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Art Farmer was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on August 21, 1928. When he was 4, his family moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Farmer learned to play the piano and violin when he was in elementary school. Later, when he joined his school marching band he was assigned to play the sousaphone. He also played the [...]

Benjamin Golson was born on January 25, 1929, in Philadelphia. He started playing the piano when he was 9. He liked playing the piano a lot and had ambitions of being a concert pianist. Then when he was 14 he heard Arnett Cobb play “Fly Home.” That’s the moment when he decided he had to [...]