Joy
Context
Title track of saxophonist Isaiah Collier's EP Joy, released by Brownswood Recordings on July 31, 2026. It opens a five-track record (27 min 11 s in total, 5 min 42 s for this track). Collier presents joy as something wrested, shaped by lived experience, and says that sharing it is "the most political thing we can do".
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Spiritual jazz, Renaissances (Los Angeles, London). Among the origins and influences of Spiritual jazz: Modal, Free jazz.