Sonic Text
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{{Infobox album
| name = Sonic Text
| type = Album
| artist = Joe Farrell
| cover = Sonic Text.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1980
| recorded = November 27 & 28, 1979
Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, CA
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 45:03
| label = Contemporary
C 14002
| producer = John Koenig
| chronology = Joe Farrell
| prev_title = Skate Board Park
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = Farrell’s Inferno
| next_year = 1980
}}
Sonic Text is an album by American jazz saxophonist Joe Farrell, recorded in 1979 and released on the Contemporary label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/contemporary-records/catalog-14000-series/#c-14002 Contemporary Records discography] accessed May 6, 2015[http://joefarrell.jazzgiants.net/discography/ Joe Farrell discography] accessed May 6, 2015
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".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000098703 |title=Sonic Text – Review |accessdate=May 6, 2015}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen
|url-access=registration
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/77 77]
}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=472}}
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Track listing
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
- 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
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