November 27 & 28, 1979 Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Genre
Jazz
Length
45:03
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
1Reception
2Track listing
3Personnel
4References
Reception[edit]
The Allmusic review called it "an excellent straight-ahead outing" stating "The concise solos make expert use of every note, and the results are both fresh and swinging".[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
Allmusic
[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
[4]
Track listing[edit]
All compositions by Joe Farrell except as indicated
"Sonic Text" - 6:27
"When You're Awake" - 7:11
"The Jazz Crunch" (Freddie Hubbard) - 8:16
"If I Knew Where You're At" - 6:56
"Sweet Rita Suite (Part 1): Her Spirit" (George Cables) - 4:25
"Malibu" - 11:48
Personnel[edit]
Joe Farrell - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn
George Cables - piano, electric piano
Tony Dumas - bass, electric bass
Peter Erskine - drums
References[edit]
^Contemporary Records discography accessed May 6, 2015
^Joe Farrell discography accessed May 6, 2015
^ abYanow, Scott. Sonic Text – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 77. ISBN 0-394-72643-X..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
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Freddie Hubbard
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
Albums as leader or co-leader
Open Sesame (1960)
Goin' Up (1960)
Hub Cap (1961)
Minor Mishap/Dedication! (Hubbard/Duke Pearson, 1961)
Ready for Freddie (1961)
The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962)
Hub-Tones (1962)
Here to Stay (1962)
The Body & the Soul (1963)
Breaking Point! (1964)
Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Jimmy Heath, 1965)
The Night of the Cookers (1965)
Blue Spirits (1965–66)
Backlash (1966)
High Blues Pressure (1967)
A Soul Experiment (1968–69)
The Black Angel (1969)
The Hub of Hubbard (1970)
Red Clay (1970)
Straight Life (1970)
Sing Me a Song of Songmy (with İlhan Mimaroğlu, 1970)
First Light (1971)
Polar AC (1971–73)
Sky Dive (1972)
Keep Your Soul Together (1973)
Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973)
In Concert Volume Two (with Stanley Turrentine, 1974)
High Energy (1974)
Gleam (1975)
Liquid Love (1975)
Windjammer (1976)
Bundle of Joy (1977)
Super Blue (1978)
The Love Connection (1979)
Skagly (1979)
Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980)
The Alternate Blues (with Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson, 1980)
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Terry, Gillespie & Peterson, 1980)
Born to Be Blue (1981)
Keystone Bop: Sunday Night (1981)
Outpost (1981)
Rollin' (1981)
Splash (1981)
Above & Beyond (1982)
Back to Birdland (1982)
Face to Face (with Oscar Peterson, 1982)
Ride Like the Wind (1982)
The Rose Tattoo (1983)
Sweet Return (1983)
Double Take (with Woody Shaw, 1985)
Life Flight (1987)
The Eternal Triangle (with Woody Shaw, 1987)
Feel the Wind (with Art Blakey, 1988)
Times Are Changing (1989)
Topsy – Standard Book (1989)
Bolivia (1990–91)
At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles (1991)
Live at Fat Tuesday's (1991)
Blues for Miles (1992)
MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon (1994–95)
New Colors (2000)
On the Real Side (2007)
With Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers
Mosaic (1961)
Buhaina's Delight (1961)
Blues March (1961)
Three Blind Mice (1961)
Caravan (1962)
Ugetsu (1963)
Kyoto (1964)
Free for All (1964)
Golden Boy (1965)
Soul Finger (1965)
With Dexter Gordon
Doin' Allright (1961)
Clubhouse (1965)
Generation (1973)
The Other Side of Round Midnight (1986)
With Herbie Hancock
Takin' Off (1962)
Empyrean Isles (1964)
Maiden Voyage (1965)
Blow-Up (soundtrack album, 1966)
V.S.O.P. (1977)
V.S.O.P.: The Quintet (1977)
V.S.O.P. Tempest in the Colosseum (1977)
V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (1977)
Round Midnight (soundtrack album, 1985)
With Bobby Hutcherson
Dialogue (1965)
Components (1965)
Knucklebean (1977)
Highway One (1978)
With Quincy Jones
I Dig Dancers (1960)
The Quintessence (1962)
Golden Boy (1964)
I/We Had a Ball (1964–65)
Walking in Space (1969)
Gula Matari (1970)
With Wayne Shorter
Wayning Moments (1961)
Speak No Evil (1964)
The Soothsayer (1965)
The All Seeing Eye (1965)
With others
The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
The Other Side of Abbey Road (George Benson, 1969)
Out of This World (Walter Benton, 1960)
True Blue (Tina Brooks, 1960)
God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell, 1971)
Cables' Vision (George Cables, 1979)
Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990)
Free Jazz (Ornette Coleman, 1960)
Olé Coltrane (John Coltrane, 1961)
Africa/Brass (John Coltrane, 1961)
Ascension (John Coltrane, 1965)
Muses for Richard Davis (1969)
Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1960)
Out to Lunch! (Eric Dolphy, 1964)
Undercurrent (Kenny Drew, 1960)
Leaving This Planet (Charles Earland, 1973)
Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin, 1967)
Interplay (Bill Evans, 1962)
Sonic Text (Joe Farrell, 1979)
Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960)
Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961)
Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Benny Golson, 1961)
Pop + Jazz = Swing (Benny Golson, 1962)
Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (1959)
Sister Salvation (Slide Hampton, 1960)
Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961)
Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962)
Big Band (Joe Henderson, 1996)
Pax (Andrew Hill, 1965)
Compulsion (Andrew Hill, 1965)
Sunflower (Milt Jackson, 1972)
Goodbye (Milt Jackson, 1973)
52nd Street (Billy Joel, 1978)
Reg Strikes Back (Elton John, 1988)
J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960)
Echoes of an Era (Chaka Khan, 1982)
Essence (John Lewis, 1960–62)
Water Sign (Jeff Lorber, 1979)
Doin' the Thang! (Ronnie Mathews, 1963)
Bluesnik (Jackie McLean, 1961)
MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1994)
Fingerpickin' (Wes Montgomery, 1958)
Roll Call (Hank Mobley, 1960)
The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson, 1961)
Sweet Honey Bee (Duke Pearson, 1966)
The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967)
Contours (Sam Rivers, 1965)
Drums Unlimited (Max Roach, 1965)
East Broadway Run Down (Sonny Rollins, 1966)
Numbers (Rufus, 1978)
Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
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