- Sound of Joy
Infobox Album
Name = Sound of Joy
Type =Album
Artist =Sun Ra
Released = 1968
Recorded = November 1957
Genre =Jazz
Producer = Tom Wilson
Length = 33:07 (LP) 41:16 (CD)
Label =Delmark
Reviews =
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:hxftxqugldke All Music Guide] (4,5/5)
Last album = "Monorails and Satellites "
(1968)
This album = "Sound of Joy"
(1968)
Next album = "Atlantis "
(1969)"Sound of Joy" is an album by
Sun Ra and his Arkestra. It was intended as the follow-up to "Jazz By Sun Ra " butTransition Records ceased to operate before it could be released. The recording was eventually released in 1968.Track listing
#"El is a Sound of Joy"
#"Overtones of China"
#"Two Tones"
#"Paradise"
#"Planet Earth"
#"Ankh"
#"Saturn"
#"Reflections in Blue"
#"El Viktor"
#"As You Once Were"1
#"Dreams Come True"11 Bonus tracks is only available on the CD reissue.
Personnel
Sun Ra : Piano, Wurlitzer electric pianoArt Hoyle : Trumpet
Dave Young: Trumpet
John Avant orJulian Priester -trombonePat Patrick : Alto sax, tenor sax
John Gilmore: Tenor sax
Charles Davis: Baritone saxVictor Sproles : Bass
William Cochran: DrumsJim Herndon : Tympani, timbalesSee also
External links
Personnel gathered from [http://www.dpo.uab.edu/~moudry/disc_a.htm Sun Ra discography]
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