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Art Farmer discography
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- This is an incomplete list, which will never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness as it excludes bootlegs, mix tapes and other minor records by independent labels.
Art Farmer was a jazz musician who played trumpet, flugelhorn and flumpet. His appearances on record date from 1948 to 1998 and include more than 60 albums under his own name and more than 70 as a sideman, in addition to a dozen with the Jazztet. His appearances on film are also listed on this page, including his two appearances in Hollywood productions.
Discography
Years refer to the date of Farmer's appearance on the recording.
As leader
| Year recorded | Title | Label | Year released | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953–54 | The Art Farmer Septet | Prestige | 1956 | Farmer's debut recordings as leader. With Jimmy Cleveland, Quincy Jones or Horace Silver, Monk Montgomery or Percy Heath |
| 1954 | Early Art | Prestige | 1962 | 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 | 1955 | 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 | 1956 | With Gigi Gryce (alto sax) Duke Jordan (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums) |
| 1956 | 2 Trumpets | Prestige | 1957 | With Donald Byrd (trumpet), Jackie McLean (alto sax), Barry Harris (piano), Doug Watkins (bass), Art Taylor (drums) |
| 1956 | Farmer's Market | Prestige | 1958 | With Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Kenny Drew (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), Elvin Jones (drums) |
| 1957 | Three Trumpets | Prestige | 1957 | With Donald Byrd and Idrees Sulieman (trumpet), Hod O'Brien (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums) |
| 1957 | Last Night When We Were Young | ABC-Paramount | 1958 | With the Quincy Jones orchestra; Jones also wrote the arrangements |
| 1958 | Portrait of Art Farmer | Contemporary | 1958 | With Hank Jones (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), Roy Haynes (drums) |
| 1958 | Modern Art | United Artists | 1958 | With Benny Golson (tenor sax), Bill Evans (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), Dave Bailey (drums) |
| 1959 | Brass Shout | United Artists | 1959 | With big band; arrangements by Benny Golson |
| 1959 | The Aztec Suite | United Artists | 1959 | With big band; arrangements by Chico O'Farrill |
| 1960 | Art | Argo | 1960 | With Tommy Flanagan (piano), Tommy Williams (bass), Albert Heath (drums) |
| 1961 | Perception | Argo | 1964 | With Harold Mabern (piano), Tommy Williams (bass), Roy McCurdy (drums) |
| 1962 | Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra | Mercury | 1963 | With big band; arrangements by Oliver Nelson |
| 1963 | Interaction | Atlantic | 1963 | With Jim Hall (guitar), Steve Swallow (bass), Walter Perkins (drums) |
| 1963 | Live at the Half-Note | Atlantic | 1964 | Personnel as on Interaction; in concert |
| 1964 | To Sweden with Love | Atlantic | 1964 | With Jim Hall (guitar), Steve Swallow (bass), Pete LaRoca (drums) |
| 1964 | The Many Faces of Art Farmer | Scepter | 1964 | With Charles McPherson (alto sax), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Steve Swallow (bass), Bobby Thomas (drums) |
| 1965 | Sing Me Softly of the Blues | Atlantic | 1965 | With Steve Kuhn (piano), Steve Swallow (bass), Pete LaRoca (drums) |
| 1965–66 | Group Therapy | Scepter | 1966 | Credited to the New York Jazz Sextet |
| 1966 | The Time and the Place: The Lost Concert | Mosaic | 2007 | With Jimmy Heath (tenor sax), Albert Dailey (piano), Walter Booker (bass), Mickey Roker (drums); in concert |
| 1966 | Baroque Sketches | Columbia | 1967 | With the Baroque Orchestra arranged by Benny Golson |
| 1967 | The Time and the Place | Columbia | 1967 | With Jimmy Heath (tenor sax), Cedar Walton (piano), Walter Booker (bass), Mickey Roker (drums); studio album with overdubbed applause |
| 1967 | The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits | Columbia | 1967 | Personnel as on The Time and the Place (1967) |
| 1968 | Art Worker | Lotus | 1979 | 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-Editore Recording | 1968 | With Phil Woods (alto sax), Martial Solal (piano), Henri Texier (bass), Daniel Humair (drums) |
| 1970 | In Europe | Enja | 1998 | With Fritz Pauer (piano), Peter Marshall (bass), Erich Bachtragl (drums); in concert |
| 1970 | From Vienna with Art | MPS | 1970 | With Jimmy Heath (tenor sax), Fritz Pauer (piano), Jimmy Woode (bass), Erich Bachtragl (drums) |
| 1971 | Homecoming | Mainstream | 1971 | With Jimmy Heath (tenor sax), Cedar Walton (piano), Sam Jones (bass), Billy Higgins (drums), James Mtume (congas), Warren Smith (percussion) |
| 1972 | Gentle Eyes | Mainstream | 1972 | With big band; arrangements by Hans Salomon |
| 1974 | Talk to Me | Pye | 1975 | With the ORF Big Band |
| 1974 | A Sleeping Bee | Grammofonverket | 1974 | With Goran Strandberg (piano), Jan Schaffer (guitar), Red Mitchell (bass), Tony Inzalaco and Island Ostlund (drums; separately), Sabu Martinez (percussion) |
| 1975 | Yesterday's Thoughts | East Wind | 1976 | With Cedar Walton (piano), Sam Jones (bass), Billy Higgins (drums) |
| 1975 | To Duke with Love | East Wind | 1976 | With Cedar Walton (piano), Sam Jones (bass guitar), Billy Higgins (drums) |
| 1976 | The Summer Knows | East Wind | 1977 | Personnel as on To Duke with Love |
| 1976 | Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers | East Wind | 1976 | With Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), Cedar Walton (piano), Sam Jones (bass) Billy Higgins (drums); in concert |
| 1976 | On the Road | Contemporary | 1976 | With Art Pepper (alto sax), Hampton Hawes (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Steve Ellington and Shelly Manne (drums; separately) |
| 1977 | Crawl Space | CTI | 1977 | 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 | 1977 | With the David Matthews orchestra, featuring Yusef Lateef (tenor sax) |
| 1977 | Art Farmer Live in Tokyo | CTI | 1977 | With Jackie McLean (alto sax), Cedar Walton (piano), Sam Jones (bass), Billy Higgins (drums); in concert |
| 1978 | Big Blues | CTI | 1979 | With Jim Hall (guitar), Mike Mainieri (vibraphone), Mike Moore (bass), Steve Gadd (drums) |
| 1979 | Yama | CTI | 1979 | Featuring Joe Henderson (tenor sax) |
| 1981 | A Work of Art | Concord | 1982 | With Fred Hersch (piano), Bob Bodley (bass), Billy Hart(drums) |
| 1981 | Manhattan | Soul Note | 1982 | With Sahib Shihab (soprano and baritone saxes), Kenny Drew (piano), Mads Vinding (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums) |
| 1981 | Foolish Memories | Bellaphon | 1981 | With Harry Sokal (tenor sax), Fritz Pauer (piano), Heiri Känzig (bass), Joris Dudli (drums) |
| 1982 | Mirage | Soul Note | 1982 | With Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), Fred Hersch (piano), Ray Drummond (bass), Akira Tana (drums) |
| 1982 | Warm Valley | Concord | 1983 | With Fred Hersch (piano), Ray Drummond (bass), Akira Tana (drums) |
| 1983 | Ambrosia | Denon | 1984 | With The Great Jazz Trio |
| 1983 | Maiden Voyage | Denon | 1984 | With strings, Masahiko Satoh (piano) |
| 1984 | You Make Me Smile | Soul Note | 1986 | 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 | 1987 | With Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), James Williams (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), Marvin "Smitty" Smith (drums) |
| 1987 | Azure | Soul Note | 1987 | With Fritz Pauer (piano) |
| 1988 | Blame It on My Youth | Contemporary | 1988 | With Clifford Jordan (tenor and soprano sax), James Williams (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), Victor Lewis (drums) |
| 1989 | Ph.D. | Contemporary | 1989 | With Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), James Williams (piano), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Rufus Reid (bass), Marvin "Smitty" Smith (drums) |
| 1989 | Central Avenue Reunion | Contemporary | 1990 | With Frank Morgan (alto sax), Lou Levy (piano), Eric Von Essen (bass), Albert Heath (drums) |
| 1991 | Soul Eyes | Enja | 1992 | With Geoff Keezer (piano), Kenny Davis (bass), Lewis Nash (drums); in concert |
| 1994 | The Company I Keep | Arabesque | 1994 | 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 | 1995 | With Slide Hampton (trombone), Ron Blake (soprano and tenor saxes), Geoff Keezer (piano), Kenny Davis (bass), Carl Allen (drums) |
| 1996 | Silk Road | Arabesque | 1997 | With Don Braden and Ron Blake (soprano and tenor saxes), Geoff Keezer (piano), Kenny Davis (bass), Carl Allen (drums) |
| 1996 | Live at Stanford Jazz Workshop | Monarch | 1997 | With Harold Land (tenor sax), Bill Bell (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), Albert Heath (drums); in concert |
| 1998 | Art Farmer Plays Standards | PAO | 2000 | With Jarek Smietana (guitar), Jacek Niedziela and Antoni Debski (bass; separately), Adam Czerwinski (drums) |
With the Jazztet
All feature Benny Golson (tenor sax)