Art is an album by trumpeter Art Farmer, featuring performances recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Argo label.^[1]: 18 Farmer stated in 1995 that the album, which consists mainly of ballads, was his favorite.

Farmer was co-founder and co-leader of the Jazztet, which had recorded two albums for Argo, including Big City Sounds on September 16, 19, and 20, 1960.^{[1]: 6, 18} Two of the members of that sextet – bassist Tommy Williams, and drummer Albert Heath – were retained by Farmer for his recording as leader, and pianist Tommy Flanagan was added, completing the quartet.^[1]: 6

The album was recorded immediately after the Big City Sounds sessions – on September 21–23, 1960.^[1]: 6 The band did not rehearse the music before recording it.^[2]

The music chosen had an "emphasis on less frequently played ballads."^[1]: 6 "So Beats My Heart for You" features two solos by Williams.^[1]: 6–7 "Goodbye, Old Girl", from the musical Damn Yankees, is played with a "mood of rueful farewell".^[1]: 7 The Gershwins' "Who Cares?" and Irving Berlin's "The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)" are up-tempo numbers.^[1]: 7 Benny Golson's "Out of the Past" was intended to sound like a standard, and was first recorded in 1957.^[1]: 7 The playing on "Younger Than Springtime" is "impressionistic" and "reflective".^[1]: 7 "I'm a Fool to Want You" was described by Nat Hentoff in the original liner notes as "the essence of jazz lyricism – intimacy without self-pity".^[1]: 7 "That Ole Devil Called Love" has solos from Farmer and Williams.^[1]: 7

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The Allmusic review stated "This series of studio sessions from 1960 [...] find the trumpeter in great form".^[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as "close to perfect, [...] measured, unflashy but deeply felt".^[4]

Speaking in 1995, Farmer stated that Art was his favorite album: "Sometimes things gel, and sometimes things that should gel don't, and nobody can really anticipate it. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't work. In this case, it worked."^[2]

1. "So Beats My Heart for You" (Pat Ballard, Charles E. Henderson, Tom Waring) – 4:38
2. "Goodbye Old Girl" (Richard Adler Jerry Ross) – 4:24
3. "Who Cares?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:15
4. "Out of the Past" (Benny Golson) – 5:20
5. "Younger Than Springtime" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 5:38
6. "The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)" (Irving Berlin) – 4:06
7. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) – 5:27
8. "That Ole Devil Called Love" (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts) – 4:14