- Joe Morris (guitarist)
Joe Morris (born
September 13 ,1955 ) is an Americanjazz guitar ist. In addition to leading his own groups, he has recorded withWilliam Parker ,Whit Dickey ,Rob Brown ,Joe Maneri and others. Much of his output has been on his own record label, Riti.Morris was born in
New Haven, Connecticut ; an important early mentor and playing partner was the legendary but little-recorded pianistLowell Davidson . Morris is perhaps the most significant guitarist to playfree jazz sinceSonny Sharrock . Morris has stated that his flowing single-note technique was inspired more by traditional African musics, and bysaxophone players likeEric Dolphy andJimmy Lyons , than by other guitarists. He does not use distortion or effects, preferring a "clean" sound, but has made occasional use of a serrated pick to "bow" the strings of his guitar, creating an otherworldly, harmonic-rich sound. He also playsbanjo and banjo-uke, and in recent years has increasingly focused on playing bass.elected Discography
As leader/co-leader
* "Wraparound" (Riti, 1983)
* "Human Rites" (Riti, 1987)
* "Sweatshop" (Riti, 1988-90)
* "Flip & Spike" (Riti, 1992)
* "Symbolic Gesture" (Soul Note, 1993)
* "Racket Club" (About Time, 1993)
* "Illuminate" (Leo, 1993)
* "No Vertigo" (Leo, 1995)
* "You Be Me" (Soul Note, 1995)
* "Elsewhere" (Homestead, 1996)
* "Like Rays" (Knitting Factory, 1996)
* "Invisible Weave" (No More, 1997)
* "Antennae" (AUM Fidelity, 1997)
* "Deep Telling" (Okkadisk, 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)External links
* [http://www.joe-morris.com/ Official site]
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