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Art Farmer contributes four choruses on trumpet, the second of 4 solos on the recording. Taken at a medium swing tempo of 114 BPM over the 12-bar blues in B♭, the improvisation proceeds with patient, unhurried deliberation. His playing is rooted in the hard bop tradition but informed by a deep feeling for the blues that gives his improvisation an earthy authenticity. Recorded for the album Cliff Craft in 1957, the performance captures Art Farmer at 28 to 29 years old. Art Farmer follows with four trumpet choruses of refined melodic invention, his crisp articulation and warm tone bringing a different textural quality to the blues framework.
Art Farmer was 28 to 29 years old at the time.
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