Art Farmer
Trumpet Solo on
Confirmation

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Art Farmer contributes two choruses on trumpet, the second of 5 solos on the recording. Taken at a medium-up swing tempo of 176 BPM over the 32-bar AABA in F, the improvisation flows with assured, relaxed momentum. The tune is a contrafact based on the chord changes of "Twilight Time," a familiar harmonic foundation that invites inventive melodic exploration. Art Farmer follows with two trumpet choruses of crystalline clarity, his bebop lines delivered with the effortless precision that defined his playing. Recorded for the album Cliff Craft in 1957, the performance captures Art Farmer at 28 to 29 years old.

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