Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce
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Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce
When Farmer Met Gryce
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RELEASE DATE: 19 May 1954
OJCCD-072-2
GENRE: JAZZ
Art Farmer (1928-1999) and Gigi Gryce (1927-1983) had a special relationship going in the mid-Fifties. They had been bandmates in the Lionel Hampton orchestra that visited France and Sweden in 1953, the band that included Clifford Brown, Jimmy Cleveland, et al., and discovered a natural musical camaraderie. Back in New York they further developed this affinity as Manhattan neighbors and musical partners. It was a specific association that lasted into 1956.
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