Joe Morris Quartet – A Cloud of Black Birds

A Cloud of Black Birds by Joe Morris Quartet  [AUM009] - CD in classic jewelcase with 4-panel insert w/ powerful and personal liner notes by Joe Morris./// Down to the very last copies! Joe Morris: guitar, compositions Mat Maneri: violin Chris Lightcap: bass Jerome Deupree: drums In Autumn of 1998, AUM Fidelity very proudly presented this brand new body of work from peerless guitarist-improviser-composer Joe Morris. This impeccable quartet had been honing the material & their collective voice on stage before hitting the studio to record. It is one of our absolute favorites in Morris' now radically extensive & diverse catalog of works, and is without question a crowning achievement in this vernacular, or any genre of music. Sinuous & seductive. "A guitarist who computes the full matrix of influences from jazz to rock, but mostly jazz, uncovers labyrinths of riffs in the higher frets that have a mesmerizing ingenuity reminiscent of Ornette at full bore, enigmatic and