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Last broadcast on Sat, 14 Feb 2009, 16:00 on BBC Radio 3.
Synopsis
Trumpeter Art Farmer is considered to be one of the most lyrical and inventive players in jazz, and Alyn Shipton is joined by Ian Smith, who met and interviewed Farmer, to select his finest recordings. They include his work with Gerry Mulligan, Horace Silver and Hank Mobley, as well as the many famous albums he made under his own name such as Farmer's Market.
Disc 1
Title Farmer’s Market
Artist Art Farmer
Composer Farmer
Album Farmer’s Market
Label Prestige
Number 0888072301665 Track 3
Personnel: Art Farmer, t; Hank Mobley, ts; Kenny Drew, p; Addison Farmer, b; Elvin Jones, d. 23 Nov 1956.
Disc 2
Title Reminiscing
Artist Art Farmer
Composer Gigi Gryce
Album Farmer’s Market
Label Prestige
Number 0888072301665 Track 4
Personnel: as above minus Mobley.
Disc 3
Title Funk In Deep Freeze
Artist Hank Mobley
Composer Mobley
Album Quintet
Label Blue Note
Number 50999 2 15388 2 7 Track 1
Personnel: Art Farmer, t; Hank Mobley, ts; Horace Silver, p; Doug Watkins, b; Art Blakey, d. 8 March 1957
Disc 4
Title Darn That Dream
Artist Art Farmer
Composer Van Heusen / DeLange
Album Modern Art
Label Blue Note
Number CDP 7 84459 2 Track 3
Personnel: Art Farmer, t; Benny Golson, ts; Bill Evans, p; Addison Farmer, b; Dave Bailey, d. Sept 1958.
Disc 5
Title Five Spot After Dark
Artist Art Farmer
Composer Golson
Album Brass Shout / Aztec Suite
Label Blue Note
Number 17465 Track 5
Personnel: Art Farmer, Lee Morgan, Ernie Royal, t; Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Cleveland, tb; James Haughton, baritone horn; Julius Watkins, frh; Don Butterfield, tu; Percy Heath, b; Philly Joe Jones, d. 14 May 1959.
Disc 6
Title The Ant Hill
Artist Gerry Mulligan Sextet
Composer Mulligan
Album Complete Studio Recordings
Label Lonehill Jazz
Number 10222 Track 3
Personnel: Gerry Mulligan, bar; Art Farmer, t; Bob Brookmeyer, tb; Jim Hall, g; Bill Crow, b; Dave Bailey, d. 3 Sept 1963
Disc 7
Title Swing Spring
Artist Art Farmer
Composer Davis
Album Live at the Half Note / To Sweden With Love
Label Collectables
Number 7654 Track 8
Personnel: Art Farmer, fh; Jim Hall, g; Steve Swallow, b; Walter Perkin, d. Dec 1963.
Disc 8
Title And Now There’s You
Artist Art Farmer
Composer Hersch
Album Warm Valley (included in 2CD set Artistry)
Label Concord
Number 2-4974-2 CD 2 Track 2
Personnel: Art Framer, fh; Fred Hersch, p; Ray Drummond, b; Akira Tana, d. Sept 1982.
Disc 9
Title Like Someone In Love
Artist Art Farmer
Composer Burke / Van Heusen
Album PhD
Label Contemporary
Number CCD 14055-2 Track 6
Personnel: as above plus Kenny Burrell. g. April 1989.
Disc 10
Title My Shining Hour
Artist Art Farmer
Composer Arlen / Morris
Album Art in Wroclaw
Label Emarcy
Number 536 632-2 Track 7
Personnel: Art farmer, fh; Piotr Baron, ts; Kuba Stankiewicz, p; Harvie Schwayrz, b; Adam Cerwinski, d. Rec 1996.
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Sat 14 Feb 200916:00
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