As leader
Year recorded | Title | Label | Notes |
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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 | Farmer’s Market | Prestige | With Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Kenny Drew (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), Elvin Jones (drums) |
1956 | 2 Trumpets | Prestige | With Donald Byrd (trumpet), Jackie McLean (alto sax), Barry Harris (piano), Doug Watkins (bass), Art Taylor (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 | Baroque Sketches | Columbia | |
1966 | The Time and the Place | Mosaic | With Jimmy Heath (tenor sax), Albert Dailey (piano), Walter Booker (bass), Mickey Roker (drums); in concert |
1967 | The Time and the Place | Columbia | With Jimmy Heath (tenor sax), Cedar Walton (piano), Walter Booker (bass), Mickey Roker (drums) |
1967 | Art Farmer 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) |
1976 | On the Road | Concord | With Art Pepper (alto sax), Hampton Hawes (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Steve Ellington and Shelly Manne (drums; separately) |
1975 | Yesterday’s Thoughts | East Wind | With Sam Jones (bass), Cedar Walton (piano), Billy Higgins (drums) |
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) |
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 |
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) |
1981 | Foolish Memories | Bellaphon | With Harry Sokal (tenor sax), Fritz Pauer (piano), Heiri Känzig (bass), Joris Dudli (drums) |
1989 | PhD | Contemporary | With Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), James Williams (piano), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Rufus Reid (bass), Marvin “Smitty” Smith (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) |
1989 | Central Avenue Reunion | Contemporary | With Frank Morgan (alto sax), Lou Levy (piano), Eric Von Essen (bass), Albert Heath (drums) |
1996 | Live at Stanford Jazz Workshop | Monarch | With Harold Land (tenor sax), Bill Bell (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), Albet Heath (drums); in concert |
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 | At Boomers | East Wind | With Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), Cedar Walton (piano), Sam Jones (bass) Billy Higgins (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 |
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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 | East World | With Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Buster Williams (bass), Albert Heath |
1982 | 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 |
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1949 | (Various) | Black California | Savoy |
1953 | Clifford Brown | The Clifford Brown Big Band In Paris | Prestige |
1953 | Clifford Brown | Memorial | Prestige |
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 |
1957 | Manny Albam | The Jazz Greats of Our Time, Vol. 1 | Coral |
1957 | Gene Ammons | Funky | Prestige |
1958 | John Benson Brooks | Alabama Concerto | Riverside |
1956 | Teddy Charles | The Teddy Charles Tentet | Atlantic |
1956 | Teddy Charles | Word from Bird | Atlantic |
1957 | Kenny Burrell | Earthy | Prestige |
1957 | Jimmy Cleveland | Cleveland Style | EmArcy |
1983 | Joe Carter | My Foolish Heart | Empathy |
1957 | Sonny Clark | Dial “S” for Sonny | Blue Note |
1958 | Sonny Clark | Cool Struttin’ | Blue Note |
1957 | Eddie Costa | Eddie Costa Quintet | Interlude |
1987 | Bob Dorough | Songs of Love | |
1979 | Tommy Flanagan | Something Tasty | Baystate |
1957 | Curtis Fuller | Curtis Fuller Volume 3 | Blue Note |
1957 | Benny Golson | Benny Golson’s New York Scene | Contemporary |
1960–61 | Benny Golson | Take a Number from 1 to 10 | Argo |
1964 | Sergio Mendes | Bossa Nova York | Elenco |
1967 | Benny Golson | Tune In, Turn On | Verve |
1996 | Benny Golson | One Day, Forever | Arkadia |
1956 | Bennie Green | Bennie Green with Art Farmer | Prestige |
1996 | Jim Hall | Panorama: Live at The Village Vanguard | Telarc |
1990 | (Various) | Rhythmstick | CTI |
1958 | Milt Jackson | Bags’ Opus | United Artists |
1957 | Benny Golson | Cliff Craft | Blue Note |
1974 | Peter Herbolzheimer | Scenes | MPS |
1957 | Joe Holiday | Holiday for Jazz | Decca |
1978 | Duke Jordan | Duke’s Artistry | SteepleChase |
1977 | Yusef Lateef | Autophysiopsychic | CTI |
1958 | Michel Legrand | Legrand Jazz | Columbia |
1958 | Abbey Lincoln | It’s Magic | Riverside |
1958 | Mundell Lowe | Porgy & Bess | RCA Camden |
1956 | Hal McKusick | The Jazz Workshop | RCA Victor |
1957 | Hal McKusick | Hal McKusick Quintet | Coral |
1958 | Hal McKusick | Cross Section – Saxes | Decca |
1956 | Gil Mellé | Gil’s Guests | Prestige |
1957 | Hank Mobley | Hank Mobley Quintet | Blue Note |
1958–59 | Gerry Mulligan | What Is There to Say? | Columbia |
1963 | Gerry Mulligan | Night Lights | Philips |
1987 | Mark Murphy | September Ballads | Milestone |
1966 | Chico O’Farrill | Nine Flags | Impulse! |
1958-59 | Tony Ortega | Jazz For Young Moderns | Bethlehem |
1980 | Enrico Pieranunzi | Isis | Soul Note |
1959 | Bill Potts | The Jazz Soul Of Porgy & Bess | United Artists |
1957 | Prestige All Stars | Earthy | Prestige |
1957 | Prestige All Stars | Three Trumpets | Prestige |
1957 | Prestige All Stars | Coolin’ | New Jazz |
1958 | Prestige Blues-Swingers | Outskirts Of Town | Prestige |
1958 | Annie Ross | Sings a Song with Mulligan! | World Pacific |
1956 | George Russell | The Jazz Workshop | RCA Victor |
1969 | Heikki Sarmanto | Many Moons – July ’69 | Louhi Productions |
1957 | Horace Silver | The Stylings of Silver | Blue Note |
1958 | Horace Silver | Further Explorations | Blue Note |
1987 | Taina | Scene from a Trance | CBS |
1957 | (Various) | Modern Jazz Concert | Columbia |
1976 | (Various) | Jazz Gala Concert | Atlantic |
1958 | Mal Waldron | Mal/3: Sounds | Prestige |
1958 | Ben Webster | The Soul of Ben Webster | Verve |
1969 | Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band | TNP | Delta Music |
1970 | Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band | November Girl | Black Lion |
1971 | Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band | Change Of Scenes | Verve |
1970 | Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band | Off Limits | Polydor |
1975 | BP Convention Big Band | Blue Sunset | Jugoton |
1993 | Barbara Carroll | This Heart of Mine | DRG |
Singles as sideman
Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label |
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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 |
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1958* | I Want to Live! | Holywood film; Farmer appears as himself[1] |
1958 | Jazz on a Summer’s Day | Recorded at the 1958 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 novel; 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 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] |