| Rejoicing with the Light | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Muhal Richard Abrams |
| Cover: | Rejoicing with the Light.jpg |
| Released: | 1983 |
| Recorded: | January 8–25, 1983 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 41:12 |
| Label: | Black Saint |
| Producer: | Giovanni Bonandrini |
| Prev Title: | Blues Forever |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | View from Within |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
Rejoicing with the Light is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams. It was released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1983 and features performances of five of Abrams' compositions by a fourteen-member orchestra.
The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn states: "He led the orchestra through pieces that were sometimes introspective and other times jubilant and swinging, but never simple or predictable. This session was a challenging, instructive, and entertaining lesson in modern big band writing, arranging and performing".[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3 stars stating "These albums seem even more compelling now than they did when they first came out, because it is clear where the leader's ideas are going".[2]
All compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams
percussion, timbales, vibraphone
clarinet, bass clarinet, piccolo, alto saxophone, oboe, flute
guitar
clarinet, alto clarinet, baritone saxophone
clarinet, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
tuba, baritone saxophone, contrabass clarinet