''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 Julian Priester (born June 29, 1935) is an American jazz trombonist and occasional euphoniumist. He is sometimes credited "Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto". He has played with Sun Ra, Max Roach, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, and Herbie Hancock. Bio ...

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, Charles Davis became a regular member of the band, and

Victor Sproles Victor Sproles (November 18, 1927 in Chicago – May 13, 2005) was an American jazz bassist. Sproles worked in the 1950s with Red Rodney and Ira Sullivan and appears on the Sun Ra recordings '' Super-Sonic Jazz'', '' Sound of Joy'' and '' Deep ...

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. It was intended as the follow-up to ''

Jazz By Sun Ra ''Jazz By Sun Ra'' (later titled ''Sun Song'') is the debut album by Sun Ra. The record label for the first pressing says "07-12-56", presumably when it was recorded. The LP originally appeared on Tom Wilson's short-lived ''Transition Records''. ...

'' 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 ''Jazz By Sun Ra'' (later titled ''Sun Song'') is the debut album by Sun Ra. The record label for the first pressing says "07-12-56", presumably when it was recorded. The LP originally appeared on Tom Wilson's short-lived ''Transition Records''. ...

. 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."Space Is The Place, John F Szwed, Mojo Books, 2000, p160 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 *

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- Tenor sax * Charles Davis - Baritone sax *

- Bass *William Cochran - Drums *Jim Herndon - Tympani, timbales

External links

Complete Sun Ra's Discography

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