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Saxophonists · 1937–1986

Joe Farrell

American jazz saxophonist and flutist (1937–1986)

Born: 16 December 1937
Chicago Heights
Died: 10 January 1986
Los Angeles
Country: United States
Active: 1962–
Record labels: CTI Records, Warner Records
Discography: 16 albums

Biography

Joe Farrell was a jazz musician who played saxophone and flute. Joe Farrell was born on 16 December 1937 in Chicago Heights and died on 10 January 1986 in Los Angeles. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: CTI Records and Warner Records. The discography here lists 16 albums, from “Song of the Wind” (1970) to “Inferno” (2022).

Joseph Carl Firrantello (December 16, 1937 – January 10, 1986), known as Joe Farrell, was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who primarily performed as a saxophonist and flutist. He is best known for a series of albums under his own name on the CTI record label and for playing in the initial incarnation of Chick Corea's Return to Forever as well as the last.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Song of the Wind 1970 · CTI Moon Germs 1973 · CTI Penny Arcade 1974 · CTI Upon This Rock 1974 · CTI Canned Funk 1975 · CTI La Catedral y el Toro 1977 · Warner Bros. Records Night Dancing 1978 · Warner Bros. Records Skate Board Park 1979 · Xanadu Darn That Dream 1983 · Realtime Records Vim 'n' Vigor 1984 · Timeless Records

The Sound of Jazz 1988

Sonic Text 1998

West Coast 1998

Clark Woodard & Joe Farrell 2006

Outback 2006

Inferno 2022

Also plays on

Albums where Joe Farrell is credited as a sideman

1960	Newport Suite — Maynard Ferguson	tenor saxophone
1961	Pre-Bird — Charles Mingus	tenor saxophone
1961	Maynard '61 — Maynard Ferguson	woodwind
1961	Double Exposure — Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson	woodwind
1961	Two’s Company — Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson	flute, saxophone
1962	Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton — Slide Hampton	tenor saxophone
1967	The October Suite — Steve Kuhn & Gary McFarland	woodwind
1968	Tones for Joan's Bones — Chick Corea	woodwind
1968	The Ultimate — Elvin Jones	woodwind
1968	Stay Loose — Jimmy Smith	reeds
1968	Strings! — Pat Martino	flute, tenor saxophone
1968	Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones / Mel Lewis: The Jazz Orchestra — Joe Williams & The Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Orchestra	saxophone
1968	Windmills of My Mind — Grady Tate	reeds
1969	Fat Albert Rotunda — Herbie Hancock	saxophone
1969	Soul & Salvation — Dizzy Gillespie	woodwind
1969	Tell It Like It Is — George Benson	saxophone
1969	Poly-Currents — Elvin Jones	woodwind
1969	The Blues and Other Colors — James Moody	woodwind
1969	America the Beautiful — Gary McFarland	reeds
1970	Tide — Antonio Carlos Jobim	flute, bass flute, soprano saxophone
1970	Stone Flower — Antonio Carlos Jobim	soprano saxophone
1970	... Hello There, Universe — Mose Allison	tenor saxophone
1971	Genesis — Elvin Jones	saxophone
1972	Return to Forever — Chick Corea	flute, saxophone, soprano saxophone
1972	Merry-Go-Round — Elvin Jones	tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, piccolo
1973	Light as a Feather — Chick Corea and Return to Forever	flute, tenor saxophone
1973	Spectrum — Billy Cobham	flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
1973	Sophisticated Lou — Lou Donaldson	flute
1973	Don’t Mess With Mister T. — Stanley Turrentine	tenor saxophone
1973	I Want a Country Man — Dakota Staton	alto saxophone