Early Art

{{for|early art in human history|Ancient art|Prehistoric art}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Early Art | type = Album | artist = [[Art Farmer]] | cover = Early Art.jpg | alt = | released = 1962 | recorded = January 20 & November 9, 1954 | venue = | studio = [[Van Gelder Studio]], Hackensack, New Jersey | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 41:52 | label = [[Prestige Records|New Jazz]]<br><small>NJLP 8258</small> | producer = [[Bob Weinstock]] | chronology = [[Art Farmer]] | prev_title = [[The Art Farmer Septet]] | prev_year = 1953 | next_title = [[When Farmer Met Gryce]] | next_year = 1955 }}

'''''Early Art''''' is an album by trumpeter [[Art Farmer]] featuring two sessions recorded in 1954 which was originally released on LP on the [[Prestige Records|New Jazz]] label in the early 1960s.<ref name="Art Farmer discography">[http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-farmer/catalog/#new-jazz-njlp-8258 Art Farmer discography] accessed July 27, 2014</ref>

==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''[[Down Beat]]''<br />(Original Lp release) | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>[[Down Beat]]: March 1, 1962 vol. 29, no. 5</ref> | rev2 = [[Allmusic]] | rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> |rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]'' | rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 76 }}</ref> }} In his review for [[Allmusic]], [[Scott Yanow]] said "the music is quite enjoyable and a must for 1950s bop collectors".<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/early-art-mw0000183670 Allmusic Review] accessed July 27, 2014</ref>

==Track listing== The programming differs from what is listed, with "Soft Shoe" (which should have been the opener) actually appearing fifth and the songs listed as appearing second through fifth moving up to first through fourth.<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/early-art-mw0000183670 Allmusic Review] accessed July 27, 2014</ref> ''All compositions by Art Farmer except as indicated'' # "Confab in Tempo" - 3:54 # "I'll Take Romance" ([[Oscar Hammerstein II]], [[Ben Oakland]]) - 4:57 # "Wisteria" - 4:32 # "Autumn Nocturne" ([[Kim Gannon]], [[Josef Myrow]]) - 4:05 # "Soft Shoe" - 4:59 # "[[I've Never Been in Love Before]]" ([[Frank Loesser]]) - 3:49 # "[[I'll Walk Alone]]" ([[Jule Styne]], [[Sammy Cahn]]) - 3:55 # "[[Gone with the Wind (song)|Gone With the Wind]]" ([[Herbert Magidson]], [[Allie Wrubel]]) - 4:07 # "[[Alone Together (1932 song)|Alone Together]]" ([[Arthur Schwartz]], [[Howard Dietz]]) - 3:59 # "Pre Amp" - 3:35 *Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on January 20 (tracks 1–3, 5) and November 9 (tracks 4, 6–10), 1954

== Personnel == * Art Farmer – [[trumpet]] * [[Sonny Rollins]] – [[tenor saxophone]] (tracks 1–2, 5) * [[Horace Silver]] (tracks 1–3, 5), [[Wynton Kelly]] (tracks 4, 6–10) – [[piano]] * [[Percy Heath]] (tracks 1–3, 5), [[Addison Farmer]] (tracks 4, 6–10) – [[double bass|bass]] * [[Kenny Clarke]] (tracks 1–3, 5), [[Herbie Lovelle]] (tracks 4, 6–10) – [[drum kit|drums]]

== References == {{reflist}} {{Art Farmer}}

[[Category:Prestige Records albums]] [[Category:Art Farmer albums]] [[Category:1962 albums]] [[Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio]] [[Category:Albums produced by Bob Weinstock]] [[Category:Albums recorded in a home studio]]