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Art Farmer

Art Farmer was a jazz multi-instrumentalist who straddled two of the great periods in jazz music: be-bop, and avant-garde/modern, bringing his trumpet and flugelhorn power to each style. Art and his brother Addison were both keen musicians from early in their lives, finding influences in gospel and blues music. Art dropped out of school early and moved to Los Angeles as swing and big band jazz were being superseded by the faster, more abstracted, and harder be-bop style. Already influenced by such be-bop luminaries as Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Webster, and future legend Miles Davi...