Joy Spring (Joe Pass album)

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Joy Spring
Joy Spring.jpg
Live album by
Joe Pass
Released1981
RecordedFebruary 6, 1964
VenueEncore Theater, Los Angeles
Genre Jazz
Length41:12
Label Pacific Jazz
Producer Richard Bock
Joe Pass chronology
Catch Me!
(1963)		Joy Spring
(1981)		 For Django
(1964)

Joy Spring is a live album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass that was recorded in 1964 for Pacific Jazz Records, but not released until 1981 under the Blue Note label by Liberty records.

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Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album, "The group stretches out on five standards (the renditions are 6 1/2-10 1/2 minutes apiece) but never runs out of inventive ideas. Easily recommended." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown) – 8:39
  2. "Sometime Ago" (Sergio Mihanovich) – 6:34
  3. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin) – 6:58
  4. "Relaxin' at Camarillo" (Charlie Parker) – 10:29
  5. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 9:02

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "Joy Spring". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 June 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. ↑ Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide (1 ed.). New York: Rolling Stone. p.  158. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1131. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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