| Sound of Joy | ||||
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| Studio album by Sun Ra and the Arkestra | ||||
| Released | 1968 | |||
| Recorded | November 1, 1956 [1] | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 33:07 (LP) 41:16 (CD) | |||
| Label | Delmark | |||
| Producer | Tom Wilson | |||
| Sun Ra and the Arkestra chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
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.
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.
- ^ 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