Art Farmer discography
This is an incomplete list , which will never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness as it excludes bootlegs , mix tapes and other minor records by independent labels.
Art Farmer was a jazz musician who played trumpet , flugelhorn and flumpet . His appearances on record date from 1948 to 1998 and include more than 60 albums under his own name and more than 70 as a sideman, in addition to a dozen with the Jazztet . His appearances on film are also listed on this page, including his two appearances in Hollywood productions.
Discography
Years refer to the date of Farmer's appearance on the recording.
As leader
Year recorded
Title
Label
Year released
Notes
1953–54
The Art Farmer Septet
Prestige
1956
Farmer's debut recordings as leader. With Jimmy Cleveland , Quincy Jones or Horace Silver , Monk Montgomery or Percy Heath
1954
Early Art
Prestige
1962
With two bands: first featuring Sonny Rollins (tenor sax) and Horace Silver (piano); second featuring Wynton Kelly (piano)
1954–55
When Farmer Met Gryce
Prestige
1955
With Gigi Gryce (alto sax) and two bands: first with Horace Silver (piano), Percy Heath (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums); second with Freddie Redd (piano) Addison Farmer (bass) Art Taylor (drums)
1955
Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce
Prestige
1956
With Gigi Gryce (alto sax) Duke Jordan (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums)
1956
2 Trumpets
Prestige
1957
With Donald Byrd (trumpet), Jackie McLean (alto sax), Barry Harris (piano), Doug Watkins (bass), Art Taylor (drums)
1956
Farmer's Market
Prestige
1958
With Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Kenny Drew (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), Elvin Jones (drums)
1957
Three Trumpets
Prestige
1957
With Donald Byrd and Idrees Sulieman (trumpet), Hod O'Brien (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
1957
Last Night When We Were Young
ABC-Paramount
1958
With the Quincy Jones orchestra; Jones also wrote the arrangements
1958
Portrait of Art Farmer
Contemporary
1958
With Hank Jones (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), Roy Haynes (drums)
1958
Modern Art
United Artists
1958
With Benny Golson (tenor sax), Bill Evans (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), Dave Bailey (drums)
1959
Brass Shout
United Artists
1959
With big band; arrangements by Benny Golson
1959
The Aztec Suite
United Artists
1959
With big band; arrangements by Chico O'Farrill
1960
Art
Argo
1960
With Tommy Flanagan (piano), Tommy Williams (bass), Albert Heath (drums)
1961
Perception
Argo
1964
With Harold Mabern (piano), Tommy Williams (bass), Roy McCurdy (drums)
1962
Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra
Mercury
1963
With big band; arrangements by Oliver Nelson
1963
Interaction
Atlantic
1963
With Jim Hall (guitar), Steve Swallow (bass), Walter Perkins (drums)
1963
Live at the Half-Note
Atlantic
1964
Personnel as on Interaction ; in concert
1964
To Sweden with Love
Atlantic
1964
With Jim Hall (guitar), Steve Swallow (bass), Pete LaRoca (drums)
1964
The Many Faces of Art Farmer
Scepter
1964
With Charles McPherson (alto sax), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Steve Swallow (bass), Bobby Thomas (drums)
1965
Sing Me Softly of the Blues
Atlantic
1965
With Steve Kuhn (piano), Steve Swallow (bass), Pete LaRoca (drums)
1965–66
Group Therapy
Scepter
1966
Credited to the New York Jazz Sextet
1966
The Time and the Place: The Lost Concert
Mosaic
2007
With Jimmy Heath (tenor sax), Albert Dailey (piano), Walter Booker (bass), Mickey Roker (drums); in concert
1966
Baroque Sketches
Columbia
1967
With the Baroque Orchestra arranged by Benny Golson
1967
The Time and the Place
Columbia
1967
With Jimmy Heath (tenor sax), Cedar Walton (piano), Walter Booker (bass), Mickey Roker (drums); studio album with overdubbed applause
1967
The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits
Columbia
1967
Personnel as on The Time and the Place (1967)
1968
Art Worker
Lotus
1979
With Ernie Royal (trumpet), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Oscar Estelle (alto, tenor, baritone saxes), Harold Mabern (piano), Jimmy Woode (bass), Roy McCurdy (drums)
1968
What Happens?
Campi-Editore Recording
1968
With Phil Woods (alto sax), Martial Solal (piano), Henri Texier (bass), Daniel Humair (drums)
1970
In Europe
Enja
1998
With Fritz Pauer (piano), Peter Marshall (bass), Erich Bachtragl (drums); in concert
1970
From Vienna with Art
MPS
1970
With Jimmy Heath (tenor sax), Fritz Pauer (piano), Jimmy Woode (bass), Erich Bachtragl (drums)
1971
Homecoming
Mainstream
1971
With Jimmy Heath (tenor sax), Cedar Walton (piano), Sam Jones (bass), Billy Higgins (drums), James Mtume (congas), Warren Smith (percussion)
1972
Gentle Eyes
Mainstream
1972
With big band; arrangements by Hans Salomon
1974
Talk to Me
Pye
1975
With the ORF [Austrian Broadcasting Corporation] Big Band
1974
A Sleeping Bee
Grammofonverket
1974
With Goran Strandberg (piano), Jan Schaffer (guitar), Red Mitchell (bass), Tony Inzalaco and Island Ostlund (drums; separately), Sabu Martinez (percussion)
1975
Yesterday's Thoughts
East Wind
1976
With Cedar Walton (piano), Sam Jones (bass), Billy Higgins (drums)
1975
To Duke with Love
East Wind
1976
With Cedar Walton (piano), Sam Jones (bass guitar), Billy Higgins (drums)
1976
The Summer Knows
East Wind
1977
Personnel as on To Duke with Love
1976
Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers
East Wind
1976
With Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), Cedar Walton (piano), Sam Jones (bass) Billy Higgins (drums); in concert
1976
On the Road
Contemporary
1976
With Art Pepper (alto sax), Hampton Hawes (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Steve Ellington and Shelly Manne (drums; separately)
1977
Crawl Space
CTI
1977
With Jeremy Steig (flute), David Grusin (keyboards), Eric Gale (guitar), Will Lee (bass, gong), George Mraz (bass), Steve Gadd (drums)
1977
Something You Got
CTI
1977
With the David Matthews orchestra, featuring Yusef Lateef (tenor sax)
1977
Art Farmer Live in Tokyo
CTI
1977
With Jackie McLean (alto sax), Cedar Walton (piano), Sam Jones (bass), Billy Higgins (drums); in concert
1978
Big Blues
CTI
1979
With Jim Hall (guitar), Mike Mainieri (vibraphone), Mike Moore (bass), Steve Gadd (drums)
1979
Yama
CTI
1979
Featuring Joe Henderson (tenor sax)
1981
A Work of Art
Concord
1982
With Fred Hersch (piano), Bob Bodley (bass), Billy Hart (drums)
1981
Manhattan
Soul Note
1982
With Sahib Shihab (soprano and baritone saxes), Kenny Drew (piano), Mads Vinding (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
1981
Foolish Memories
Bellaphon
1981
With Harry Sokal (tenor sax), Fritz Pauer (piano), Heiri Känzig (bass), Joris Dudli (drums)
1982
Mirage
Soul Note
1982
With Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), Fred Hersch (piano), Ray Drummond (bass), Akira Tana (drums)
1982
Warm Valley
Concord
1983
With Fred Hersch (piano), Ray Drummond (bass), Akira Tana (drums)
1983
Ambrosia
Denon
1984
With The Great Jazz Trio
1983
Maiden Voyage
Denon
1984
With strings, Masahiko Satoh (piano)
1984
You Make Me Smile
Soul Note
1986
With Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), Fred Hersch (piano) Rufus Reid (bass), Akira Tana (drums)
1987
Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
Contemporary
1987
With Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), James Williams (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), Marvin "Smitty" Smith (drums)
1987
Azure
Soul Note
1987
With Fritz Pauer (piano)
1988
Blame It on My Youth
Contemporary
1988
With Clifford Jordan (tenor and soprano sax), James Williams (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), Victor Lewis (drums)
1989
Ph.D.
Contemporary
1989
With Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), James Williams (piano), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Rufus Reid (bass), Marvin "Smitty" Smith (drums)
1989
Central Avenue Reunion
Contemporary
1990
With Frank Morgan (alto sax), Lou Levy (piano), Eric Von Essen (bass), Albert Heath (drums)
1991
Soul Eyes
Enja
1992
With Geoff Keezer (piano), Kenny Davis (bass), Lewis Nash (drums); in concert
1994
The Company I Keep
Arabesque
1994
With Tom Harrell (trumpet, flugelhorn), Ron Blake (soprano and tenor saxes), Geoff Keezer (piano), Kenny Davis (bass), Carl Allen (drums)
1995
The Meaning of Art
Arabesque
1995
With Slide Hampton (trombone), Ron Blake (soprano and tenor saxes), Geoff Keezer (piano), Kenny Davis (bass), Carl Allen (drums)
1996
Silk Road
Arabesque
1997
With Don Braden and Ron Blake (soprano and tenor saxes), Geoff Keezer (piano), Kenny Davis (bass), Carl Allen (drums)
1996
Live at Stanford Jazz Workshop
Monarch
1997
With Harold Land (tenor sax), Bill Bell (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), Albert Heath (drums); in concert
1998
Art Farmer Plays Standards
PAO
2000
With Jarek Smietana (guitar), Jacek Niedziela and Antoni Debski (bass; separately), Adam Czerwinski (drums)
With the Jazztet
All feature Benny Golson (tenor sax)
Year recorded
Title
Label
Year released
Notes
1960
Meet the Jazztet
Argo
1960
With Curtis Fuller (trombone), McCoy Tyner (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), Lex Humphries (drums)
1960
Big City Sounds
Argo
1960
With Tom McIntosh (trombone), Cedar Walton (piano), Tommy Williams (bass), Albert Heath (drums)
1960–61
The Jazztet and John Lewis
Argo
1961
Personnel as on Big City Sounds ; John Lewis (composer, arranger)
1961
The Jazztet at Birdhouse
Argo
1961
Personnel as on Big City Sounds ; in concert
1962
Here and Now
Mercury 1
1962
With Grachan Moncur III (trombone), Harold Mabern (piano), Herbie Lewis (bass), Roy McCurdy (drums)
1962
Another Git Together
Mercury
1962
Personnel as on Here and Now
1982
Voices All
Eastworld
1983
With Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Buster Williams (bass), Albert Heath
1982
In Performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival
Elektra/Musician
1984
With Mike Wolff (piano), John B. Williams (bass), Roy McCurdy, Nancy Wilson (vocals); in concert; shared with various bands
1983
Moment to Moment
Soul Note
1983
With Curtis Fuller, Mickey Tucker (piano), Ray Drummond (bass), Albert Heath
1983
Nostalgia
Baystate
1988
With Curtis Fuller, Mickey Tucker, Rufus Reid (bass), Billy Hart (drums)
1986
Back to the City
Contemporary
1986
With Curtis Fuller, Mickey Tucker, Ray Drummond, Marvin 'Smitty' Smith (drums); in concert
1986
Real Time
Contemporary
1988
Personnel as on Back to the City ; in concert
Albums as sideman
Singles as sideman
Year recorded
Leader
Title
Label
1948
Big Joe Turner
Radar Blues / Trouble Blues
Swing Time
1948
Big Joe Turner
Wine-O-Baby / B & O Blues
Swing Time
1948
Big Joe Turner
Christmas Date Boogie / Tell Me Pretty Baby
Swing Time
1948
Big Joe Turner
Old Piney Brown is Gone / Baby Won't You Marry Me
Swing Time
1949
Roy Porter
Little Wig / Gassin' The Wig
Savoy
1949
Roy Porter
Don't Blame Me
Rex Hollywood
1949
Roy Porter
Frantic Dream / Everything's Cool
Rex Hollywood
1952
Wardell Gray
April Skies / Bright Boy
Prestige
1952
Wardell Gray
Jackie / Sweet and Lovely
Prestige
1952
Wardell Gray
Farmer's Market / Lover Man
Prestige
1959
Teddy Charles
Air Mail Special / Flyin' Home
Bethlehem
Filmography
Year recorded gives date of Farmer's appearance. An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.
References
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