{"title":"Art Farmer","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn Arthur Stewart Farmer on 21 August 1928 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, an hour before his identical twin brother Addison Farmer (bassist). Influenced by Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Fats Navarro, and especially Freddie Webster for sound, Farmer left school to tour with Johnny Otis. He moved to Los Angeles in 1945 with twin brother Addison, playing with Horace Henderson, Floyd Ray, Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Otis, Jay McShann, Benny Carter, Gerald Wilson, and Dexter Gordon. He recorded \"Farmer's Market\" with Wardell Gray. In 1953 he settled in New York and played in the Lionel Hampton band alongside Clifford Brown, Quincy Jones, and Gigi Gryce. He had his first recording session as leader on 2 July 1953. He worked with Gigi Gryce (1954-56), Horace Silver (1956-58), Gerry Mulligan (1958-59), Thelonious Monk, and Charles Mingus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFarmer co-founded the Jazztet with Benny Golson in 1959, which ran until 1962 and reformed in 1982. In the early 1960s he switched from trumpet to flugelhorn, seeking a warmer, mellower sound and helping to establish the flugelhorn as a soloist's instrument in jazz. He co-led a band with guitarist Jim Hall until 1964. In 1968 Farmer moved to Vienna and joined the Austrian Radio Orchestra, continuing to tour internationally. In 1989 he helped create a trumpet-flugelhorn hybrid called the flumpet with instrument maker David Monette. In 1994 he received the Austrian Gold Medal of Merit and a Lifetime Achievement Concert was held at Jazz at Lincoln Center. In 1999 he was named an NEA Jazz Master. Farmer recorded more than 50 albums under his own name, a dozen with the Jazztet, and dozens more with other leaders. His playing is known for its lyricism, warmth of tone, and sensitivity. He died on 4 October 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"art-farmer-with-joe-henderson-yama-1979-japanese-cti-vinyl-lp","title":"Art Farmer with Joe Henderson - Yama (1979 Japanese CTI Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1214\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: EX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: NM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt Farmer with Joe Henderson - \u003cem\u003eYama\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1979 Japanese CTI (K20P-6842, King Record Co. Ltd.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArt Farmer and Joe Henderson's only recorded collaboration\u003c\/strong\u003e, cut at the Power Station in New York in April 1979\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReleased in Japan in 1979 and not issued in the United States until May 1982\u003c\/strong\u003e, when CTI finally recovered sufficient funding; Farmer's fifth and final CTI album and one of only a small number of studio recordings Henderson made for the label\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e1979 Japanese CTI pressing on King Record Co. Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e (K20P-6842); mastered by Rudy Van Gelder; non-gatefold sleeve with insert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt Farmer had been living in Vienna since 1968, but all but one of his CTI albums were recorded in New York. \u003cem\u003eYama\u003c\/em\u003e was the last of them, recorded at the Power Station in April 1979. It is also the only studio recording Farmer made with Joe Henderson. Creed Taylor produced; Mike Mainieri served as associate producer and wrote all the arrangements. The five tracks were drawn entirely from outside sources, which was standard CTI practice by the late 1970s and reflected Mainieri's particular sensibility in repertoire selection. Clare Fischer's \"Dulzura\" — which had debuted on Fischer's 1965 album \u003cem\u003eManteca!\u003c\/em\u003e and received very little coverage before this — opens the record. The Bee Gees' \"Stop (Think Again)\" came from their 1979 post-\u003cem\u003eSaturday Night Fever\u003c\/em\u003e album \u003cem\u003eSpirits Having Flown\u003c\/em\u003e, an unusual choice that works in the hands of Mainieri's arrangements. Joe Zawinul's \"Young and Fine\" had appeared the previous year on Weather Report's \u003cem\u003eMr. Gone\u003c\/em\u003e, with Steve Gadd also on drums for that session. Don Grolnick's \"Lotus Blossom\" and Mainieri's own \"Blue Montreux\" close the record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rhythm section — Gadd, Eddie Gomez on acoustic bass, Will Lee on electric bass, Sammy Figueroa on percussion, guitarists David Spinozza and John Tropea, and keyboard trio of Grolnick, Warren Bernhardt and Fred Hersch — was the core New York session ensemble of its moment. Synthesizer programming was handled by Suzanne Ciani, who contributed to all three of CTI's 1979 productions. Neil Dorfsman engineered; Rudy Van Gelder mastered. CTI ran out of funding before the album could be issued in the US, so this 1979 Japanese pressing on King Record Co. Ltd. was the album's only available form until May 1982.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CTI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43375692906555,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6509.jpg?v=1775127474"},{"product_id":"art-farmer-the-summer-knows-1977-japanese-east-wind-vinyl-lp","title":"Art Farmer - The Summer Knows (1977 Japanese East Wind Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: NM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e None\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt Farmer - \u003cem\u003eThe Summer Knows\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1977 Japanese East Wind (EW-8047, Nippon Phonogram Co. Ltd.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt Farmer had been based in Vienna since 1968, playing flugelhorn almost exclusively and moving steadily toward a lyrical approach that had less and less in common with hard bop. \u003cem\u003eThe Summer Knows\u003c\/em\u003e was recorded in New York in May 1976, when Farmer came back for sessions on his own terms — a quartet date at Vanguard Studios with Cedar Walton, Sam Jones and Billy Higgins. Kiyoshi Itoh and Yasohachi Itoh produced for the Japanese East Wind label; David Baker and Yoshihiro Suzuki engineered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSix tracks across two sides, five of them drawn from film, standards or the Great American Songbook. The title track is Michel Legrand and the Bergmans' theme from \u003cem\u003eThe Summer of '42\u003c\/em\u003e (1971) — a film melody that suits the flugelhorn's soft register and long sustain. \"Manhã de Carnaval,\" Luiz Bonfá and Antônio Maria's song from \u003cem\u003eBlack Orpheus\u003c\/em\u003e (1959), opens the bossa nova vocabulary that runs through the record. Burt Bacharach and Hal David's \"Alfie\" and Victor Young and Edward Heyman's \"When I Fall in Love\" extend the ballad character of Side A into Side B. Sammy Cahn, Paul Weston and Axel Stordahl's \"I Should Care\" closes the record with the same deliberate warmth that opens it. \"Ditty,\" the one non-standard, is a Cedar Walton original.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"East Wind","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43453788225595,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6710.jpg?v=1777073198"},{"product_id":"art-farmer-early-art-1977-japanese-new-jazz-mono-lp","title":"Art Farmer - Early Art (1977 Japanese New Jazz Mono LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: NM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e None\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt Farmer - \u003cem\u003eEarly Art\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1977 Japanese New Jazz Mono Reissue (VIJ-5019M, Prestige Jazz Golden 50 PG-5004, Victor Musical Industries, Inc.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt Farmer walked into Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack on January 20, 1954 with Sonny Rollins on tenor, Horace Silver on piano, Percy Heath on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums. He was twenty-six. Rollins was twenty-four, already recording prolifically for Prestige. The session produced four tracks: \"Soft Shoe,\" \"Confab in Tempo,\" \"I'll Take Romance\" and \"Wisteria.\" It is the only time Farmer and Rollins recorded together in a studio. Rollins plays on three of the four — he sits out \"Wisteria.\" Bob Weinstock produced; Rudy Van Gelder engineered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second session came ten months later, November 9, 1954, at the same studio. This time Farmer used a quartet: Wynton Kelly on piano, Addison Farmer — his twin brother — on bass and Herbie Lovelle on drums. Six tracks, opening with \"Autumn Nocturne\" and closing with \"Preamp.\" Four of the six are Farmer originals; \"I've Never Been in Love Before\" is Frank Loesser's from \u003cem\u003eGuys and Dolls\u003c\/em\u003e (1950), \"I'll Walk Alone\" is Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne's 1944 standard, \"Gone with the Wind\" is the 1937 Herbert Magidson and Allie Wrubel piece and \"Alone Together\" is Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz's 1932 ballad. Farmer's trumpet playing across both sessions is lyrical and direct in a way that was already fully developed — he was not yet the flugelhornist he would become, but the warmth is there in the trumpet sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1977 Japanese New Jazz mono pressing is part of the Prestige Jazz Golden 50 series (PG-5004), manufactured by Victor Musical Industries, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Jazz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43454486970427,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6727.jpg?v=1777094772"},{"product_id":"art-farmer-art-1979-japanese-chess-stereo-lp","title":"Art Farmer - Art (1979 Japanese Chess Stereo LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e VG+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eVG+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur grading system explained \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt Farmer - \u003cem\u003eArt\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1979 Japanese Chess Stereo Reissue (BT-5316, Nippon Phonogram Co. Ltd.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt Farmer and the Jazztet had been working for three days at the Nola Penthouse Studios in September 1960, recording Big City Sounds, when Farmer kept two of the rhythm section and booked three more days for himself. Tommy Flanagan replaced Cedar Walton at the piano, Tommy Williams and Albert Heath stayed on. The result was eight tracks, most of them ballads or near-ballads, played in the keys and at the tempos Farmer chose on the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe music asks nothing complicated of the listener. The trumpet sound is warm and direct throughout, Flanagan's accompaniment spare and well-placed, Williams's bass prominent in the mix. On \"So Beats My Heart for You,\" Williams takes two solos — the only sustained bass feature on the record, both of them noted in press coverage of the original release. \"Goodbye Old Girl\" is the Richard Adler and Jerry Ross piece from the 1955 Broadway production of Damn Yankees, given a reading with more weight than its show tune origins would suggest. \"Who Cares,\" the Gershwin and Gershwin piece from Of Thee I Sing (1931), moves cleanly. Side B opens with \"Younger Than Springtime\" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, and \"The Best Thing for You Is Me\" from Irving Berlin's Call Me Madam. \"I'm a Fool to Want You\" — written by Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf and Joel Herron in 1951 — closes out the record with the same mood that opens it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1979 Japanese Chess stereo reissue (BT-5316), originally issued on Argo as LP-678 in 1961, manufactured by Nippon Phonogram Co. Ltd.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chess","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43495795720251,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6878.jpg?v=1778236395"},{"product_id":"art-farmer-crawl-space-1980-japanese-cti-stereo-lp","title":"Art Farmer - Crawl Space (1980 Japanese CTI Stereo LP)","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"1214\" data-start=\"1061\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: EX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: EX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArt Farmer - \u003cem\u003eCrawl Space\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1980 Japanese CTI Reissue (LAX-3263, King Record Co. Ltd.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreed Taylor had been building a sound at CTI through the early to mid-1970s: Van Gelder engineering, Bob James or Dave Grusin arranging, the New York session elite on the rhythm section. \u003cem\u003eCrawl Space\u003c\/em\u003e arrived toward the end of that run, recorded in January 1977, and it has the lean quality of a band with nothing to prove. Farmer plays flugelhorn and trumpet throughout, the warmer instrument dominant. Steve Gadd plays with the economy he brought to every CTI date. Eric Gale's guitar sits in the mid-range, unobtrusive and consistent. Jeremy Steig's flute is the element that gives the album its particular character, present in the ensemble but used sparingly as a featured voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrusin wrote \"Crawl Space\" and \"Chanson.\" The opening title track is the most rhythmically direct piece on the record, Gadd and Lee driving hard while Farmer and Steig trade above them. \"Chanson\" moves more slowly, the arrangement opening into a longer Farmer solo. \"Siddhartha\" is Steig's composition, the flautist given his fullest feature of the session. Fritz Pauer, the Austrian pianist and arranger who had contributed to several CTI sessions, wrote the arrangements for \"Siddhartha\" and \"Petite Belle.\" The closing track is Farmer's own, a short, elegant piece with a Brazilian feel that Pauer's string arrangement lifts considerably.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1980 Japanese CTI reissue (LAX-3263), manufactured by King Record Co. Ltd. The 1977 original Japanese pressing (GP 3099) was a gatefold with a poster; this edition has neither.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CTI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43518148608059,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6983.jpg?v=1778934313"},{"product_id":"art-farmer-and-benny-golson-meet-the-jazztet-1984-japanese-baybridge-stereo-lp","title":"Art Farmer and Benny Golson - Meet the Jazztet (1984 Japanese Baybridge Stereo LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVG+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt Farmer and Benny Golson - \u003cem\u003eMeet the Jazztet\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1984 Japanese Baybridge Stereo Reissue (ULS-6108-BC, Teichiku Records Co. Ltd.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt Farmer and Benny Golson formed the Jazztet in 1959. Farmer brought the front-line concept, having led smaller groups since the mid-1950s; Golson brought the compositions and most of the arrangements. They hired Curtis Fuller on trombone, giving the front line its three-voice character, and McCoy Tyner on piano. Addison Farmer, Art's twin brother, played bass. Lex Humphries played drums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey recorded across three days in early February 1960 at Nola Penthouse Studios. Kay Norton produced; Tommy Nola engineered; Chuck Stewart photographed the cover. \"I Remember Clifford\" opens Side A's emotional centre. Golson had written it in memory of Clifford Brown after the trumpeter's death in 1956. Farmer's reading of the theme is restrained, the melody played without embellishment, closer to a memorial statement than a solo feature. \"Blues March\" follows it with more energy. \"It Ain't Necessarily So\" is the Gershwin piece from Porgy and Bess.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mox Nix\" on Side B is Farmer's sole composition, an up-tempo blues named with GI slang he picked up (the German \"macht nichts\" meaning \"doesn't matter\"). The Down Beat review singled it out as the high point of the set. \"Easy Living\" is a ballad feature for Golson's tenor. \"Killer Joe\" closes the album. This is its debut recording. Golson narrates over the melody, Farmer's muted trumpet carrying the head while the horns play softly over a suspended bridge rhythm. It has since been recorded hundreds of times, most famously by Quincy Jones's big band in 1969. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1984 Japanese Baybridge Records stereo reissue (ULS-6108-BC), manufactured by Teichiku Records Co. 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