Farrell steps in to round off the solo passage, bright hard tone, his own voice. ShawвЂ™s vibrato has rarely sounded as beautiful. Joe FarrellвЂ™s plaintive theme on oboe floats over a muscular undertow of modal waves forged by trombone and trumpets, giving way to marvelous solos from Julian Priester and Woody Shaw. Instruments stolen from a passing classical orchestra on tour вЂ“ alto flute, French and English horn, bass clarinet, and tuba вЂ“ join with the conventional modern jazz ensemble to form an adventurous sonic palette, skillfully fleshing out HillвЂ™s thoughtful architectural-scale compositions. Lenny White, a fusion drummer who later also sought refuge in RTF, contributes sensitive atmospheric underpinnings.ДЄndrew Hill put together a nonet with a six piece brass and woodwind section to record this ambitious work. Before the funk/fusion typecasting, Farrell is heard here as a talented multi-instrument multi-stylist in the mould of Yusef Lateef. Woody Shaw! Dizzy Reece! Ron Carter! What a line up! The suprise was Joe Farrell, best known for his 1970s jazzy-funk albums for CTI and Chick CoreaвЂ™s Return to Forever. Andrew Hill piano Dizzy Reece trumpet (solo on tracks 1, 3, 4) Woody Shaw вЂ“ trumpet (solo tracks 2, 5-7) Joe Farrell, alto flute, English horn, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone Howard Johnson, bass clarinet, tuba Robert Northern, french horn Julian Priester, trombone Ron Carter, bass Lenny White, drums r ecorded Englewood Cliffs, November 7 (tracks 2, 5 & 6) and November 14 (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 7), 1969.

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