April 1998

William Hooker with Billy Bang Duo
Joy (Within)!
Silkheart

By Fred Bouchard

Fiddle and drums are the be-all and end-all of Joy (Within!), a wacky outing of parts of two sets from the "What Is Jazz" Festival at The Knitting Factory in 1994. Energy unbridled is the game here, with high level dynamics and assaultive measures, but I hear more anger than joy boiling from within.