Sonic Text

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Sonic Text
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Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedNovember 27 & 28, 1979
Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Length45:03
Label Contemporary
C 14002
Producer John Koenig
Joe Farrell chronology
Skate Board Park
(1979)
Sonic Text
(1980)
Farrell’s Inferno
(1980)

Sonic Text is an album by American jazz saxophonist Joe Farrell, recorded in 1979 and released on the Contemporary label. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review called the album "an excellent straight-ahead outing," stating that "the concise solos make expert use of every note, and the results are both fresh and swinging". [3]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

All compositions by Joe Farrell except as indicated

  1. "Sonic Text" - 6:27
  2. "When You're Awake" - 7:11
  3. "The Jazz Crunch" (Freddie Hubbard) - 8:16
  4. "If I Knew Where You're At" - 6:56
  5. "Sweet Rita Suite (Part 1): Her Spirit" (George Cables) - 4:25
  6. "Malibu" - 11:48

Personnel

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References

  1. Contemporary Records discography accessed May 6, 2015
  2. Joe Farrell discography accessed May 6, 2015
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Sonic Text – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 472. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  77. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.