Mr. Joy
1968 studio album by Paul Bley
Mr. Joy | ||||
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Studio album by Paul Bley | ||||
Released | 1968 | |||
Recorded | May 10, 11 & 12, 1968 | |||
Studio | Audio Recording Inc. Seattle and the University of Washington, Seattle | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 40:51 | |||
Label | Limelight LS 86060 | |||
Paul Bley chronology | ||||
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Mr. Joy is an album led by jazz pianist Paul Bley recorded in the studio and in concert in Seattle in 1968 and released on the Limelight label.[1]
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Tom Hull – on the Web | A−[3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating: "in the case of this particular recording the more concise performances have proven to be like mother of pearl found on the beach".[2]
Track listing
- "Only Lovely" (Paul Bley) - 6:20
- "Kid Dynamite" (Annette Peacock) - 3:10
- "Nothing Ever Was, Anyway" (Peacock) - 5:44
- "El Cordobes" (Peacock) - 6:04
- "Ramblin'" (Ornette Coleman) - 4:44
- "Touching" (Peacock) - 4:49
- "Blood" (Peacock) - 6:10
- "Mr. Joy" (Peacock) - 3:50
Personnel
- Paul Bley - piano
- Gary Peacock - bass
- Billy Elgart - drums
References
- v
- t
- e
- Introducing Paul Bley
- Paul Bley
- Solemn Meditation
- Footloose!
- Barrage
- Touching
- Closer
- Ramblin'
- Mr. Joy
- Paul Bley with Gary Peacock
- Ballads
- The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show
- Open, to Love
- Paul Bley/NHØP
- Jaco
- Alone, Again
- Quiet Song
- Tears
- Tango Palace
- Sonor
- Questions
- Diane
- My Standard
- Fragments
- The Paul Bley Quartet
- The Nearness of You
- Blues for Red
- Notes (with Paul Motian)
- Partners (with Gary Peacock)
- BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop
- Memoirs (with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian)
- 12 (+6) In a Row (with Hans Koch and Franz Koglmann)
- Right Time, Right Place (with Gary Burton)
- Changing Hands
- In the Evenings out There
- Paul Plays Carla
- Annette
- Hands On
- If We May
- Time Will Tell (with Evan Parker and Barre Phillips)
- Chaos (with Furio Di Castri and Tony Oxley)
- Sankt Gerold (with Evan Parker and Barre Phillips)
- Notes on Ornette
- Not Two, Not One (with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian)
- Basics
- Nothing to Declare
- About Time
- Live at the Hilcrest Club 1958
- Coleman Classics Volume 1
- Improvisie
- Dual Unity (with Annette Peacock)
- Japan Suite
- Axis
- Hot
- Live at Sweet Basil
- Solo in Mondsee
- Play Blue: Oslo Concert