Group

The Jazztet

The Jazztet was a jazz sextet, co-founded in 1959 by trumpeter Art Farmer and tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, always featuring the founders along with a trombonist and a piano-bass-drums rhythm section. In its first phase, the Jazztet lasted until 1962, and helped to launch the careers of pianist McCoy Tyner and trombonist Grachan Moncur III. Farmer and Golson revived the group in 1982 and it agai…

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Artist details

Type
Group
Area
United States
Founded
1959
Dissolved
1962
Genres
Labels
Contemporary
Fantasy
Verve
Charly Records
GRP
Last updated: December 3rd, 2018

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