Art Farmer - Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting Jazz Podcast

This week's episode is about the music of trumpeter and flugelhorn player Art Farmer.  At a time when nine out of ten trumpeters were trying to sound like Dizzy Gillespie or Miles Davis, Farmer blazed his own path, and developed a soft, thoughtful, beautifully melodic style with a keen sensitivity for dynamic and timbral range. Please forgive the fairly minimal commentary for this episode, I'm fighting a sore throat/cough and so kept things brief Playlist here: https://wednesdaynightprayermeeting.wordpress.com/2020/03/18/art-farmer-wednesday-night-prayer-meeting-jazz-podcast-playlist/   Questions? Comments? Requests? email me at wnpmpod@gmail.com

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I'm a lover of jazz music and have spend the last 20 years digging through record crates at the record stores, yard sales, swap meets, etc, in the Los Angeles area, and want to share some of the great jazz I've discovered along the way. Most episodes are focused on a single jazz artist, some are focused on various jazz styles, to point others in the right direction when it comes to finding out about great jazz