Art Farmer - Early Art (1977 Japanese New Jazz Mono LP)

Vinyl: NM
Sleeve: EX
Obi: None

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Art Farmer - Early Art | Vinyl LP - 1977 Japanese New Jazz Mono Reissue (VIJ-5019M, Prestige Jazz Golden 50 PG-5004, Victor Musical Industries, Inc.)

Art 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.

The 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 Guys and Dolls (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.

This 1977 Japanese New Jazz mono pressing is part of the Prestige Jazz Golden 50 series (PG-5004), manufactured by Victor Musical Industries, Inc.