Sounds of Joy

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{{Infobox album

| name = Sounds of Joy

| type = Album

| artist = Joe Lovano

| cover = Sounds of Joy - album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = January 1991

| recorded = January 26, 1991

| venue =

| studio = Audioforce, New York

| genre = Jazz

| length = 01:00:13

| label = Enja Records

| producer = Horst Weber

| chronology = Joe Lovano

| prev_title = Landmarks

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = From the Soul

| next_year = 1991

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|title=Joe Lovano: Sounds of Joy|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sounds-of-joy-mw0000616964|website=AllMusic|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=8 April 2016}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Larkin|first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo05lark/page/3334/mode/2up|accessdate=25 March 2021 |page=3334|language=en}}

| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide

| rev4score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book |last1=Swenson |first1=John |title=The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Random House |url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swens |url-access=registration |quote=Rush Hour (Joe Lovano album). |accessdate=3 March 2020 |language=en}}

|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev3score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=910}}

}}

Sounds of Joy is a studio album by the American jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano, recorded on January 26, 1991, and released on the Enja Records label.

Track list

All compositions by Joe Lovano

  1. "Sounds of Joy" – 6:31
  2. "Strength and Courage" – 6:35
  3. "I'll Wait and Pray" – 4:30
  4. "Cedar Avenue Blues" – 7:00
  5. "Bass and Space" – 7:52
  6. "Ettenro" – 9:32
  7. "Until the Moment Was Now" – 4:19
  8. "This One's For Lacy" – 8:21
  9. "23rd Street Theme" – 5:33

Personnel

References

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