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Art Farmer leads off the solos with two choruses on trumpet, the first of three improvisations on the recording. Taken at a brisk swing tempo of 243 BPM over the 32-bar AABA in B♭, the improvisation moves with confident, driving energy. The tune is a contrafact based on the chord changes of "I Got Rhythm," a familiar harmonic foundation that invites inventive melodic exploration. Art Farmer opens with two trumpet choruses of dazzling precision, his lines threading through the rapid chord changes with the ease that made him one of the most admired brass players in jazz. 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.
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