Mr. Joy

Studio album by Paul Bley

Released

1968

Recorded

May 10, 11 & 12, 1968
Audio Recording Inc. Seattle and the University Of Washington, Seattle

Genre

Jazz

Length

40:51

Label

Limelight LS 86060

Paul Bley chronology

Virtuosi
(1967)

Mr. Joy
(1968)

Paul Bley with Gary Peacock
(1963-68)

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

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

"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

References

↑ Paul Bley catalog, accessed June 19, 2014
1 2 Chadbourne, E., Allmusic Review accessed June 19, 2014

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) 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

Related	Discography

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