3. Joy Guidry – Amen
Ooooooooh boy what a hauntingly, beautiful, spectacle of an album do we have here.
I keep asking myself what I want to reveal to you here. I think its best to go in blind. Just listen.
I will say it is a compact 29-minute album steeped in deep haunting spiritual jazz. Piercingly memorable.
Instead of describing them, let me share their accolades. Joy is beyond legit. Please, please, please, go listen. Players embedded below.
Joy has presented her original work at The Whitney Museum for American Art, Hauser & Wirth, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, The Kitchen, Redcat, among many other venues. She has been commissioned by The National Sawdust, Long Beach Opera, JACK Quartet, Gaudeamus Festival, and the I&I Foundation. Joy has been featured in festivals, including the La Biennale di Venezia, A’Larme Festival, Cologne Jazz Week, Spoleto Festival USA, Big Ears Festival, and many more.
Joy holds a bachelor’s degree in Bassoon Performance from the Peabody Conservatory and a Graduate Performance Diploma from the Mannes School of Music, and is currently a Doctoral Fellow at the University of California San Diego. In addition, Joy Guidry is the winner of the 2021 Berlin Prize for Young Artists. She Is currently playing on a Heckel Bassoon number 6101.