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Joe Farrell Quartet

Recorded	Jul 1-2, 1970
Label	CTI Records
Released	1970
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 280681

The record

A one-off summit of Miles-adjacent players -- Corea, Holland, DeJohnette, McLaughlin -- backing Farrell's reeds and flute in that brief window between Bitches Brew and the Return to Forever era. Loose, exploratory, and quietly influential, it's an early CTI date that leans more open-ended fusion than the label's later polish.

Session personnel

Dave Holland — bass
Jack DeJohnette — drums
John McLaughlin — guitar
Chick Corea — piano
Joe Farrell — soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, oboe, flute

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 28 pressings on file.

1970	CTI Records · CTI 6003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold earliest on file · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve; gatefold
1970	Philips · 6308046 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp
1970	CTI Records · CTI 6003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Green Labels, Gatefold · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve; gatefold
1970	CTI Records · GX 01-831 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp
1970	CTI Records · CTI 6003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold
1970	CTI Records · CTI 6003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Gatefold · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve; gatefold
1970	CTI Records · CTI 6003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, Santa Maria · RVG stamp; gatefold
1971	King Records · SR 3307 — Vinyl, Album, LP, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold
1974	CTI Records · CTI 6003 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp
1976	Gamma (4) · GX 01-831 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold
1979	CTI Records · LAX 3245 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp
1987	CBS Associated · ZK 40694 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
1987	Epic · EPC 450559 2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
1991	CTI Records · KICJ 2058 — CD, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp