Allen Farnham
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| name = Allen Farnham
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| birth_name = Allen Nicholas Farnham
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| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, US
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|5|19}}
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| instrument = Piano
| genre = Jazz
| occupation = Musician, composer, arranger, educator, record producer
| years_active = 1984–present
| label = Concord Jazz
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| website = {{URL|http://allenfarnham.com/}}
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Allen Nicholas Farnham (born May 19, 1961) is a record producer, educator, jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He has recorded several albums under his own name – as a soloist, in a small group, and with a big band.
Early life
Farnham was born in Boston on May 19, 1961.{{Citation|last =Kennedy |first = Gary W. |publisher = Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press|year =2003|title=Farnham, Allen (Nicholas) |doi = 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J564200 }} He "first played piano when he was 12 and in 1983 he graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio".
Later life and career
Farnham moved to New York City in the following year. He played as a freelance, then signed to Concord Records in 1986. "Between 1986 and 1990 he led his own quartet, with either Joe Lovano or Dick Oatts on saxophone and Drew Gress and Jamey Haddad filling out the rhythm section, and from 1990 he was pianist and music director for Susannah McCorkle."
Farnham has produced more than 50 albums for Concord.{{cite web |last=Yanow |first=Scott |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/allen-farnham-mn0000005135/biography |title=Allen Farnham |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=November 10, 2018}} He is a faculty member at New Jersey City University.{{cite web |url=https://www.njcu.edu/music-dance-and-theater/jazz-studies/faculty-profiles#Farnham |title=Faculty Profiles |website=njcu.edu |access-date=November 10, 2018 }}
Discography
=As leader/co-leader=
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!Year recorded !Title !Label !Notes |
| 1989
|5th House |With Tom Harrell (trumpet, flugelhorn), Joe Lovano (soprano sax, tenor sax), Drew Gress (bass; separately), Jamey Haddad (drums) |
| 1992
|Play-cation |Concord Jazz |With Dick Oatts (soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax), Rufus Reid and Drew Gress (bass), Jamey Haddad (drums) |
| 1986–94
|The Common Thread |Concord Jazz |Some tracks solo piano; some tracks trio, with Drew Gress (bass), Jamey Haddad (drums); some tracks quartet, with Joe Lovano added |
| 1994
|Concord Jazz |Solo piano; in concert |
| 1996
|Meets the RIAS Big Band |Concord Jazz |With the RIAS Big Band |
=As sideman=
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| Year recorded
!Leader !Title !Label |
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| 1988
|{{sortname|Mel|Tormé}} |
| 1988
|{{sortname|Mel|Tormé}} |
| |{{sortname|Gust William|Tsilis|nolink="1"}}
|Pale Fire |Enja |
| 1991
|{{sortname|Susannah|McCorkle}} |I'll Take Romance |
| 1993
|{{sortname|Susannah|McCorkle}} |
| 1998
|{{sortname|Susannah|McCorkle}} |
| 1998?
|{{sortname|Masahiro|Yoshida}} |Uno |DIW |
| 2000
|{{sortname|Roseanna|Vitro}} |Conviction: Thoughts of Bill Evans |A |
| 2000
|{{sortname|Susannah|McCorkle}} |
| 2008?
|{{sortname|Mark|Sherman|Mark Sherman (musician)}} |Live at the Bird's Eye |Miles High{{cite magazine |last=Ephland |first=John |date=November 2008 |title=Mark Sherman Quartet: Live at the Bird's Eye |magazine=DownBeat |page=81 }} |
| 2010?
|{{sortname|John|Fedchock}} |Live at the Red Sea Jazz Festival |Capri{{cite magazine |last=Myers |first=Mitch |date=December 2010 |title=John Fedchock NY Sextet: Live at the Red Sea Jazz Festival |magazine=DownBeat |page=80 }} |
| 2015?
|{{sortname|John|Fedchock}} |Like It Is |Mama{{cite magazine |last=Zimmerman |first=Brian |date=November 2015 |title=John Fedchock New York Big Band: Like It Is |magazine=DownBeat |page=53 }} |
Main source:{{cite book |first1=Richard |last1=Cook |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |first2=Brian |last2=Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD |year=1996 |edition=3rd |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-14-051368-4 |title-link=The Penguin Guide to Jazz }}
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Category:American jazz pianists
Category:American male jazz pianists
Category:Musicians from Boston
Category:New Jersey City University faculty
Category:Oberlin Conservatory of Music alumni
Category:Jazz musicians from Massachusetts