Mr. Joy

Mr. Joy
Mr. Joy
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

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[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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[edit]

"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[edit]

References[edit]

^ Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 19, 2014
^ ^a ^b Chadbourne, E., Allmusic Review accessed June 19, 2014
^ Hull, Tom (September 8, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

[1] Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 19, 2014

[Allmusic-2] Chadbourne, E., Allmusic Review accessed June 19, 2014

[3] Hull, Tom (September 8, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

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v t e Paul Bley
Studio albums	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 albums	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
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