Joe Farrell: Moon Germs-1973 CTI First Pressing Gatefold Stereo 12" Record
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1973 CTI First Pressing Gatefold Stereo Release of Bandleader/Composer/Soprano Saxophonist/Flutist Joe Farrell Entitled Moon Germs, Produced for CTI Records by Creed Taylor, Engineer Is Rudy Van Gelder, Album Recorded at Van Gelder Studios on November 21 in 1972 - "Recorded in 1972 and released in 1973 with Herbie Hancock, Stanley Clarke, and Jack DeJohnette, Joe Farrell's Moon Germs was a foray into the electric side of jazz. On the opener, "Great George," Farrell leads off with the hint of a melody before careening into legato streams of thought along striated intervallic paths. DeJohnette is like a machine gun, quadruple-timing the band as Clarke moves against the grain in a series of fours and eights, and Hancock's attempts to keep the entire thing anchored are almost for naught. On the title track there is more of a funk backdrop, but the complex, angular runs and insane harmonic reaches Farrell attempts on his soprano, crack, falter, and ultimately turn into something else; the sheer busy-ness of the track is dazzling. "Bass Folk Song" by Clarke, is the only thing on the record that actively engages melody rather than harmonic structures. Farrell uses his flute and Hancock strides into the same kind of territory he explored with Miles Davis, chopping up chordal phrases into single lines and feeding them wholesale to the running pair of frontmen--in this case Clarke and Farrell. DeJohnette uses a Latin backdrop to hang his drumming on and pursues a circular, hypnotic groove on the cymbals and toms. It's a gorgeous piece of music and utilizes an aspect of space within the melodic frame that the rest of these firebrand tunes do not. This is sci-fi Farrell at his creative best." - Sensational Personnel for the Quartet Features Legendary Composer Joe Farrell on Soprano Saxophone and Flute, the Great Herbie Hancock on Piano, the Amazing Stanley Clarke on Bass & the Brilliant Jack DeJohnette on Drums! - Selections on Side 1 Are Original Joe Farrell Compositions Great Gorge at 11 Minutes 40 Seconds and the Title Track - Songs for Side 2 Consist of the Chick Corea/Neville Potter Penned Times Lie & Original Stanley Clarke Composition Bass Folk Song at 9 Minutes 50 Seconds - Used Copy, Cover Has a Light Surface Ring, Record Very Good++ - Gatefold Sleeve, Stereo Recording, Product Code CTI 6023 - California Residents Add 9.75% Sales Tax - International S & H Extra -
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