The table below summarizes the commercially released albums with Art Farmer as leader, co-leader or featured artist recorded outside of the United States. As can be seen, starting in 1953, Farmer recorded with a wide variety of artists, some internationally recognized and others best known within their own country or region.
The “European” Quintet that he ultimately assembled was made up of saxophonist Harry Sokal (Austria, b.1954), pianist Fritz Pauer (Austria, 1943-2012), bassist Paulo Cardoso (Brazil, 1953-2018) and drummer Mario Gonzi (Austria, b. 1966). It is this ensemble that is present on the 1998 CD, Art Farmer Quintet Live at Jazzland. Jazzland, located in Vienna, where Farmer lived for three decades, is one of Europe’s most enduring clubs, still going strong after 50 years.
In 2016, Sokal recorded a tribute to Farmer issued as I Remember Art on the Austrian Alessa label. This CD was nominated for a German Record Critics Award (Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik).
Of course, Farmer often crossed paths with other American artists either ex-patriots or those just touring including saxophonists Jimmy Heath, Phil Woods, Jackie McLean, Lee Konitz, Stan Getz and Bennie Wallace, trombonists Slide Hampton and Bob Brookmeyer and pianist Hank Jones. For further information on these recordings, see the Discography.
The information shown below is:
Recording Date
Album Title
Album Catalog Number
Location of Recording
In most instances, the first issue is shown. In the case of compilations, dates and locations refer to the tracks that Farmer is on.
| 1953-09-15 Clifford Brown, Art Farmer and the Swedish All Stars Prestige PRLP 167 Stockholm, Sweden |  |
| 1953-09-28,10-10 Art Farmer New Jazz Stars Vogue (Eng.) EPV 1045 Paris, France |  |
| 1964-04-28 To Sweden with Love Atlantic 1430 Stockholm, Sweden |  |
| 1964-04 From Sweden with Love Dragon (Swd.) DRCD 463, 466 Stockholm, Sweden |  |
| 1968 I’ve Been Around (with Giovanni Tommaso trio) Musica Jazz (It.) MJCD 1154 Rome, Italy |  |
| 1968-01-29 Art Farmer, Jimmy Heath, Slide Hampton & Erich Kleinschuster Sextet 1968/71, Vol. 2 Universal (Eu.) CD 06025 17413733 Vienna, Austria |  |
| 1968-03-19 Art Worker (with Erich Kleinschuster septet) Lotus (It.) ORL 8293 Vienna, Austria |  |
| 1968-10-12 What Happens? (with Phil Woods) Campi (It.) SJG 12.001 Rome, Italy |  |
| 1969-06-05 10th International Jazz Festival Ljubljana ’69 (with RTV Zagreb Big Band) Helidon (Yug.) 08-002 Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (Slovenia) |  |
| 1969-07 Many Moons - July ’69 (Live Recordings) Featuring Art Farmer & Bertil Lövgren Louhi (Fin.) CD 09001 Jyvaskyla, Finland |  |
| 1970-02-05 Golden Hours (with RTV Zagreb Big Band) Jugoton (Croat.) LSY 68095 Zagreb, Croatia |  |
| 1970-04-21 The 1st Turku Jazz 1970 (with Heikki Sarmanto) Artie Music (Fin.) AMCD 1046 Turku, Finland |  |
| 1970-04-24 Live In Oulu, Finland 1970 (with Heikki Sarmanto) Not On Label (Fin.) HEIKKI 001 Oulu, Finland |  |
| 1970-05-04 Art Farmer in Europe Enja (Ger.) 9113-2 Munich, Germany |  |
| 1970-06-05 11th International Jazz Festival Lubljana ’70 (with Zagreb Jazz Quartet) Helidon (Yug.) 08-003 Ljubljana, Yugoslvia (Slovenia) |  |
| 1970-09-07 From Vienna with Art MPS (Ger.) 15 282 ST Villingen, Germany |  |
| 1971-09-15 21. Internationales Jazz Festival in Zurich, 1971: The Authentic Live Recordings (all-star trumpet workshop) MPS (Ger.) 33 21277-7 Zurich, Switzerland |  |
| 1972 Gentle Eyes Mainstream MRL 371 Vienna, Austria |  |
| 1972-01-12 North Sea Jazz Sessions, Vol. 1 (with Louis van Dijk Trio) Jazz World JWD 102.201 Hilversum, The Netherlands |  |
| 1974-01-04 A Sleeping Bee Grammofonverket (Swd.) EFG 501 5 084 Stockholm, Sweden |  |
| 1974-12 Talk to Me (with ORF Big Band) Pye (Eng.) NSPL 18465 Vienna, Austria |  |
| 1977-04-26 Art Farmer-Jackie McLean Quintet: Complete Live in Tokyo 1977 Jazz On Jazz (Eu.) 244553 Tokyo, Japan |  |
| 1977-04-27 Art Farmer Live in Tokyo (with J. McLean) CTI (Jpn.) GP 3116 Tokyo, Japan |  |
| 1977-11-12 Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 32 (JazzLive Trio) TCB (Swi.) 02322 Zurich, Switzerland |  |
| 1978-12 The Exciting Jazz of the Early Seventies Enja (Ger.) ENJ 9654-2 Rosenheim, Germany |  |
| 1979-05-25 Something Tasty (with Super Jazz Trio) Baystate (Jpn.) RVJ 6056 Tokyo, Japan |  |
| 1980-02-09 Isis (with Enrico Pieranunzi) Soul Note (It.) SN 1021 Rome, Italy |  |
| 1980-10-20 Round About Midnight (with Bennie Wallace) Jugoton (Croat.) LSY 66127 Zagreb, Croatia |  |
| 1981-07-08 Art Farmer-Lee Konitz Quintet Live In Genoa 1981 Tramonti (It.) 5992311 Genoa, Italy |  |
| 1981-08-06 Foolish Memories Bellaphon (Ger.) 270 31 002 Vienna, Austria |  |
| 1981-11-29 Manhattan Soul Note (It.) SN 1026 Milan, Italy |  |
| 1982-04-24 Voices All (Jazztet) East World (Jpn.) EWJ 90016 Tokyo, Japan |  |
| 1983-05-30 Moment to Moment (Jazztet) Soul Note (It.) SN 1066 Milan, Italy |  |
| 1983-06-25 Jazz Highlights Live in Berlin Amiga (Ger.) 4 56 468 Berlin, Germany |  |
| 1983-10, 11 Ambrosia (with Hank Jones) Columbia (Jpn.) YF 7083 Tokyo, Japan |  |
| 1984-08-15 Art Farmer and Slide Hampton in Concert Enja (Ger.) 4088 Tubingen, Germany |  |
| 1986-01 Togetherness (with Together) Together (Austria) 120917 Vienna, Austria |  |
| 1986-04-28 The End of a Tune (with Thorgeir Stubø) Cadence CJR 1036 Oslo, Norway |  |
| 1987-03-04 Songs of Love (with Bob Dorough) Orange Blue (Fr.) OB 001 Barcelona, Spain |  |
| 1987-09-20 My Wonderful One (with Magni Wentzel) Gemini (Nor.) GMCD 57 Oslo, Norway |  |
| 1987-06, 09 Azure (duo with Fritz Pauer) Soul Note (It.) SN 1126 Vienna, Austria |  |
| 1987-10, 11 Scene from a Trance (with Heikki Sarmanto) CBS (Austria) 460682-2 Helsinki, Finland |  |
| 1987-10, 11 Déja Vu (with Juhani Aaltonen) Sony Music (Fin.) 498068-2 Helsinki, Finland |  |
| 1988-11-25 A Sip of Your Touch (duo with Riccardo Del Fra) IDA (Fr.) 021 Yerres, France |  |
| 1991-05 Soul Eyes Enja (Ger.) ENJ 7047-2 Fukuoka, Japan |  |
| 1991-12 Waltz for Ann (with Karl Ratzer) L + R (Ger.) CDLR 45078 Vienna Austria |  |
| 1992-01 On Line (with Guy Raiff) Pavana (Belg.) ADW 7288 Brussels, Belgium |  |
| 1993-10-10 Meet Big Band Süd (with Bob Brookmeyer, Toots Thielemans) Jazzette (Croat.) BPCD 034 |  |
| 1993-10-13 Art Farmer 4: Live at B.P. Club Jazzette (Croat.) BPCD 032 Zagreb, Croatia |  |
| 1995-06-01 Remember (with Sigi Feigl) Jive Music JM 2023-2 Deutschlandsberg, Austria |  |
| 1996 Art in Wroclaw EmArcy (Eu.) 536 632-2 Wroclaw, Poland |  |
| 1996-08-16 European Dream Session: Old Montmartre (with J. Griffin, C. Mariano, H. Parlan) Meldac (Jpn.) MECJ 30021 Copenhagen, Denmark |  |
| 1997-06-21 The Windmills of Your Mind (with European Jazz Trio) Teichiku/Baybridge (Jpn.) TECW 25629 The Netherlands |  |
| 1998-01-03 Art Farmer Quintet Live at Jazzland Koch Jazz (Austria) 33321-2 Vienna, Austria |  |
| 1998-02-06 Art Farmer Plays Standards (with Jarek Smietana Trio) PAO (Austria) 10470 Krakow, Poland |  |
| 1998-08-13 Ballad of the Sad Young Man (with European Jazz Trio) Teichiku/Baybridge (Jpn.) TECW 28816 The Netherlands |  |