Arthur Stewart Farmer

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Arthur Stewart Farmer was an acclaimed American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist known for his lyrical style and work in both small groups and big bands from the 1950s onward.

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instanceOf human
jazz musician
trumpeter
activeYearsStart 1950s
associatedAct Benny Golson
Gigi Gryce
Horace Silver
Lionel Hampton
Mingus Big Band
The Jazztet
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
familyName Farmer
fieldOfWork jazz composition
music performance
genre cool jazz
hard bop
jazz
givenName Arthur
influencedBy Clifford Brown
Fats Navarro
Miles Davis
instrument flugelhorn
trumpet
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement post-bop
name Art Farmer
notableFor lyrical playing style
pioneering use of flugelhorn in jazz ensembles
notableWork Art (album)
Meet the Jazztet (album)
linked to: Meet the Jazztet

Modern Art (album)
The Time and the Place (album)
occupation flugelhornist
jazz trumpeter
performanceRole bandleader
sideman
recordLabel Atlantic Records
CTI Records
Concord Records
Prestige Records
styleCharacteristic melodic improvisation
warm tone
workedIn big bands
small jazz groups

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Art Farmer birthName Arthur Stewart Farmer