Joe Morris (guitarist)
Joe Morris (born September 13, 1955 in New Haven , Connecticut ) is an American musician ( guitar , double bass ) of creative jazz and new improvisation music .
Life
Joe Morris first learned the trumpet before switching to guitar in 1969 and initially playing in rock. He then broadened his interests to free jazz and new music . In 1975 he turned to improvisation music. He began his professional career in the Boston area , where he was a member of the Boston Improvisers' Group after first guest appearances in Belgium and Holland . An early mentor and partner was the pianist Lowell Davidson . He also played in Boston with Billy Bang , Andrew Cyrille , Peter Kowald , Joe McPhee , Malcolm Goldstein , Samm Bennett, Butch Morris and Thurman Barker . Between 1987 and 1989 he lived in New York City , where he also performed with his trio in the Knitting Factory .
Since 1981 he has recorded a number of albums on his own Riti label. In 1995 he played in the studio ( Three Men Walking ) and on a subsequent tour with Joe Maneri and Mat Maneri in Europe, with the album Out Right Now being recorded for HatHut Records . Further records have also appeared on Soul Note , Leo Records , Knitting Factory , OmniTone and AUM Fidelity . There he sometimes appears as a soloist, as on the album Singularity from 2000, or improvising with musicians such as viola player Mat Maneri, clarinetist Ken Vandermark and bassist Chris Lightcap . Joe Morris has also worked with William Parker , Whit Dickey , Rob Brown , Karen Borca , Eugene Chadbourne , Susie Ibarra and Hamid Drake . As a bass player, he recorded the album High Definition with his bass quartet from Taylor Ho Bynum , Allan Chase and Luther Gray in 2007 , and his quartet album Blurry (Hatology, 2007) with Daniel Levin .
Morris' guitar playing is heavily influenced by Derek Bailey , but also incorporates elements of traditional African music and uses influences from avant-garde musicians such as saxophonists Eric Dolphy and Jimmy Lyons . Morris also plays the banjo and banjolele as secondary instruments .
Discography
- Graffiti in Two Parts ( RogueArt , 1985, ed. 2012), with Lowell Davidson , Malcolm Goldstein , Butch Morris
- No Vertigo (Leo, 1995) solo
- Antennae (AUM Fidelity, 1997)
- Deep Telling ( Okka Disk , 1998)
- A Cloud of Black Birds (AUM Fidelity, 1998)
- Many Rings (Knitting Factory, 1999)
- Underthru (OmniTone, 1999)
- Soul Search (AUM Fidelity, 1999)
- At the Old Office (Knitting Factory, 1999)
- Singularity (AUM Fidelity, 2000)
- Age of Everything (Riti, 2002)
- Beautiful Existence ( Clean Feed , 2004)
- High Definition ( HatOLOGY , 2007)
- Joe Morris, Ken Vandermark & Luther Gray: Rebus (Clean Feed, 2007)
- Today on Earth (AUM Fidelity 2009)
- Sensor ( NoBusiness Records 2010; double bass solo)
- Ambrosia (Riti, 2011) with Agustí Fernández
- Altitude (AUM Fidelity, 2012) with William Parker, Gerald Cleaver
- Mess Hall (Hatology, 2014)
- Joe Morris & Jamie Saft : Plymouth (RareNose, 2014) with Chris Lightcap , Gerald Cleaver, Mary Halvorson
- Joe Morris, William Parker & Gerald Cleaver : Altitude (AUM Fidelity, 2017)
- Joe Morris / Daniel Levin : Live in Riga (2017)
Fonts
- Perpetual Frontier: The Properties of Free Music 2012; ISBN 978-0985981006
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Web links
- Homepage
- Interview in Burning Ambulance
- Joe Morris at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morris, Joe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Haven , Connecticut |