A collection of music from 1952 to 1989, this is far from a greatest-hits compendium, and excludes prime music from
the Jazztet, as well as many of
Farmer's most famous latter-period pieces from
Ph.D and
Blame It on My Youth. "Farmer's Market" is here, as is "Wisteria," and you hear his transition from trumpet to flügelhorn to flumpet. More from
When Farmer Met Gryce and different selections alongside
Clifford Jordan would have made for a more satisfying sampler. ~ Michael G. Nastos