The Joy of Flying

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The Joy of Flying
Studio album by
Tony Williams
Released1978 (1978)
GenreJazz fusion[1]
Length49:37
LabelColumbia
ProducerTony Williams
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars [2]
Christgau's Record GuideB–[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide2/5 stars[3]

The Joy Of Flying is a Jazz fusion album by Tony Williams. It was recorded at the end of The Tony Williams Lifetime years, and is considered his first solo album since 1966. It includes three duets, two with Mahavishnu Orchestra keyboardist Jan Hammer, and one with free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor, and three different quartets: the first featured Hammer along with guitarist George Benson and bassist Paul Jackson, the second featured Herbie Hancock on piano, Stanley Clarke on bass guitar, and Tom Scott on Lyricon, and the third featured guitarist Ronnie Montrose, keyboardist Brian Auger, and bass guitarist Mario Cipollina. "Hip Skip" also featured a five piece horn section.

The third quartet mentioned above performed a single concert on July 27, 1978 at Japan's Denen Coliseum (billed as "The Tony Williams All Stars"), which was recorded. Their set list included "Rocky Road" and "Heads Up" by Montrose, "Red Alert", "Wildlife" and "There Comes a Time" by Williams, "Dragon Song" by John McLaughlin, and "Tropic of Capricorn" (with special guest drummer Billy Cobham).

Track listing[]

  1. "Going Far" (Jan Hammer) - 4:13
  2. "Hip Skip" (George Benson) - 8:03
  3. "Hittin' on 6" (Tom Scott) - 6:16
  4. "Open Fire" (Ronnie Montrose, Edgar Winter) - 6:16
  5. "Tony" (Stanley Clarke) - 6:50
  6. "Eris" (Hammer) - 3:33
  7. "Coming Back Home" (Hammer) - 6:06
  8. "Morgan's Motion" (Cecil Taylor) - 8:18

Personnel[]

(adapted from the original LP notes)

Horn Section (track 2):

Production[]

Produced by Tony Williams

Recording engineers: Jan Hammer (tracks 1 & 6); Don Puluse (tracks 2 & 7); Fred Catero (tracks 3 & 5); Tom Suzuki (track 4); Stan Tonkel (track 8)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  2. ^ The Joy of Flying at AllMusic
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 209. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  • Tony Williams; "Joy Of Flying" liner notes; Columbia Records 1978
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