Three Trumpets is an album by the Prestige All Stars nominally led by trumpeters Art Farmer, Donald Byrd and Idrees Sulieman, recorded in 1957 and released on the New Jazz label.Prestige Records discography accessed March 30, 2015
Reception
Scott Yanow of AllMusic reviewed the album, stating: "Three of the up-and-coming hard bop trumpeters of the 1950s are matched up on this jam session-flavored set. ...Although none of the songs caught on there are some fireworks during these performances".Yanow, S., AllMusic Review, March 30, 2015
Track listing "Palm Court Alley" (Idrees Sulieman) – 7:48 "Who's Who?" (Art Farmer) – 6:29 "Diffusion of Beauty" (Hod O'Brien) – 7:01 "Forty Quarters" (Sulieman) – 4:34 "You Gotta Dig It to Dig It" (Donald Byrd) – 13:30
Personnel Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Idrees Sulieman – trumpet Hod O'Brien – piano Addison Farmer – bass Ed Thigpen – drums Teddy Charles – supervisor Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
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