Joe Farrell

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Joe Farrell (1985)

Joseph Carl Firrantello , also Giuseppi Carl Firrantello (born December 16, 1937 in Chicago Heights , Illinois , † January 10, 1986 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American jazz musician ( tenor and soprano saxophone , flute ).

biography

Farrell began studying clarinet at the age of eleven and switched to the tenor saxophone at sixteen. After studying at the University of Illinois , he went to New York City in 1959 . There he was a member of Maynard Ferguson's Big Band until 1961 and worked with Slide Hampton in 1962 . He made recordings with Charles Mingus , Dizzy Reece and Jaki Byard and was a member of the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra between 1966 and 1969 and of Elvin Jones' combo between 1967 and 1970 . As a sideman he also worked with George Russell , Horace Silver , Woody Herman , Louis Hayes , Ray Barretto , Billy Cobham (" Spectrum ", 1973), Chick Corea and " Return to Forever ", Pat Martino (1968), Antônio Carlos Jobim ( 1970), and Santana ("Welcome", 1973), Hubert Laws , Ron Carter .

Farrell became known to a larger audience as a member of the original cast of Chick Corea's fusion band " Return to Forever ". He also played a number of albums for the CTI label in the early 1970s . These recordings, above all “Moon Germs” from 1972, document the energy and sensitivity in his playing on soprano and tenor saxophone and flute, and are considered by some to be among the classics of the era. However, these recordings received little attention, despite top-class sidemen such as Stanley Clarke on acoustic bass, Herbie Hancock , Jack DeJohnette , Joe Beck , John McLaughlin and others. " Joe Farrell, who is often underrated, especially in straight ahead jazz and less convincing in the fusion context, impressed with his power on the tenor, his swing feeling on the soprano and his lyrical strength on the flute."

His career was increasingly marred by drug use . Farrell died of MDS in Los Angeles in 1986 .

Discography (title under own name)

  • Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) CTI 6003
(with Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Dave Holland , Jack DeJohnette, republished under Song of the Wind )
  • Outback (1971) CTI 6014
(with Chick Corea, Buster Williams , Elvin Jones , Airto Moreira )
  • Moon Germs (1972) CTI 6023
(with Herbie Hancock, Stanley Clarke, Jack DeJohnette)
  • Penny Arcade (1974) CTI 6034
(with Herbie Hancock, Joe Beck, Herb Bushler , Steve Gadd , Don Alias )
  • Upon This Rock (1974) CTI 6042
(with Herbie Hancock, Joe Beck, Herb Bushler, Jim Madison, Don Alias, Steve Gadd)
  • Canned Funk (1975) CTI 6058
(with Joe Beck, Herb Bushler , Jim Madison, Ray Mantilla )
  • Benson & Farrell (1976) CTI 6069
(with George Benson , Eddie Daniels , David Tofani, Don Grolnick , Will Lee, Gary King, Andy Newmark, Sonny Bravo, Nicky Marrero, Jose Madera, Michael Collaza)
  • Night Dancing (1978) Warner Bros. Records
(with Herbie Hancock , Lee Ritenour , Flora Purim , Harvey Mason , Airto Moreira, Michael Procaro and others)
  • Skate Board Park (1979) Xanadu Records
(with Chick Corea , Bob Magnusson , Larance Marable )
  • Joe Farrell, Ronnie Foster, John McLaughlin, Stanley Clarke and others a., Fuse One (1980) CTI 9003, CD: Epic / Legacy 2003
(with Larry Coryell , Ndugu Leon Chancler , Tony Williams , Lenny White , Don Grusin , Paulinho da Costa and others)
  • Sonic Text (1980) Contemporary, Original Jazz Classics, Fantasy 1993
(with Freddie Hubbard , George Cables , Tony Dumas , Peter Erskine )
  • Joe Farrell with Art Pepper , West Coast RealTime Records, 1992, CD 1998
(with George Cables, John Bentz, Tony Dumas)

Lexical entries

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Rickert: Joe Farrell: Moon Germs (allaboutjazz.com)
  2. ↑ Wolf Kampmann (ed.), With the assistance of Ekkehard Jost : Reclams Jazzlexikon . Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5 , p. 170.
personal data
SURNAME Farrell, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Firrantello, Joseph Carl; Firrantello, Giuseppi Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (tenor and soprano saxophone, flute)
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago Heights , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1986
Place of death Los Angeles , California