Tracklist

A1	Tears Of Joy	2:56
A2	5/4 Getaway	7:47
A3	Bulgarian Bulge	4:48
A4	Get It Together	5:07
B1	Quiet Longing	3:43
B2	Blues In Elf	6:36
B3	Loss	8:23
C1	How's This For Openers?	8:35
C2	Samba Bajada	11:30
D1	Strawberry Soup	17:31
D2	Euphoric Acid	4:23

Credits

• Bass – Dennis Parker
• Bass Trombone – Kenny Sawhill
• Cello – Christine Ermacoff
• Clarinet – Sam Falzone
• Congas – Lee Pastora
• Drums – Ralph Humphrey, Ron Dunn
• French Horn – Kenneth Nelson
• Oboe – Jon Clarke
• Piano – Milcho Leviev
• Saxophone [Alto] – Lonnie Shetter
• Saxophone [Alto], Flute – Fred Selden
• Trombone – Jim Sawyer
• Trumpet – Bruce MacKay, Jack Caudill, Paul Bogosian
• Trumpet [Quarter Tone], Flugelhorn [Four-valve], Drums – Don Ellis
• Tuba, Trombone [Contrabass] – Doug Bixby
• Viola – Ellen Smith
• Violin [First] – Alfredo Ebat
• Violin [Second] – Earle Corry

Notes

Recorded May 20-23, 1971 at Basin Street West in San Francisco.

Band includes a woodwind quartet (Fred Selden, Lonnie Shetter, Sam Falzone & Jon Clarke) and a string quartet (Alfredo Ebat, Earle Corry, Ellen Smith & Christine Ermacoff)

Category is corrected with a sticker on sleeve that reads CG 30927 instead of G 30927

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
G 30927, C 30928, C 30929	Don Ellis	Tears Of Joy ‎(2xLP, Album)	Columbia, Columbia, Columbia	G 30927, C 30928, C 30929	US	1971
WOU 927	Don Ellis	Tears Of Joy ‎(2xCD)	Wounded Bird Records	WOU 927	US	2005
SOPL 145, SOPL 146	Don Ellis	Tears Of Joy ‎(2xLP, Album)	CBS/Sony, CBS/Sony	SOPL 145, SOPL 146	Japan	1971
36AP 1481〜2	Don Ellis	Tears Of Joy ‎(2xLP, Album, RE)	Columbia	36AP 1481〜2	Japan	1979
GQ 30927	Don Ellis	Tears Of Joy ‎(2xLP, Album, Quad, Gat)	Columbia	GQ 30927	US	1972