Joe Farrell (1937-86) never set the jazz world on fire. But following a series of fine records for the star-making CTI Records label, it looked like he might. By 1970, Farrell was a veteran of the Maynard Ferguson band (1960-61), George Russell (1964-66), Jaki Byard (1965) and the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis big band (1966-70). Fronting…