Art Farmer
Trumpet Solo on
My One And Only Love

About

Art Farmer opens with half a chorus of trumpet on "My One And Only Love," an achingly beautiful ballad interpretation from Horace Silver's The Stylings of Silver. Art Farmer takes the first 2 A sections before passing it to Hank Mobley. At approximately 62 BPM over the 32-bar AABA form in C, his warm, burnished tone and lyrical phrasing capture the song's romantic spirit with understated eloquence. The half-chorus format allows Farmer to make a concentrated emotional statement before handing off to Mobley, each phrase revealing the gentler side of a quintet better known for hard-driving, funky performances.

Art Farmer was 28 to 29 years old at the time.