Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce - When Farmer Met Gryce (1955) {Prestige OJCCD-072-2 rel 1994}
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© 1954-55, 1994 Prestige Records / Fantasy | OJCCD-072-2
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Trumpet / Saxophone
One of Art Farmer's pivotal mid 50s sides – recorded in the company of altoist Gigi Gryce, a great player and a budding young arranger who helped Farmer really formulate the best side of his sound! The tracks are lyrically modern – but still have a nice dose of soul in them – a wonderful blend that really sets the stage for the move that Art was making away from earlier trumpeters in jazz – into that hip territory that was neither too cool, nor too overblown – and which would almost be known as "Farmer-like" in years to come! The album features Gryce and Farmer in 2 different groups – one with Horace Silver on piano, Percy Heath on bass, and Kenny Clarke on drums – the other with Freddie Redd on piano, Addison Farmer on bass, and Art Taylor on drums.