Ring Out Joy is the third album by tenor saxophonist Ed Summerlin, recorded in April 1968 and released later that year on the Avant-Garde label. The album marks a return to the religious concerns that characterized Summerlin's 1960 debut LP, Liturgical Jazz.

Ring Out Joy
Studio album by
Released1968
RecordedApril 1968 [1]
GenreAvant-garde, free jazz, Christian
Length40:00[2]
LabelAvant-Garde
[3]
Ed Summerlin chronology
The Don Heckman-Ed Summerlin Improvisational Jazz Workshop
(1967)
Ring Out Joy
(1968)
Still At It
(1994)

Track listing

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All music is composed by Ed Summerlin

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Gift of Joy"4:06
2."The Coming of Christ, Part I Prelude: The New Men"4:15
3."Part II The New Humanity"5:30
4."Part III Parousia"6:25
Side two: Liturgy of the Holy Spirit
No.TitleLength
5."Agape"2:50
6."Hymn"2:10
7."Mysterium"5:24
8."Offertory Anthem"4:50
9."Hymn of the Commitment"1:40
10."Epiklesis"2:16
11."Recessional Hymn"2:13

Personnel

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  • Ed Summerlin – tenor saxophone, conductor
  • Don Heckman – alto saxophone
  • George Marge – tenor saxophone
  • Marvin Stamm – trumpet
  • Bob Norden – trombone
  • Tony Studd – trombone
  • Ron Carter – double bass
  • Richard Davis – double bass
  • Ed Shaughnessy – drums
  • Rosemary Unutmaz – vocals on "Gift of Joy"
  • William Robert Miller – text
  • Choir recorded in London, April 14–20, 1968

References

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  1. ^ Bruyninckx, Walter. Progressive Jazz: Free, Third Stream, Fusion: Volume 4, Sh-Z. Mechelin, Belgium: Mechelen Copy Express. p. 1305. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  2. ^ "Ring Out Joy (Musical LP, 1968)". Worldcat. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  3. ^ "Summerlin, Ed - Ring Out Joy". Audiophile USA. Retrieved 2013-03-27.