A Cloud of Black Birds
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| Studio album by Joe Morris | ||||
| Released | 1998 | |||
| Recorded | June 26, 1998 PBS Studios, Westwood, MA |
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 57:15 | |||
| Label | AUM Fidelity | |||
| Producer | Joe Morris, Steven Joerg | |||
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A Cloud of Black Birds is an album by American jazz guitarist Joe Morris, which was recorded in 1998 and released on the AUM Fidelity label. It features a quartet with bassist Chris Lightcap, violinist Mat Maneri and drummer Jerome Deupree.[1]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [3] |
In his review for AllMusic, David R. Adler states "The music is intense and challenging, but it has a certain airiness."[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that "Reunion with Maneri sparks off a lot of shared experience, and their interaction, notably on the duo 'Renascent', is close, intelligent and thoroughly sympathetic."[3] The JazzTimes review by Harvey Pekar says that "Morris' solos have an angular quality. He plays both flurries of notes and spare phrases during which he's thinking from interval to interval, trying to make the shape of his lines as distinctive as possible."[4]
Track listing
- All compositions by Joe Morris except as indicated
- "Threshold" – 10:54
- "Mesmeric" (Morris, Lightcap, Maneri, Deupree) – 8:06
- "A Cloud of Black Birds" – 8:48
- "Emblem" – 8:54
- "Renascent" (Morris, Maneri) – 4:07
- "Radiant Flux" – 9:52
- "Take Place" (Morris, Lightcap, Maneri, Deupree) – 6:34
Personnel
References
- ↑ A Cloud of Black Birds at AUM Fidelity
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Adler, David R.. Joe Morris – A Cloud of Black Birds: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
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- ↑ Pekar, Harvey. A Cloud of Black Birds review at JazzTimes
