Addison Farmer
Gerald Addison Farmer ( born August 21, 1928 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, † February 20, 1963 in New York City in a car accident ) was an American jazz bassist.
Addison Farmer studied at the Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music, then played with Jay McShann, Howard McGhee, Benny Carter (1948) and Gerald Wilson ( 1953) in California, and later with Teddy Charles, Art Farmer / Gigi Gryce - band, Stan Getz and Mose Allison in New York. 1959 to 1960 he worked in the Art Farmer / Benny Golson Jazztet with, listen to on the Argo album Meet the Jazztet. Addison Farmer took over the course of his short career on to plates with Gene Ammons, Sonny Criss, Curtis Fuller / Hampton Hawes, Teo Macero, Anthony Ortega, the Prestige Jazz Quartet and Mal Waldron.
Addison Farmer was the twin brother of Art Farmer.
Auswahldiskographie
With Art Farmer
- When Farmer Met Gryce ( Prestige / OJC, 1954-55 )
- The Art Farmer Quintet ( Prestige, 1954)
- Farmer's Market ( Prestige / OJC, 1956)
- Portrait Of Art Farmer (Contemporary, 1958)
- Modern Art ( Blue Note, 1958)
Other recordings as a sideman
- Teddy Edwards: Steady With Teddy ( Cool & Blue, 1946-48 )
- Gene Ammons: The Happy Blues ( OJC, 1956); All Star Sessions ( 1950-55 OJC )
- Bennie Green Bennie Green with Art Farmer ( Prestige / Fantasy, 1956)
- Sonny Criss: California Boppin ' ( Fresh Sound, 1957)
- Teddy Charles: Coolin ' ( OJC, 1957)
- Mal Waldron: Impressions ( OJC, 1959)