Joe Farrell - 1971 [2011] Outback:
Outback is the instant in addition to finest of artist/joe-farrell-mn0000125160">Joe Farrell's dates for artist/creed-taylor-mn0000135180">Creed Taylor's CTI label. Recorded inwards a quartet setting inwards 1970, alongside artist/elvin-jones-mn0000179379">Elvin Jones, artist/chick-corea-mn0000110541">Chick Corea, in addition to Brazilian percussionist artist/airto-moreira-mn0000609992">Airto Moreira, artist/farrell-mn0000125160">Farrell pushes the envelope non alone of his ain previous jazz conceptualism, exactly CTI's envelope, every bit well. Outback is non a commercially oriented funk or fusion date, exactly an adventurous, spacy, tightrope-walking practise betwixt open-ended composition in addition to improvisation. That said, in that place is enough of individual inwards the playing. Four compositions, all arranged yesteryear artist/farrell-mn0000125160">Farrell, brand upward the album. The mysterious championship rails yesteryear artist/john-scott-mn0000815844">John Scott opens the set. Staged inwards a serial of minor-key signatures, artist/farrell-mn0000125160">Farrell primarily uses winds -- flutes in addition to piccolos -- to weave a spellbinding serial of ascending melodies over the extended, contrasting chord voicings yesteryear artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea. artist/jones-mn0000179379">Jones skitters on his cymbals spell playing the snare in addition to tom-toms far to a greater extent than softly than his signature trend commonly attests. artist/airto-mn0000609992">Airto rubs in addition to shimmers on mitt drums, going through the beat, climbing on transcend of it, in addition to playing accents inwards tandem alongside artist/farrell-mn0000125160">Farrell inwards the solo sections. "Sound Down" is a fighting to a greater extent than uptempo in addition to features artist/farrell-mn0000125160">Farrell playing wonderfully on the soprano. artist/buster-williams-mn0000943189">Buster Williams lays downwards a curt staccato bassline that keeps artist/jones-mn0000179379">Jones' bass drum pumping. As artist/farrell-mn0000125160">Farrell moves from theme/variation/melody to improvisation, he brings inwards artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea, who vamps off the tune earlier offering a serial of ostinati responses. artist/corea-mn0000110541">Corea's "Bleeding Orchid" is a ballad played alongside augmented modes in addition to continually shifting intervals, mapped beautifully yesteryear artist/williams-mn0000943189">Williams' adherence to the changes, alongside a serial of contrasting pizzicato fills. artist/farrell-mn0000125160">Farrell's trills in addition to arpeggiatic exercises combine both jazz classicism in addition to Middle Eastern folk music. On artist/farrell-mn0000125160">Farrell's "November 68th," he invokes artist/john-coltrane-mn0000175553">John Coltrane's version of "My Favorite Things" every bit he digs deep into the tenor's middle register for a song-like voicing, played alongside a gorgeously bluesy sophistication. The other players rally roughly him in addition to force his sonic flying to near manic intensity. Outback is a stunner, every bit inspired every bit anything -- in addition to possibly to a greater extent than in addition to thus -- that artist/farrell-mn0000125160">Farrell always recorded.
Outback is a jazz album yesteryear Joe Farrell on the CTI Records label. It was recorded at the Van Gelder Studio inwards Nov 1971
Track listing
Side one
- "Outback" (John Scott) – 8:40
- "Sound Down" (Joe Farrell/Geri Farrell) – 8:30
Side two
- "Bleeding Orchid" (Chick Corea) – 6:45
- "November 68th" (Joe Farrell) – 9:25
Personnel
- Joe Farrell – Tenor in addition to soprano saxophone, flute, alto flute, piccolo
- Chick Corea – Electric piano
- Elvin Jones – Drums
- Buster Williams – Bass
- Airto Moreira – Percussion
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