Joy - Joy [CD]

CADILLAC RECORDS

£12.22

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: SGCCD022
Barcode: 5020675000377
Release Date: 26 May 2023
Genre: Jazz

Rare 1970s British jazz from Joy: Chris Francis, James Dvorak, Frank Roberts, Ernest Mothle, Keith Bailey, featuring 2 extended tracks, new texts and photos.

Remastered from the original tapes by Keith Bailey and Lawrence Czoka. With insert featuring new pics by acclaimed photographer Jak Kilby, it's the first ever reissue of this cult British jazz LP.

The mid-70s should be seen as a vibrant and fecund period for British jazz Including Spear, Molongo, The Brotherhood of Breath, Keith Tippett and Elton Dean's groups and others were bands such asThe Quintet (Joy's direct precursor), Keith Bailey's Orbit, Chris Francis' Naima, Maggie Nichols' Voice, Dave Defries' Lemonspiel, Gary Windo's I Dogu featuring Frank Roberts, Quincicasm, Landscape Harry Becket's Joy Unlimited, Isotope - all working with the punk ethic and generating a special scene.

Joy were part of this: there was undoubtedly a buzz around this hip young multicultural band featuring London musicians from South Africa, The Caribbean, The US and UK. The LP that came out in 1976 only increased the buzz: one of the best of the bands playing in the contemporary post- bop style but with their own material.

Press:
Received airplay on Jazz FM (Somethin' Else + The Blueprint) with further Airplay confirmed on BBC Radio 3 (J-Z)

4 star review in UK Vibe https://ukvibe.org/album_reviews/joy-1976/

Reviews also confirmed in Financial Times, BBC Music Magazine, Record Collector, Shindig, The Wire, Echoes, All About Jazz, The Beat Magazine, Jazz Journal, Jazz Views, Jazzwise, London Jazz News, Marlbank, The Blue Moment + The Morning Star

CD Tracks:
1. Martini Sweet
2. Koko-v-Dank
3. Do you know the way
4. Spirals
5. P.M.
6. Jak's Travels
7. Forbidden Flight
8. Tribute
9. Hidden Spirits
10. You
11. Koko-v-Dank (2)
12. Do you know the way (2)
13. Spirals (2)