| Kindness Joy Love & Happiness | ||||
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| Studio album by The Great Jazz Trio | ||||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | October 3 & 4, 1977 Warner Brothers Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:33 | |||
| Label | East Wind EW-8056 | |||
| Producer | Kiyoshi Itoh and Yasohachi Itoh | |||
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Kindness Joy Love & Happiness is an album by the Great Jazz Trio; pianist Hank Jones, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams, recorded in 1977 for the Japanese East Wind label. [1] [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Jones, a very flexible pianist able to excel in settings ranging from Fats Waller tributes to post-bop, keeps up with his younger sidemen and comes up with consistently fresh statements full of subtle surprises". [3]
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