''Mr. Joy'' is an album led by jazz pianist

Paul Bley Paul Bley, CM (November 10, 1932 – January 3, 2016) was a jazz pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing and his early live performance on the Moog and ...

recorded in the studio and in concert in

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in 1968 and released on the

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label.Paul Bley catalog
accessed June 19, 2014

Reception

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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".Chadbourne, E.
Allmusic Review
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Track listing

# "Only Lovely" (Paul Bley) - 6:20 # "Kid Dynamite" (

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) - 3:10 # "Nothing Ever Was, Anyway" (Peacock) - 5:44 # "El Cordobes" (Peacock) - 6:04 # "Ramblin'" (

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) - 4:44 # "Touching" (Peacock) - 4:49 # "Blood" (Peacock) - 6:10 # "Mr. Joy" (Peacock) - 3:50

Personnel

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Gary Peacock Gary George Peacock (May 12, 1935September 4, 2020) was an American jazz double bassist. He recorded a dozen albums under his own name, and also performed and recorded with major jazz figures such as avant garde saxophonist Albert Ayler, pianist ...

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Billy Elgart Bill Elgart or Billy Elgart (born November 9, 1942, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an expatriate American jazz drummer. He is related to Les and Larry Elgart. Elgart was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He studied at the Berklee College of Music ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mister Joy 1968 albums Paul Bley albums Limelight Records albums