Kindness Joy Love & Happiness

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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
Label East Wind
EW-8056
Producer Kiyoshi Itoh and Yasohachi Itoh
Hank Jones chronology
Have You Met This Jones?
(1977)Have You Met This Jones?1977
Kindness Joy Love & Happiness
(1977)
Direct from L.A.
(1977)Direct from L.A.1977

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]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[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]

Track listing

  1. "Freedom Jazz Dance" (Eddie Harris) - 4:30
  2. "Doom" (Ron Carter) - 4:35
  3. "Old Folks" (Tony Williams) - 3:58
  4. "Ah, Oui" (Hank Jones) - 6:07
  5. "Mr. P.C." (John Coltrane) - 4:12
  6. "All Blues" (Miles Davis) - 8:07
  7. "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones) - 7:44

Personnel

References

  1. The Great Jazz Trio Catalog accessed August 3, 2015
  2. East Wind Records List accessed August 3, 2015
  3. 3.0 3.1 Yanow, Scott. Kindness, Joy, Love and Happiness – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 3, 2015.