''Moon Germs'' is a jazz album by Joe Farrell, recorded at the Van Gelder Studio on November 21, 1972 and released on CTI Records.

Track listing

#"Great Gorge" (Joe Farrell) – 11:48 #"Moon Germs" (Farrell) – 7:27 #"Time's Lie" (

Chick Corea Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", " 500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and ...

) – 8:32 #"Bass Folk Song" (Stanley Clarke) – 9:47

Personnel

* Joe Farrell –

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Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he help ...

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electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument which produces sounds when a performer presses the keys of a piano-style musical keyboard. Pressing keys causes mechanical hammers to strike metal strings, metal reeds or wire tines, leading to vibrations ...

* Stanley Clarke –

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Jack DeJohnette Jack DeJohnette (born August 9, 1942) is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. Known for his extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians including Charles Lloyd, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, John Abercrombie, ...

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Recording credits

*Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder *Cover photograph – Pete Turner *Liner photograph –

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*Album design – Bob Ciano

Chart performance

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1973 albums Joe Farrell albums Herbie Hancock albums Stanley Clarke albums Jack DeJohnette albums Albums produced by Creed Taylor Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio