Joy (Within)!

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Joy (Within)!
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Live album by
William Hooker and Billy Bang
Released1996
RecordedJune 19, 1994; June 22, 1995
Venue Knitting Factory, New York City
Genre Free jazz
Length1:09:28
Label Silkheart
SHCD 147
Producer Billy Bang, William Hooker
William Hooker chronology
Gift of Tongues
(1995)		Joy (Within)!
(1996)		Heat of the Light (Dream Sequences)
(1996)
Billy Bang chronology
Hip Hop Be Bop
(1993)		Joy (Within)!
(1996)		 Spirits Gathering
(1996)

Joy (Within)! is a live album by drummer William Hooker and violinist Billy Bang. It was recorded at the Knitting Factory in New York City on June 19, 1994, and June 22, 1995, and was released on CD by Silkheart Records in 1996. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow called the album "a fascinating release," and wrote: "the music features plenty of rumbling drums from Hooker and droning violin by Bang. Bang's ability to build up his solos from practically nothing, using repetition and passion rather than melodic development, works very well in this setting... the emphasis is on the interplay and blending of the two masterful (and slightly crazy) performers." [1]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings stated: "Hooker is working with a master improviser, and the results muster eloquence... Bang's playing has acquired a furrowed majesty, which Hooker's rough-and-tumble rhythms throw into a special relief." [5]

Fred Bouchard of JazzTimes described the album as "a wacky outing," and commented: "Energy unbridled is the game here, with high level dynamics and assaultive measures, but I hear more anger than joy boiling from within." [7]

Track listing

Composed by William Hooker and Billy Bang.

  1. "Sweating Brain" – 17:05
  2. "Hawk" – 2:29
  3. "Electro / Magnetic" – 5:13
  4. "Unknown Island" – 2:43
  5. "Righteous" – 7:36
  6. "Blood and Coffee (Surviving)" – 7:42
  7. "Etheric Redemption" – 10:25
  8. "Joy (Within)!" – 9:39
  9. "Armed" – 6:32

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Yanow, Scott. "William Hooker: Joy (Within)!". AllMusic. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  2. ↑ "William Hooker / Billy Bang Duo - Joy (Within)!". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Silkheart Records discography". JazzLists. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  4. ↑ "William Hooker - Billy Bang Duo: Joy (Within)!". Silkheart Records. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1998). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin Books. p. 756.
  6. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 53.
  7. ↑ Bouchard, Fred (April 1, 1998). "William Hooker with Billy Bang Duo: Joy (Within)!". JazzTimes. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
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