Art Farmer
USA
Born: 21 August 1928
Died: 04 October 1999
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Cool, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Mainstream Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz
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Largely overlooked during his formative years, Art Farmer's consistently inventive playing was more greatly appreciated as he continued to develop. Along with Clark Terry, Farmer helped to popularize the flügelhorn among brass players. His lyricism gave his bop-oriented style its own personality. Farmer studied piano, violin, and tuba before settling on trumpet. He worked in Los Angeles from 1945 on, performing regularly on Central Avenue and spending time in the bands of Johnny Otis, Jay McShann, Roy Porter, Benny Carter, and Gerald Wilson am...
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