticism, you can dig the Latin rhythms in HEAT WAVE and DRUME NEGRITA. A great release for Art Farmer fans!
