Joe Farrell
Joe Farrell Quartet/Outback/Moon Germs

Joe Farrell Quartet dates from 1970 and is his debut for CTI.  ‘Follow Your Heart’ is dreamy and features John McLoughlin on guitar, whilst ‘Circle In The Square’ has a modal Coltrane like theme.  The atmospheric flute led ‘Molten Glass’ is a highlight and ‘Motion’ is a frenetic journey into the avant-garde.  The movie theme title song is given an enticing Spiritual Jazz like workout with Farrell on flute.  ‘Sound Down’ is another fine post-Bop piece.  Both ‘Bleeding Orchid’ and ‘November 68^th’ are further strong modal numbers with Farrell’s flue and sax playing of the highest order. The quintet on the LP features Chick Corea, Elvin Jones, Airto, and Buster Williams.  ‘Moon Germs’ is widely regarded as Farrell’s best CTI album and his quartet is stellar featuring Herbie Hancock, Stanley Clarke and Jack DeJohnette.  It is a class set with ‘modern’ Jazz tunes such as ‘Great Gorge’ and ‘Moon Germs’.  ‘Times Lies’ adds a Latin flavour, whilst Clarke’s ‘Bass Folk Song’ is another intense groove.  ‘Moon Germs’ is worth the collection price by itself.