A trumpeter with an elegant, warm tone, but also a flugelhorn virtuoso and inventor of the "flumpet," which combines the two instruments, Art Farmer explored multiple facets of jazz, from bebop to its most experimental forms, over a career spanning five decades.
With 'Portrait of Art Farmer' (1958), the former collaborator of Lionel Hampton, Dexter Gordon, Gerry Mulligan, and Horace Silver delivered an essential album for his first recording for the Contemporary Records label. Assisted by his twin brother Addison on double bass, Hank Jones on piano, and Roy Haynes on drums, Art Farmer unfurls his melodic phrasing on a collection of standard covers and blues-infused originals.
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