Art Farmer Professions : Jazz trumpeter Born : August 21, 1928 Died : October 4, 1999 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Art Farmer When I'm home, I practice four or five hours a day...I warm up for an hour before a gig. Art Farmer four practice home Economy: that what you played had to have meaning, not just a bunch of sixteenth notes. You learn to make better choices of notes as you get older. Art Farmer economy notes choices The main problem is to free your mind when you play. I find that in my own playing, whenever I feel any kind of tension, I'm restricted to playing the most fundamental kinds of things. Art Farmer free-your-mind fundamentals play Similar Authors Donald Byrd jazz-trumpeter Dave Douglas jazz-trumpeter Christian Scott jazz-trumpeter Lionel Ferbos jazz-trumpeter Tommy Dorsey jazz-trumpeter Randy Sandke jazz-trumpeter All Authors