When Farmer Met Gryce

Studio album by Art Farmer and Gigi Gryce

Released

1955

Recorded

May 19, 1954 and May 26, 1955
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Genre

Jazz

Length

41:46

Label

Prestige
P 7085

Producer

Bob Weinstock

Art Farmer chronology

Early Art
(1954)

When Farmer Met Gryce
(1954-55)

Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce
(1955)

Gigi Gryce chronology

When Farmer Met Gryce
(1954-55)

Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce
(1955)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

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.^[3]

Reception

The Allmusic review stated that "all eight numbers will easily be enjoyed by straight-ahead jazz fans".^[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave it a 3½-star review, preferring the co-leaders' later album, Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce.^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated

"A Night at Tony's" – 5:06
"Blue Concept" – 4:56
"Stupendous-Lee" (Art Farmer) – 5:47
"Deltitnu" – 4:18
"Social Call" – 6:04
"Capri" – 5:01
"Blue Lights" – 5:19
"The Infant's Song" (Farmer) – 5:15

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on May 19, 1954 (tracks 1–4) and May 26, 1955 (tracks 5–8)

Personnel

Art Farmer – trumpet
Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone
Horace Silver (tracks 1–4), Freddie Redd (tracks 5–8) – piano
Percy Heath (tracks 1–4), Addison Farmer (tracks 5–8) – bass
Kenny Clarke (tracks 1–4), Art Taylor (tracks 5-8) – drums

References

1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 14, 2012
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 90. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
↑ Art Farmer discography accessed June 14, 2012
↑ Cook, Richard & Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, p. 469. Penguin.

Art Farmer
Studio albums	When Farmer Met Gryce (1955) Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce (1955) The Art Farmer Septet (1956) Farmer's Market (1956) 2 Trumpets (1957) Three Trumpets (1957) Last Night When We Were Young (1958) Portrait of Art Farmer (1958) Modern Art (1958) Brass Shout (1959) The Aztec Suite (1959) Art (1961) Early Art (1962) Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1963) Interaction (1963) Perception (1964) To Sweden with Love (1964) The Many Faces of Art Farmer (1964) Sing Me Softly of the Blues (1965) New York Jazz Sextet: Group Therapy (1966) Baroque Sketches (1966) The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits (1967) Homecoming (1971) Gentle Eyes (1972) Yesterday's Thoughts (1976) To Duke with Love (1976) On the Road (1976) The Summer Knows (1977) Crawl Space (1977) Something You Got (1977) Big Blues (1979) Yama (1979) Manhattan (1982) Mirage (1982) Warm Valley (1983) You Make Me Smile (1985) Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn (1987) Azure (1987) Blame It on My Youth (1988) Ph.D. (1989) The Time and the Place (2007)
Live albums	Live at the Half-Note (1964) The Time and the Place: The Lost Concert (1966) Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (1976) Central Avenue Reunion (1989)
Related	Discography The Jazztet

Gigi Gryce
Studio albums	When Farmer Met Gryce (1954) Nica's Tempo (1955) Jazz Lab (1957) Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet (1957) New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (1957) Jazz Lab (1957) Modern Jazz Perspective (1957) Gigi Gryce (1958) Saying Somethin'! (1960) The Hap'nin's (1960) The Rat Race Blues (1960) Reminiscin' (1960) Doin' the Gigi (2011)
Live albums	At Newport (1957)

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