Death:Death of Sibling 20 February 1963 (Twin brother Addison) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Death:Death, Cause unspecified 4 October 1999 (Age 71) chart Placidus Equal_H.
American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player, he also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, double bassist Addison Farmer, started playing professionally while in high school. Art gained greater attention after the release of a recording of his composition "Farmers Market" in 1952. He subsequently moved from Los Angeles to New York, where he performed and recorded with musicians such as Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins, and Gigi Gryce and became known principally as a bebop player. As Farmers reputation grew, he expanded from bebop into more experimental forms through working with composers such as George Russell and Teddy Charles. He went on to join Gerry Mulligans quartet and, with Benny Golson, to co-found the Jazztet. Continuing to develop his own sound, Farmer switched from trumpet to the warmer flugelhorn in the early 1960s, and he helped to establish the flugelhorn as a soloists instrument in jazz. He settled in Europe in 1968 and continued to tour internationally until his death. Farmer recorded more than 50 albums under his own name, a dozen with the Jazztet, and dozens more with other leaders. His playing is known for its individuality – most noticeably, its lyricism, warmth of tone and sensitivity. Art Farmer married three times. He died on 4 October 1999 at age 71 in New York City. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
Born: Tuesday, August 21, 1928 in Council Bluffs, Iowa
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