Performance
Addison Farmer
real name Addison Gerald Farmer
Addison Farmer is credited on 618 releases across 121 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
618
Credits
121
Albums
8
Decades active
63
In collections
Biography
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American jazz double bassist
Born August 21, 1928 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, died February 20, 1963 in New York City, New York
Twin brother of Art Farmer.
Addison performed with (among others) the Johnny Alston Orchestra, Teddy Edwards, Art Farmer, Jay McShann, Gene Ammons, Charlie Parker, Sonny Criss, Mal Waldron, Curtis Fuller and Miles Davis.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
618 releases · 121 albums · active 1954–2026
- Performance · 781
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Nola Recording Studios · Atlantic Studios · Olmsted Sound Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Jingle Bell Jazz
1962

Portrait Of Art Farmer
1958

Teo
1957

Mose Allison Sings
1963

Meet The Jazztet
1960

The Soul Of Jazz Percussion
1960

I Love The Life I Live
1960

Bird In LA
2021

Mose Allison
1972

Jazz Spectrum Vol. 6
1971

Down Home Piano
1965

I Don't Worry About A Thing
1962

Transfiguration Of Hiram Brown
1960

Modern Art
1958

Farmer's Market
1958

Local Color
1958

The Best Of Chess Jazz
1989

The Best Of Mose Allison
1970

Who's Who In The Swinging Sixties
1962

Out Of This World
1961

Booker Little
1960

The Teddy Charles Tentet
1956

When Farmer Met Gryce
1957

Art Farmer Quintet Featuring Gigi Gryce
1956
Frequent collaborators
- Mose Allison
- Various
- Art Farmer
- Mahalia Jackson
- Charlie Parker
- Teddy Charles
- Stan Getz
- Gene Ammons All Stars
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