Jazz Articles about Joe Morris

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Charles Downs: Inner

by Don Ball
August 20, 2026

It has been a long time coming for Charles Downs' debut recording as a leader. He began his career in the 1970s playing as Rashid Bakr with the likes of Cecil Taylor, Jemeel Moondoc, William Parker and others before reverting to his birth name in the new century. Since then, he has performed as part of the Flow Trio with Joe Morris and Louis Belogenis, as well as playing with Larry Ochs, Joe McPhee, and Peter Brötzmann, among others. At ...

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Joe Morris, Barry Guy/Roberto Ottaviano & Bill Connors

by Maurice Hogue
July 27, 2026

Bassist/guitarist Joe Morris was recently honored at the annual Vision Festival for his lifetime contributions, and if anyone has any doubts about that, just listen to his new album Counter Spectacle out on the FSR label. With reed players Rob Brown & Anna Webber & drummer Matthew Rousseau, Morris lets freedom reign. This is a true keeper! It's one of a number of wonderful new releases from FSR featured in this episode--the sublime yet daring first-time match-up of master bassist ...

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Vision Festival 2026, Part 1

by Luciano Rossetti
July 26, 2026

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Vision Festival 2026, Part 2

by Luciano Rossetti
July 26, 2026

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Joe Morris at Vision Fest 30

by Fran Kursztejn
June 28, 2026

Joe MorrisAbrons Arts CenterVision Festival New York, NYJune 23, 2026 “Joe Morris is the real deal," said Matthew Shipp, relating the first time he met the multi-hyphenate musician and educator, who was presented with the Arts for Art's Lifetime Achievement Award at the 30th annual Vision Festival. Morris introduced himself to the pianist after a show in the early '80s. He gave Shipp his first record, of which Shipp admits he “let sit for ...

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Ivo Perelman: Trifecta

by Vincenzo Roggero
June 3, 2026

Nella mastodontica discografia (quasi duecento album incisi, la maggior parte dei quali per l'etichetta londinese Leo Records) di Ivo Perelman, storico sassofonista di origine brasiliana, mancava un triplo CD dedicato all'arte del duo sax-chitarra. Ecco quindi Trifecta dialogo a rete libera con tre dei massimi chitarristi della scena contemporanea quali Marc Ribot, Elliott Sharp, Joe Morris. Un confronto con lo strumento praticato fin da giovanissima età e poi abbandonato per la difficoltà nel trovare una voce personale, qualità che riconosce ...

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Perelman / Ribot / Sharp / Morris: Trifecta

by Mark Corroto
May 19, 2026

With a discography approaching 200 releases, it might be tempting to imagine saxophonist Ivo Perelman as a kind of jazz gunfighter, in the lineage of Charlie Parker or Coleman Hawkins, stepping into one cutting contest after another. But that image misses the mark. Perelman's recordings are rarely about competition. Instead, they are grounded in creation, collaboration and deep musical partnership. The closest he comes to that rough-and-tumble spirit is in his long-running exchanges with pianist Matthew Shipp, where the intensity ...