Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Sunshine of My Soul

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
1967

Release date
  
1967

Label
  
Prestige Records

Artist
  
Jaki Byard

Producer
  
Don Schlitten

Genre
  
Jazz

Sunshine of My Soul httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenthumbc

Recorded
  
October 31, 1967 New York City

Sunshine of My Soul (1967)
  
Jaki Byard with Strings! (1968)

Similar
  
Jaki Byard albums, Jazz albums

Sunshine of My Soul is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Alex Henderson stating "the restless pianist was continuing to experiment and take chances, which is exactly what he does on Sunshine of My Soul". The All About Jazz website stated "Exemplifying one of jazz’s oddballs, this remains one of Byard’s most interesting and accomplished musical puzzles".

Track listing

All compositions by Jaki Byard except as indicated

  1. "Sunshine" - 9:33
  2. "Cast Away" - 4:09
  3. "Chandra" - 8:06
  4. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) - 6:03
  5. "Diane's Melody" - 6:58
  6. "Trendsition Zildjian" - 10:58

Personnel

  • Jaki Byard - piano, guitar
  • David Izenzon - bass
  • Elvin Jones - drums

    • Songs

    1Sunshine9:29
    2Castaway4:03
    3Chandra8:09

    References

    Sunshine of My Soul Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA