Jump for Joy is a 1963 studio album recorded by Joe Williams, produced by George Avakian, and arranged and conducted by Jimmy Jones and Oliver Nelson. It was recorded at Webster Hall, a nightclub in Manhattan and released on RCA Victor. It was released as a vinyl LP record in 1963 and as a CD in 1993 (under the Bluebird/RCA label) and again as a remastered version on CD (under the Sony Music label) in 2015.
Reception AllMusic praised the album for the variety of familiar standards as well as some obscure ones and that it "tries to portray Williams as more than just a blues singer". All About Jazz gave positive remarks regarding the album's "swing-style" rendition of the songs while stating that "few jazz singers could master the blues style as well as Williams".
Track listing
"Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)" (Billy Moll, Harry Barris, Ted Koehler) - 2:12 "I Went Out of My Way" (Helen Bliss) - 2:23 "The Great City" (Curtis Lewis) - 2:25 "You Perfect Stranger" (Michael Corda, Peter Windsor) - 2:22 "A Good Thing" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) - 2:49 "It's a Wonderful World" (Harold Adamson, Jan Savitt, John Kluczko Watson, Johnny Watson) - 2:00 "Sounds of the Night" (Gerald Fried, Johnny Mercer) - 2:24 "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' " (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines, Billy Strayhorn) - 2:35 "(This Is) My Last Affair" (Haven Johnson) - 2:25 "More Than Likely" (J. Leslie McFarland) - 1:57 "She Doesn't Know (I Love Her)" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) - 2:37 "Jump for Joy" (Duke Ellington, Sid Kuller, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:19
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