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Discography update as of October 14, 2020 Part 4 (1981-1999): 1987-06-28 A newly obtained live recording (radio broadcast) of the Jazztet at the Montreal Jazz Festival has been added. Many thanks to Michael Fitzgerald for bringing this to our attention. The list of venues at which Art Farmer performed during his 50-year career has been… Read more…

Discography updates as of July 29, 2020 Most of the following additions come from the database of a major European collector. The session date (yyyy-mm-dd) is followed by a brief description. While perusing this list (and the sessions), you will find the names of many iconic modern jazz figures including bassist Ray Brown, saxophonists Stan… Read more…

In the June 11, 2020 edition of his blog, Take the “A” Train, Ehsan Khoshbakht republishes a review of Ornette Coleman’s LP, Something Else!!!: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Contemporary  3551), written by Art Farmer. This review was originally published in The Jazz Review, Vol. 2, No. 6 (July 1959) and reveals the onset of… Read more…

March 26, 2020 Flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny was mentored by Art Farmer and recently recalled some words of wisdom from the jazz master that are apropos as we all struggle with the current coronavirus pandemic: Stay well everybody!

On March 10, 2020, an Art Farmer Dialogue Day was held at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ. At this 4 hour event, 10 ensembles made up of students in the WPU Jazz Studies Program, performed music associated with the great trumpeter/flugelhornist/flumpeter Art Farmer. The performances were then critiqued by faculty members and fellow students.… Read more…

Discography updates as of February 22, 2020 Part 1 (1948-1957): New reissue of Manny Albam sessions: April 2-4, 1957, September 16, 23, 1957. Part 2 (1958-1965): New Swedish reissue of sessions of April 28, 30, 1964:   It should be noted that this CD includes 5 bonus tracks that appear to be previously unissued. These… Read more…

We recently had the opportunity to visit NEA Jazz Master Rudy Van Gelder’s recording studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. This was his second studio, constructed in 1959, when he moved from his original location in Hackensack, NJ. Over a period of 35 years (1954-1989), Art Farmer participated in 36 recording sessions as leader and sideman… Read more…

Discography updates as of November 1, 2019 Part 1 (1948-1957): Session of mid-April 1949 (Various artists/Jazz Off the Air, Vol. 2) – solo information added after auditioning tracks. Session of May 7, 1957 (Elliot Lawrence/Jazz Goes Broadway) – solo information added after auditioning tracks and added previously unlisted reissue (RCA Victor (Eu.) CD 74321 43393… Read more…

Much of Art Farmer’s music, recordings and memorabilia has been donated to the Living Jazz Archives at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ. In addition, the Art Farmer Jazz Master Scholarship has been established to assist students in the Jazz Studies program at the school. For further information, see William Paterson News. These are important… Read more…

String bassist Addison Farmer (1928-1963) was Art Farmer’s twin brother and present on many very important albums of the 1950s and early 1960s. By the time of his untimely death from a brain aneurysm at the age of only 34, Addison, like Art, had firmly established himself on the New York City jazz scene. Over… Read more…