Joyous Lake

Joyous Lake
Studio album by Pat Martino
Released	1977
Recorded	September 1976 Criteria Recording Studio, Miami, Florida
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:30
Label	Warner Bros. BS 2977
Producer	Paul A. Rothchild
Pat Martino chronology
Starbright (1976) Joyous Lake (1976) The Return (1987)

Joyous Lake is an album by guitarist Pat Martino which was recorded in 1976 and first released on the Warner Bros. label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

The Allmusic site rated the album with 3 stars.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Pat Martino except as indicated

1. "Line Games" - 3:55
2. "Pyramidal Vision" (Delmar Brown) - 7:42
3. "Mardi Gras" (Brown) - 8:56
4. "M'Wandishi" (Kenwood Dennard) - 5:29
5. "Song Bird" - 7:55
6. "Joyous Lake" - 7:33

Personnel

• Pat Martino - guitar, EML 101 synthesizer, percussion
• Delmar Brown - electric piano, Oberheim polyphonic, EML 500
• Mark Leonard - electric bass
• Kenwood Dennard - drums, percussion

References

1. Pat Martino discography, accessed September 10, 2013
2. Allmusic listing, accessed September 10, 2013
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 132. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.