# Three Trumpets

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1957 studio album by Art Farmer, Donald Byrd and Idrees Sulieman

Three Trumpets Studio album by Art Farmer, Donald Byrd and Idrees Sulieman Released 1957 Recorded January 26, 1957 Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey Genre Jazz Length 39:22 Label Prestige PRLP 7092 Producer Teddy Charles Idrees Sulieman chronology Three Trumpets (1957) Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors (1957) Donald Byrd chronology The Young Bloods (1956) Three Trumpets (1957) Jazz Lab (1957) Art Farmer chronology Farmer's Market (1956) Three Trumpets (1957) Last Night When We Were Young (1957)

***Three Trumpets*** is an album by the Prestige All Stars nominally led by trumpeters [Art Farmer](/source/Art_Farmer), [Donald Byrd](/source/Donald_Byrd) and [Idrees Sulieman](/source/Idrees_Sulieman), recorded in 1957 and released on the [New Jazz](/source/Prestige_Records) label.[1]

## Reception

Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [3] Down Beat [2]

[Scott Yanow](/source/Scott_Yanow) of [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) reviewed the album, stating: "Three of the up-and-coming hard bop trumpeters of the 1950s are matched up on this jam session-flavored set. ...Although none of the songs caught on there are some fireworks during these performances".[3]

## Track listing

1. "Palm Court Alley" (Idrees Sulieman) – 7:48

1. "Who's Who?" (Art Farmer) – 6:29

1. "Diffusion of Beauty" (Hod O'Brien) – 7:01

1. "Forty Quarters" (Sulieman) – 4:34

1. "You Gotta Dig It to Dig It" (Donald Byrd) – 13:30

## Personnel

- [Art Farmer](/source/Art_Farmer), [Donald Byrd](/source/Donald_Byrd), [Idrees Sulieman](/source/Idrees_Sulieman) – [trumpet](/source/Trumpet)

- [Hod O'Brien](/source/Hod_O'Brien) – [piano](/source/Piano)

- [Addison Farmer](/source/Addison_Farmer) – [bass](/source/Double_bass)

- [Ed Thigpen](/source/Ed_Thigpen) – [drums](/source/Drum_kit)

- Teddy Charles – supervisor

- [Rudy Van Gelder](/source/Rudy_Van_Gelder) – engineer

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Prestige Records discography](http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7000-series/#prlp-7092) accessed March 30, 2015

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Down Beat](/source/Down_Beat): January 23, 1958 Vol. 25, No. 2

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-AllMusic_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-AllMusic_3-1) Yanow, S., [AllMusic Review](http://www.allmusic.com/album/three-trumpets-mw0000903981), March 30, 2015

v t e 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 articles Discography The Jazztet

v t e Idrees Sulieman Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise. Studio albums Three Trumpets (with Art Farmer and Donald Byrd, 1957) Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors (with Webster Young, John Coltrane, and Bobby Jaspar, 1957) Roots (1957) The Camel (1964) Now Is the Time (1976) Bird's Grass (1976) Groovin' (1985) Live albums Americans in Europe (with Kenny Clarke, Bill Smith, Bud Powell, Albert Nicholas, Champion Jack Dupree, Curtis Jones, and Don Byas, 1963) Related articles Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band

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