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Art Farmer
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American jazz trumpeter (1928–1999)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Central Avenue sounds
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Film & TV
Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, double bassist Addison Farmer, started playing professionally while at high school in Los Angeles. Art gained greater attention after the release of a recording of…
Known for
- Jazz Icons: Art Farmer Live in '64 — Self2009
- Ella Fitzgerald: Live in Cologne — Self - Trumpet & Flugelhorn1974
- Jazz on a Summer's Day — Self1960
- The Subterraneans — Art Farmer1960
- I Want to Live! — Jazz Combo Member1958
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1928
- Active to
- 1999
Discography
- When Farmer Met Gryce1955
- 2 Trumpets1956
- The Art Farmer Septet1956
- Last Night When We Were Young1957
- Farmer's Market1958
- Modern Art1958
- Brass Shout1959
- Art1960
- Early Art1961
- The Many Faces of Art Farmer1964
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Arthur Stewart "Art" Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination specially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, double bassist Addison Farmer, started playing professionally while in high school. Art gained greater attention after the release of a recording of his composition "Farmer's Market" in 1952. He subsequently moved from Los Angeles to New York <a href="https://
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Art
- Family name
- Farmer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Council Bluffs
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- flute
- Record label
- Fantasy
- Official website
- artfarmer.org
- Image
- Art Farmer.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1928-08-21
- date of death
- 1999-10-04
- Commons category
- Art Farmer
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
- name in native language
- Art Farmer
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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