Addison Farmer

Addison Farmer was the twin brother of the better-known trumpeter Art Farmer, with whom he played in several groups, including an excellent late-'50s combo with the fine saxophonist and composer Benny Golson. The bassist's career was relatively brief by jazz standards, his first recordings taking place in Los Angeles in 1949 under the auspices of bandleader Teddy Edwards. Addison Farmer had studied music extensively by that time, including formal bass lessons with Fred Zimmerman as well as classes in both piano and theory at the Juilliard School of Music and the Manhattan Scho...