89th birthday of Art Farmer

(Born 21 August 1928, Council Bluffs, Iowa, US)

VERY DISTINGUISHED lyrical fluegelhorn player and trumpeter with grace and sensitive tonality; composer and bandleader

(Benny Golson & Milt Jackson & Art Farmer & Neils-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Nonet, “Bags groove” [personnel: Golson, tenor saxophone; Farmer, flueguelhorn, Jackson, vibraphone; Pederson, bass; Toot Thielsman, harmonica; Ulf Wakenius, guiter; Jonas Johansen, drums; Max Roach, drums; recorded: live, Große Konzertscheue, Jazzbaltica, Salzau, Germany, 14 June 1997])

(Art Farmer Quintet, “Mirage” [personnel: Farmer, flueguelhorn, Clifford Jordan, tenor saxophone; Fred Hersch, piano; Ray Drummond, bass; Akira Tana, drums; recorded: Vanguard Studios, New York, US, 18-19 September 1982])

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