| Penny Arcade | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1973 | |||
| Recorded | October 1973 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:10 | |||
| Label | CTI Records | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
| DownBeat | [3] |
Penny Arcade is a jazz album by Joe Farrell on the CTI Records label. It was recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in October 1973. [3]
Ray Townley assigned a 3 star rating for his review in Downbeat in 1974. [4] He wrote, "Farrell is just one of those musicians who happens to be a monstrous player (has thorough concep tion of his instrument and the facility to ex ecute ideas on it), but who is only an average composer of original material or re-arranger of other people's". [3] Townley praises Farrell’s playing as "fluid and melodic," especially on "Geo Blue" as "the type of playing we’ve come to expect from Joe since he won the db Critics Poll in '68". [3] He singles out Hancock's contribution on "Cloud Cream" with Hancock "excelling on piano, this time acoustically (and reminiscent of his early-’60s work with Willie Bobo)". [3]