Dismissing a play on her initials, Pam Farrell brushed aside a suggestion for a band name, "PF Flyer."

"You can keep that one," remarked the songstress who'll bring her classy blend of blues-oriented contemporary music to another class act, Wallabee's Jazz Bar, 190 Glen Street, Glens Falls, Friday, February 28 from 8 p.m.-midnight. Phone (518) 792-8282. http://www.wallabeesjazzbar.com

No gimmicks for the Saratoga Springs resident whose typical reticence belies a take-charge attitude apparent in self-penned titles ranging from the vitriolic ("Thrillseeker", "It Was Never Me to Blame") to the metaphysical ("Collide with Time", "Light Mountain").

At her best, Farrell's vocal expressions, full of improvisation, remind you that the music is not coming from her, but through her.

The other-worldy connection is manifest lyrically in the tribute to Robert Johnson, "Dark Angel" (don't confuse it with anyone else's song of the same name) and another ballad, "Love Sets Us Free."

Yet it's not in channeling, but in detachment ("The Other Woman", "She's Gone Away", "X-Lovers' Lullaby") that Farrell the songwriter shows us the depth of feeling that connects us as the audience to her, bringing it all in focus and giving it personal meaning.

Lest this appear too songwriterly and overly focused on lyrical content, let's put this in perspective: Pam Farrell is a musical craftsperson. She laid down the above tracks and more for copyright three years ago and is just now entering the professional studio after having further developed, for performance, what has been in the works for 10, 15 years or more.

That intimacy with her material permits her the freedom to explore it more fully onstage.

The result is a jazzy, bluesy musical adventure. Those who've heard this material live have been pleased to hear her shift gears, combine tunes and phrases and create a musical environment that's daring and yet, familiar enough to make the connection.

"It's more about audience," she said when asked about musical reference points such as Charlie Patton, whose blues music another female blues guitarist, Rory Block, has also mined.

"The audience has to have something to relate to musically, especially in a less formal setting such as a club."

For Farrell audiences, that could yield rewards such has hearing her morph a standard into a new tune and vice-versa, very much a jazz technique.

Which leads us to Wallabee's.