Teddy Edwards
Saxophonist Teddy Edwards has passed away at 78.
In jazz, a number of players have chosen to remain in one locale to practice their art. In Los Angeles, it was Edwards.
He toured through the 60s and 70s with Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Hines, Milt Jackson, Ray Brown and many others.
In his early years he played with the Ernie Fields Orchestra, and Howard McGhee; he was featured in many jam sessions during this era including Dexter Gordon in 1947.
Edwards worked briefly with Max Roach and Clifford Brown in 1954, Benny Carter in 1955, and Goodman in 1964. He recorded in the 1960s with Milt Jackson and Jimmy Smith.
His last CD was recorded for HighNote Records, Smooth Sailing.
Art Farmer
Art Farmer, Trumpet, Fluegelhorn
August 21, 1928 - October 4, 1999
Art Farmer, Master of the Trumpet and Fluegelhorn, has passed away at 71.
Art Farmer, one of the most important second-generation be-bop musicians, an improviser who could say a great deal in a few notes on the trumpet and fluegelhorn and later
on his own hybrid instrument, the "flumpet," died in Manhattan.
Farmer was considered a master of ballad playing. His tone was soft and even and sure, with no vibrato and with canny silences built into his improvisations.
In 1952 Farmer went on tour with Lionel Hampton, and in 1953 he settled in New York, joining bands led by Gigi Gryce and Horace Silver.
Farmer's discography as a leader is large and as a sideman larger, encompassing work on the Blue Note, Contemporary, Soul Note, Enja and Arabesque labels, among others.
His most recent album, from 1997, was "Silk Road" (Arabesque).
