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Joe Farrell

Born: December 16, 1937

Joe Farrell was a journeyman sax man with an impressive resume when he signed on with the CTI label in 1970, and went on to record some of the best music for that label, gaining an international audience with his release of the progressive “Moon Gems,” in 1972.

Joseph Carl Firrantello was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois on Dec. 16, 1937. He was serious about music from an early age and was playing a proficient flute by age 11. Upon graduating from University of Illinois in 1959, he headed to New York and became a freelance musician, by this time well entrenched in the bop technique of the saxophone.

Chick Corea: Sometime Ago

by Mike Jurkovic
July 30, 2026

Everyone listening to Sometime Ago, a previously unheard deep dive into solo Chick Corea, is hereby pardoned and excused if at first Sometime Ago is mistaken for a previously unreleased (or unremembered) Keith Jarrett concert. Jarrett had just recently ventured into solo territory at the Stadthalle in Heidelberg, Germany in June of 1972. So the vibe ...

Do You CTI What I CTI?

by Patrick Burnette
June 25, 2026

Back on Episode 247, Pat gave an overview of Creed Taylor's famous (infamous?) CTI label that bestrode the first half of the nineteen seventies like a jazz colossus. Now we've got both members of the 'cast weighing in on four of the label's better productions. So comb your sideburns (and your shag rugs) and settle in ...

Miles Davis At 100: A Global Perspective

by Ian Patterson
May 26, 2026

Miles Davis' centenary has arrived. The second century begins. What changes jazz has undergone in the 100 years since Miles Dewey Davis was born in Alton, Illinois on May 26, 1926! Davis was all about change, evolution, growth, and reinvention.  A driving force behind many of the changes in direction jazz took during his ...

Spectrum

by Dean Nardi
April 13, 2026

Was it jazz or rock? This was (is) the eternal question about fusion. Back in the 1970s when the Mahavishnu Orchestra pioneered the genre, the electric and chaotic unpredictability of the John McLaughlin-led outfit cut across what was thought to be basic jazz concepts by displaying loud electric guitar riffing over what could stand ...

Soul & Salvation

By Dizzy Gillespie

Label: Liberation Hall
Released: 2024
Track listing: Stomped And Wasterd; Pot Licka; Blue Cuchifrito; Turnip Tops; The Fly Flox; Chicken Giblets; Casabah Melon; Clabber Biscuits; Rutabaga Pie; Turkey Fan.

Chano Domínguez Sexteto at Barcelona Jazz Festival

by Artur Moral
December 5, 2024

Chano Domínguez Sexteto: “Por Paco" Paral·lel 62 56 Festival de Jazz de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain November 26, 2024 It was a night of tributes, remembrances and celebrations at Barcelona's Paral·lel 62. In the framework of the “De Cajón!" series--a branch of the Barcelona Jazz Festival focusing on flamenco-rooted music--Chano Domínguez ...

Yana Purim: Intimate Jazz, Deep Feelings And Raw Emotion

by Trevor Spiro
November 4, 2024

You're sitting in your happy chair at home, just mooching a magazine, when the phone rings. It's a good friend you haven't seen in a long time, and she would like to see you for old time's sake. She turns up and it's like the last few years never existed--you talk heart to heart about old ...

Ten Supreme Fender Rhodes Albums

by Chris May
September 16, 2024

In 1965, reeling from the impact of Motown and the Brit invasion led by the Beatles, and about to be hit by the triple whammy that was acid rock and the rebel culture that went with it, jazz was on the back foot. Its relevance as entertainment, art form and spiritual sustenance was under threat, at ...

CTI Acid Jazz Grooves by Various Artists

by Arnaldo DeSouteiro
June 19, 2024

The CD you are holding in your hands is a very special compilation. It's the celebration of CTI as one of the most “sampled" labels on Earth! For the past ten years, many CTI tracks have been cut up, sampled, scratched and looped to create new songs for a new audience. Many of the selections on ...