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Trumpets All Out

Art Farmer

Recorded	Aug 3, 1956 & Jan 26, 1957
Label	Prestige
Catalog	PR 7344
Released	1956
Personnel	10 credited players
Discogs	master 1085085

The record

Three horns deep -- Farmer, Byrd, and Sulieman -- stacked over two rotating rhythm sections for maximum friction. Recorded the same day as its companion disc, this version pushes the trumpet-summit idea past the format's usual limits.

Session personnel

Jackie McLean — alto saxophone
Addison Farmer — double bass [bass]
Doug Watkins — double bass [bass]
Art Taylor — drums
Ed Thigpen — drums
Barry Harris — piano
Hod O'Brien — piano
Art Farmer — trumpet
Donald Byrd — trumpet
Idrees Sulieman — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 16 pressings on file.

1957	Savoy Records · MG 12096 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file · RVG stamp
1964	Prestige · PR 7344 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, RVG · RVG stamp; gatefold
1964	Prestige · PR 7344 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo · RVG stamp; gatefold
1964	Prestige · PR 7344 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, White Label, Mono · RVG stamp
1957	London Records · LTZ-C. 15093 — Vinyl, LP
1957	London Records · LTZA 15093 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1957	London Records · LTZ-C15093 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve
1964	Prestige · PR 7344 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo · gatefold
1964	Prestige · PR 7344 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Misprint, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold
1966	XTRA · XTRA 5010 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
1973	Prestige · P 7344 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Stereo · gatefold
1985	Savoy Records · MGJ-12096 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
—	Prestige — STEREO
—	Savoy-Musidisc · SA 6025 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue