Arthur Stewart Farmer was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet,a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother,double bassist Addison Farmer,started playing professionally while in high school. Art gained greater attention after the release of a recording of his composition "Farmer's Market" in 1952. He subsequently moved from Los Angeles to New York,where he performed and recorded with musicians such as Horace Silver,Sonny Rollins,and Gigi Gryce and became known principally as a bebop player.
Percy Heath was an American jazz bassist,brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath,with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975. Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet throughout their long history and also worked with Miles Davis,Dizzy Gillespie,Charlie Parker,Wes Montgomery,Thelonious Monk and Lee Konitz.
Arthur S. Taylor Jr. was an American jazz drummer,who "helped define the sound of modern jazz drumming".
Gigi Gryce,later Basheer Qusim,was an American jazz saxophonist,flautist,clarinetist,composer,arranger,and educator.
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane is a 1961 album by Thelonious Monk issued on Jazzland Records,a subsidiary of Riverside Records. It consists of material recorded four years earlier when Monk worked extensively with John Coltrane,issued after Coltrane had become a leader and jazz star in his own right.
Julius Watkins was an American jazz musician who played French horn. Described by AllMusic as "virtually the father of the jazz French horn",Watkins won the Down Beat critics poll in 1960 and 1961 for Miscellaneous Instrument.
William Howard "Monk" Montgomery was an American jazz bassist. He was a pioneer of the electric bass guitar and possibly the first to be recorded playing the instrument when he participated in a 1953 session released on The Art Farmer Septet. He was the brother of jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery and vibraphonist Buddy Montgomery.
James "Osie" Johnson was a jazz drummer,arranger and singer.
Sahib Shihab was an American jazz and hard bop saxophonist and flautist. He variously worked with Luther Henderson,Thelonious Monk,Fletcher Henderson,Tadd Dameron,Dizzy Gillespie,Kenny Clarke,John Coltrane and Quincy Jones among others.
James Milton Cleveland was an American jazz trombonist born in Wartrace,Tennessee.
Wade Legge was an American jazz pianist and bassist.
Nica's Tempo is the most common latter-day title of an album by the Gigi Gryce Orchestra and Quartet,recorded and first released in late 1955. The title track is a reference to Nica de Koenigswarter a.k.a. "The Bebop Baroness" or "The Jazz Baroness",a patron of jazz musicians such as Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker.
At Newport is a live album by the Gigi Gryce–Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory and the Cecil Taylor Quartet recorded for the Verve label at the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1957. The original LP album featured one side of performances by Taylor with Buell Neidlinger,Denis Charles and Steve Lacy and the other by Gryce,Byrd,Hank Jones,Wendell Marshall,and Osie Johnson.
Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners is an album by jazz saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley released on the Riverside label,featuring performances by Adderley with Wes Montgomery,Ray Brown,Victor Feldman,and Louis Hayes.
Memorial is a 1956 jazz album by trumpeter Clifford Brown issued posthumously. It was originally released on the Prestige label as PRLP 7055. It principally includes fast bop pieces,also arranged for a brass section. Ira Gitler,who was supervising session for Prestige label at the time,confessed he was greatly impressed by Brown:"When Brownie stood up and took his first solo on "Philly J J",I nearly fell off my seat in the control room. The power,range and brilliance together with the warmth and invention was something that I hadn't heard since Fats Navarro" Tracks 1-4 were recorded abroad with a Swedish All Star Group. Tracks 5-9 were recorded in New York as a Tadd Dameron led 10 inch LP minus the alternate take. Clifford and Benny Golson were the only horn soloists.
When Farmer Met Gryce is an album by trumpeter Art Farmer and saxophonist Gigi Gryce,featuring performances recorded in 1954 and 1955 and released on the Prestige label.
Farmer's Market is an album by trumpeter Art Farmer,featuring performances recorded in 1956 and released on the New Jazz label.
Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce is an album by trumpeter Art Farmer's Quintet featuring saxophonist Gigi Gryce. It was recorded in 1955 and released on the Prestige label.
New Formulas from the Jazz Lab is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gigi Gryce and trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring tracks recorded in 1957 but not released until 1982 on the French RCA label.
Earl Coleman Returns is an album by American jazz singer Earl Coleman recorded in 1956 and released on the Prestige label. The 1994 CD reissue added four additional tracks originally released on 78 RPM singles.
