Sound of Joy

Sound of Joy
Sound of Joy
Studio album by Sun Ra and the Arkestra
Released	1968
Recorded	November 1, 1956
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:07 (LP) 41:16 (CD)
Label	Delmark
Producer	Tom Wilson
Sun Ra and the Arkestra chronology

Sound of Joy is an album by Sun Ra and his Arkestra. It features the Arkestral lineup during the last few months of 1956, after trombonist Julian Priester left to join Lionel Hampton, Charles Davis became a regular member of the band, and Victor Sproles took over on bass. It was intended as the follow-up to Jazz By Sun Ra but Transition Records ceased to operate before it could be released.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Four of the tracks were included on Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra Visits Planet Earth, released in 1966. The entire LP was eventually released in 1968 by Delmark Records, who also re-issued Jazz by Sun Ra. Two ballads, written by Sun Ra and sung by Clyde Williams, were left off the original album, however, because the president of Delmark Records, Bob Koester, "felt they didn't fit with the other pieces on the session."^[5] The songs were reinstated when the album was re-issued on CD in 1994.

Track listing

12" Vinyl

All tracks were written by Sun Ra, except "Two Tones", by Pat Patrick and Charles Davis.
Side A:

"El is a Sound of Joy" - (4.04)
"Overtones of China" - (3.25)
"Two Tones" - (3.41)
"Paradise" - (4.30)
"Planet Earth" - (4.24)

Side B:

"Ankh" - (6.31)
"Saturn" - (4.01)
"Reflections in Blue" - (6.21)
"El Viktor" - (2.33)

Bonus Tracks on the CD

"As You Once Were"
"Dreams Come True"

Recorded at the Balkan Studios, Chicago, November 1, 1956.

Personnel

Sun Ra - Piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
Art Hoyle - Trumpet
Dave Young - Trumpet
John Avant - Trombone
Pat Patrick - Alto sax, baritone sax
John Gilmore - Tenor sax
Charles Davis - Baritone sax
Victor Sproles - Bass
William Cochran - Drums
Jim Herndon - Tympani, timbales

External links

Complete Sun Ra's Discography

Notes

^ From Sunny Blount to Sun Ra: The Chicago Years, R Campbell
^ Allmusic review
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 186. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1356. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Space Is The Place, John F Szwed, Mojo Books, 2000, p160

[1] From Sunny Blount to Sun Ra: The Chicago Years, R Campbell

[2] Allmusic review

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 186. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1356. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[5] Space Is The Place, John F Szwed, Mojo Books, 2000, p160

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