Joe Farrell
Tenor Sax Solo on
500 Miles High

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Joe Farrell's tenor sax solo is the opening of 3 solos on this recording, followed by Chick Corea on electric piano. Spanning four choruses of the 18-Bar form at a medium-up 150 BPM with a samba feel in C, the solo runs approximately 1:59. Farrell takes four choruses, his tenor saxophone weaving through the composition's angular intervals with fluency and emotional commitment. Joe Farrell was 34 to 35 years old at the time of this 1972 recording. "500 Miles High" is a jazz fusion composition by Chick Corea with lyrics by Neville Potter, written in 1972 for Return to Forever's album Light as a Feather.

Joe Farrell was 34 to 35 years old at the time.