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 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953–54 | The Art Farmer Septet | Prestige | Includes Farmer's debut recording as leader |
| 1954 | Early Art | Prestige | 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 | 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 | With Gigi Gryce (alto sax) Duke Jordan (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums) |
| 1956 | 2 Trumpets | Prestige | With Donald Byrd (trumpet), Jackie McLean (alto sax), Barry Harris (piano), Doug Watkins (bass), Art Taylor (drums) |
| 1956 | Farmer's Market | Prestige | With Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Kenny Drew (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), Elvin Jones (drums) |
| 1957 | Three Trumpets | Prestige | 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 | With the Quincy Jones orchestra; Jones also wrote the arrangements |
| 1958 | Portrait of Art Farmer | Contemporary | With Hank Jones (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), Roy Haynes (drums) |
| 1958 | Modern Art | United Artists | With Benny Golson (tenor sax), Bill Evans (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), Dave Bailey (drums) |
| 1959 | Brass Shout | United Artists | With big band; arrangements by Benny Golson |
| 1959 | The Aztec Suite | United Artists | With big band; arrangements by Chico O'Farrill |
| 1960 | Art | Argo | With Tommy Flanagan (piano), Tommy Williams (bass), Albert Heath (drums) |
| 1961 | Perception | Argo | With Harold Mabern (piano), Tommy Williams (bass), Roy McCurdy (drums) |
| 1962 | Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra | Mercury | With big band; arrangements by Oliver Nelson |
| 1963 | Interaction | Atlantic | With Jim Hall (guitar), Steve Swallow (bass), Walter Perkins (drums) |
| 1963 | Live at the Half-Note | Atlantic | Personnel as on Interaction; in concert |
| 1964 | To Sweden with Love | Atlantic | With Jim Hall (guitar), Steve Swallow (bass), Pete LaRoca (drums) |
| 1964 | The Many Faces of Art Farmer | Scepter | With Charles McPherson (alto sax), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Steve Swallow (bass), Bobby Thomas (drums) |
| 1965 | Sing Me Softly of the Blues | Atlantic | With Steve Kuhn (piano), Steve Swallow (bass), Pete LaRoca (drums) |
| 1966 | Group Therapy | Scepter | Credited to the New York Jazz Sextet |
| 1966 | The Time and the Place: The Lost Concert | Mosaic | With Jimmy Heath (tenor sax), Albert Dailey (piano), Walter Booker (bass), Mickey Roker (drums); in concert |
| 1966 | Baroque Sketches | Columbia | With the Baroque Orchestra arranged by Benny Golson |
| 1967 | The Time and the Place | Columbia | 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 | Personnel as on The Time and the Place (1967) |
| 1968 | Art Worker | Moon | 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 | With Phil Woods (alto sax), Martial Solal (piano), Henri Texier (bass), Daniel Humair (drums) |
| 1970 | In Europe | Enja | With Fritz Pauer (piano), Peter Marshall (bass), Erich Bachtragl (drums); in concert |
| 1970 | From Vienna with Art | MPS | With Jimmy Heath (tenor sax), Fritz Pauer (piano), Jimmy Woode (bass), Erich Bachtragl (drums) |
| 1971 | Homecoming | Mainstream | With Jimmy Heath (tenor sax), Cedar Walton (piano), Sam Jones (bass), Billy Higgins (drums), James Mtume (congas), Warren Smith (percussion) |
| 1972 | Gentle Eyes | Mainstream | With big band; arrangements by Hans Salomon |
| 1974 | Talk to Me | Pye | With the ORF [Austrian Broadcasting Corporation] Big Band |
| 1974 | A Sleeping Bee | Sonet | 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 | With Sam Jones (bass), Cedar Walton (piano), Billy Higgins (drums) |
| 1975 | To Duke with Love | East Wind | With Cedar Walton (piano), Sam Jones (bass guitar), Billy Higgins (drums) |
| 1976 | The Summer Knows | East Wind | Personnel as on To Duke with Love |
| 1976 | Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers | East Wind | With Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), Cedar Walton (piano), Sam Jones (bass) Billy Higgins (drums); in concert |
| 1976 | On the Road | Contemporary | With Art Pepper (alto sax), Hampton Hawes (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Steve Ellington and Shelly Manne (drums; separately) |
| 1977 | Crawl Space | CTI | 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 | With the David Matthews orchestra, featuring Yusef Lateef (tenor sax) |
| 1977 | Art Farmer Live in Tokyo | CTI | With Jackie McLean (alto sax), Cedar Walton (piano), Sam Jones (bass), Billy Higgins (drums); in concert |
| 1978 | Big Blues | CTI | With Jim Hall (guitar), Mike Mainieri (vibraphone), Mike Moore (bass), Steve Gadd (drums) |
| 1979 | Yama | CTI | Featuring Joe Henderson (tenor sax) |
| 1981 | A Work of Art | Concord | With Fred Hersch (piano), Bob Bodley (bass), Billy Hart(drums) |
| 1981 | Manhattan | Soul Note | With Sahib Shihab (soprano and baritone saxes), Kenny Drew (piano), Mads Vinding (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums) |
| 1981 | Foolish Memories | Bellaphon | With Harry Sokal (tenor sax), Fritz Pauer (piano), Heiri Känzig (bass), Joris Dudli (drums) |
| 1982 | Mirage | Soul Note | With Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), Fred Hersch (piano), Ray Drummond (bass), Akira Tana (drums) |
| 1982 | Warm Valley | Concord | With Fred Hersch (piano), Ray Drummond (bass), Akira Tana (drums) |
| 1983 | Ambrosia | Denon Records | With strings |
| 1983 | Maiden Voyage | Denon | With strings, Masahiko Satoh (piano) |
| 1984 | You Make Me Smile | Soul Note | 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 | With Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), James Williams (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), Marvin "Smitty" Smith (drums) |
| 1987 | Azure | Soul Note | With Fritz Pauer (piano) |
| 1988 | Blame It on My Youth | Contemporary | With Clifford Jordan (tenor and soprano sax), James Williams (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), Victor Lewis (drums) |
| 1989 | Ph.D. | Contemporary | With Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), James Williams (piano), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Rufus Reid (bass), Marvin "Smitty" Smith (drums) |
| 1989 | Central Avenue Reunion | Contemporary | With Frank Morgan (alto sax), Lou Levy (piano), Eric Von Essen (bass), Albert Heath (drums) |
| 1991 | Soul Eyes | Enja | With Geoff Keezer (piano), Kenny Davis (bass), Lewis Nash (drums); in concert |
| 1994 | The Company I Keep | Arabesque | 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 | With Slide Hampton (trombone), Ron Blake (soprano and tenor saxes), Geoff Keezer (piano), Kenny Davis (bass), Carl Allen (drums) |
| 1996 | Silk Road | Arabesque | 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 | With Harold Land (tenor sax), Bill Bell (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), Albet Heath (drums); in concert |
| 1998 | Art Farmer Plays Standards | PAO | 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 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Meet the Jazztet | Argo | With Curtis Fuller (trombone), McCoy Tyner (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), Lex Humphries (drums) |
| 1960 | Big City Sounds | Argo | With Tom McIntosh (trombone), Cedar Walton (piano), Tommy Williams (bass), Albert Heath (drums) |
| 1960–61 | The Jazztet and John Lewis | Argo | Personnel as on Big City Sounds; John Lewis (composer, arranger) |
| 1961 | The Jazztet at Birdhouse | Argo | Personnel as on Big City Sounds; in concert |
| 1962 | Here and Now | Mercury | With Grachan Moncur III (trombone), Harold Mabern (piano), Herbie Lewis (bass), Roy McCurdy (drums) |
| 1962 | Another Git Together | Mercury | Personnel as on Here and Now |
| 1982 | Voices All | Eastworld | With Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Buster Williams (bass), Albert Heath |
| 1982 | In Performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival | Elektra/Musician | 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 | With Curtis Fuller, Mickey Tucker (piano), Ray Drummond (bass), Albert Heath |
| 1983 | Nostalgia | Baystate | With Curtis Fuller, Mickey Tucker, Rufus Reid (bass), Billy Hart (drums) |
| 1986 | Back to the City | Contemporary | With Curtis Fuller, Mickey Tucker, Ray Drummond, Marvin 'Smitty' Smith (drums) |
| 1986 | Real Time | Contemporary | Personnel as on Back to the City |
Albums as sideman
| Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | (Various) | Black California | Savoy |
| 1953 | Clifford Brown | The Clifford Brown Big Band In Paris | Prestige |
| 1953 | Clifford Brown | Memorial | Prestige |
| 1953 | Quincy Jones | Jazz Abroad | EmArcy |
| 1953 | Lionel Hampton | European Concert 1953 | IAJRC |
| 1953 | Clifford Brown | The Complete Paris Collection, Vol. 3 | Jazz Legacy |
| 1955 | Gene Ammons | All Star Sessions | Prestige |
| 1956 | Gene Ammons | The Happy Blues | Prestige |
| 1956 | Gene Ammons | Jammin' with Gene | Prestige |
| 1956 | Quincy Jones | This Is How I Feel About Jazz | ABC |
| 1956 | Johnny Mathis | Johnny Mathis | Columbia |
| 1956 | Teddy Charles | The Teddy Charles Tentet | Atlantic |
| 1956 | Oscar Pettiford | The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi | ABC-Paramount |
| 1956 | Teddy Charles | Word from Bird | Atlantic |
| 1956 | Bennie Green | Bennie Green with Art Farmer | Prestige |
| 1956 | Hal McKusick | The Jazz Workshop | RCA Victor |
| 1956 | Gil Mellé | Gil's Guests | Prestige |
| 1956 | George Russell | The Jazz Workshop | RCA Victor |
| 1957 | Manny Albam | The Jazz Greats of Our Time, Vol. 1 | Coral |
| 1957 | Gene Ammons | Funky | Prestige |
| 1957 | Kenny Burrell | Earthy | Prestige |
| 1957 | Jimmy Cleveland | Cleveland Style | EmArcy |
| 1957 | Eddie Costa | Eddie Costa Quintet | Interlude |
| 1957 | Sonny Clark | Dial "S" for Sonny | Blue Note |
| 1957 | Curtis Fuller | Curtis Fuller Volume 3 | Blue Note |
| 1957 | Benny Golson | Benny Golson's New York Scene | Contemporary |
| 1957 | Oscar Pettiford | The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Volume Two | ABC-Paramount |
| 1957 | Clifford Jordan | Cliff Craft | Blue Note |
| 1957 | Joe Holiday | Holiday for Jazz | Decca |
| 1957 | Prestige All Stars | Earthy | Prestige |
| 1957 | Prestige All Stars | Three Trumpets | Prestige |
| 1957 | Prestige All Stars | Coolin' | New Jazz |
| 1957 | (Various) | Modern Jazz Concert | Columbia |
| 1957 | Horace Silver | The Stylings of Silver | Blue Note |
| 1957 | Hal McKusick | Hal McKusick Quintet | Coral |
| 1957 | Hank Mobley | Hank Mobley Quintet | Blue Note |
| 1958 | Jimmy Giuffre | The Music Man | Atlantic |
| 1958 | Mal Waldron | Mal/3: Sounds | Prestige |
| 1958 | Ben Webster | The Soul of Ben Webster | Verve |
| 1958 | Gerry Mulligan | The Jazz Combo from I Want to Live! | United Artists |
| 1958 | Prestige Blues-Swingers | Outskirts Of Town | Prestige |
| 1958 | Annie Ross and Gerry Mulligan | Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! | World Pacific |
| 1958 | Horace Silver | Further Explorations | Blue Note |
| 1958 | Hal McKusick | Cross Section – Saxes | Decca |
| 1958 | Sonny Clark | Cool Struttin' | Blue Note |
| 1958 | John Benson Brooks | Alabama Concerto | Riverside |
| 1958 | Milt Jackson | Bags' Opus | United Artists |
| 1958 | Michel Legrand | Legrand Jazz | Columbia |
| 1958 | Abbey Lincoln | It's Magic | Riverside |
| 1958 | Mundell Lowe | Porgy & Bess | RCA Camden |
| 1958–59 | Gerry Mulligan | What Is There to Say? | Columbia |
| 1958–59 | George Russell | New York, N.Y. | Decca |
| 1958-59 | Tony Ortega | Jazz for Young Moderns | Bethlehem |
| 1959 | Bill Potts | The Jazz Soul of Porgy & Bess | United Artists |
| 1959 | Carmen McRae | Something to Swing About | Kapp |
| 1959 | Jimmy Cleveland | Rhythm Crazy | EmArcy |
| 1959 | Quincy Jones | The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones | Mercury |
| 1960 | André Previn | The Subterraneans (Soundtrack) | MGM |
| 1960–61 | Benny Golson | Take a Number from 1 to 10 | Argo |
| 1963 | Gerry Mulligan | Night Lights | Philips |
| 1963 | Gerry Mulligan | Butterfly with Hiccups | Limelight |
| 1964 | Sergio Mendes | Bossa Nova York | Elenco |
| 1966 | Chico O'Farrill | Nine Flags | Impulse! |
| 1966 | J. J. Johnson | The Total J.J. Johnson | RCA Victor |
| 1967 | Benny Golson | Tune In, Turn On | Verve |
| 1969 | Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band | TNP | Delta Music |
| 1969 | Heikki Sarmanto | Many Moons – July '69 | Louhi Productions |
| 1969 | Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band | Clarke Boland Big Band en Concert avec Europe 1 | Tréma |
| 1970 | Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band with Carmen McRae | November Girl | Black Lion |
| 1970 | Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band | Off Limits | Polydor |
| 1971 | Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band and Stan Getz | Change of Scenes | Verve |
| 1974 | Peter Herbolzheimer | Scenes | MPS |
| 1975 | BP Convention Big Band | Blue Sunset | Jugoton |
| 1976 | (Various) | Jazz Gala Concert | Atlantic |
| 1977 | Yusef Lateef | Autophysiopsychic | CTI |
| 1978 | Duke Jordan | Duke's Artistry | SteepleChase |
| 1979 | Tommy Flanagan | Something Tasty | Baystate |
| 1980 | Enrico Pieranunzi | Isis | Soul Note |
| 1983 | Joe Carter | My Foolish Heart | Empathy |
| 1987 | Bob Dorough | Songs of Love | |
| 1987 | Mark Murphy | September Ballads | Milestone |
| 1987 | Taina | Scene from a Trance | CBS |
| 1987–88 | Magni Wentzel | My Wonderful One | Gemini |
| 1990 | (Various) | Rhythmstick | CTI |
| 1993 | Barbara Carroll | This Heart of Mine | DRG |
| 1996 | Benny Golson | One Day, Forever | Arkadia |
| 1996 | Jim Hall | Panorama: Live at the Village Vanguard | Telarc |
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.
| Year recorded | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1958* | I Want to Live! | Holywood film; Farmer appears as himself[1] |
| 1958 | Jazz on a Summer's Day | Filmed at the Newport Jazz Festival; Farmer is part of the Gerry Mulligan band[1] |
| 1959 | Gerry Mulligan & Art Farmer – Live in Rome 1959 | With Bill Crow (bass), Dave Bailey (drums) |
| 1960* | The Subterraneans | Hollywood film, based on the Jack Kerouac novella; Farmer appears as himself[1] |
| 1964 | Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual: Art Farmer | TV recording, later released on DVD[2] |
| 1981–82 | Jazz Masters Series: Art Farmer | At the Smithsonian Institution |
| 1982* | Jazz in Exile | About American jazz musicians living in Europe[1][3] |
| 1986 | Jacksonville Jazz Festival VI | TV broadcast of the Jacksonville Jazz Festival |
| 1990 | Ron Carter & Art Farmer: Live at Sweet Basil | With Cedar Walton and Billy Higgins[4] |
| 1992 | The Creative Spirit | PBS broadcast[1] |
| 1994* | A Great Day in Harlem | About the 1958 photograph of 57 jazz musicians[1] |
| 1994 | Jazz at Lincoln Center With Wynton Marsalis | PBS broadcast[1] |
| 2007* | Benny Golson: The Whisper Not Tour | Concert recordings of the Jazztet[5] |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Art Farmer: Complete Filmography with Synopsis" TCM.
- ^ Appelbaum, Larry (May 2001) JazzTimes.
- ^ "Jazz in Exile" Timeout London. Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ron Carter and Art Farmer: Live at Sweet Basil (1991)" New York Times review summary.
- ^ Joyce, Mike (November 2007) "Benny Golson: The Whisper Not Tour" JazzTimes.