Sun Ra's second album Sound Of Joy was a Delmark release recorded in 1957, although it was originally intended for the Transition label, which did not survive long enough to release it. The personnel here includes Sun Ra, piano, electric piano; Art Hoyle & Dave Young, trumpets; John Gilmore, tenor sax; Pat Patrick, alto & baritone sax; Jim Herndon, tympani, timbali; Julian Priester, trombone; Charles Davis, baritone sax; Victor Sproles, bass; William Cochran, drums; and Clyde Williams, vocals.