Transcript of a 2.5-hour interview completed under the auspices of the UCLA Oral History Program Farmer discusses his life through the early 1950s, with emphasis on his early life in Phoenix, AZ, the Central Avenue jazz scene, his year at Jefferson High School in LA and his early career as a musician The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley Jazz musician (fluegelhorn and trumpet) Volume includes index The UCLA Oral History Program : catalog of the collection / compiled by Vimala Jayanti. 2nd ed. (Los Angeles : Oral History Program, Department of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles, 1992) is available in the UCLA Dept. of Special Collections Forms part of: Central Avenue sounds Also forms part of: Oral History collection, Dept. of Special Collections, University Library, University of California, Los Angeles