The Joe Morris Discography A work in progress by Alan Kayser, with Rick Lopez. Born September 26, 2000 UPDATE January 30, 2003 If anyone would like to adopt this project, please contact me!
Joe Morris at Vision Fest, New York City, May 2000. Photo copyright © Susan O'Connor. Reproduced with permission.

• 83.02.28 / Joe Morris Trio: Wraparound / Riti
• 83.03.17 / [Joe Morris Trio: Wraparound / Riti]
• 85.12.00 / Joe Morris Trio: Human Rites / Riti
• 86.04.00 / [Joe Morris Trio: Human Rites / Riti]
• 87.12.30 / [Joe Morris Trio: Human Rites / Riti]
• 88.09.15 / Joe Morris Trio: Sweatshop / Riti
• 88.10.01 / [Joe Morris Trio: Sweatshop / Riti]
• 89.10.10 / [Joe Morris Trio: Sweatshop / Riti]
• 90.01.15 / [Joe Morris Trio: Sweatshop / Riti]
• 91.07.28 / Various Artists: Live at the Knitting Factory, Volume 5 / Knitting Factory
  • Various Artists: Live at the Knitting Factory (5CD)
• 92.00.00 / Joe Morris Trio: Flip and Spike / Riti
• 92.06.28 / Rob Brown / Whit Dickey / Joe Morris: Youniverse / Riti
• 93.06.12 / Joe Morris Trio: Symbolic Gestures / Soul Note
• 93.06.26 / Joe Morris: Racket Club / About Time
• 93.11.09 / Joe Morris & Rob Brown Quartet: Illuminate / Leo Records
• 95.04.07 / Joe Morris: No Vertigo / Leo
• 95.04.10 / Joe Morris Quartet: You Be Me / Soul Note
• 95.10.00 / Maneri / Morris / Maneri: Three Men Walking / ECM Records
• 95.11.00 / [Maneri / Morris / Maneri: Three Men Walking / ECM Records]
• 95.11.05 / Maneri / Morris / Maneri: Out Right Now / hat HUT
• 96.02.26 / Joe Morris Ensemble: Elsewhere / Homestead
• 96.06.00 / Joe Morris / Ken Vandermark / Hans Poppel: Like Rays / Knitting Factory
• 96.06.14 / Hession / Wilkinson / Fell + Morris: Registered Firm / Incus
• 96.10.00 / Ivo Perelman Duo featuring Joe Morris: Strings / Leo Records
• 97.01.10 / Joe Morris / William Parker: Invisible Weave / No More Records
• 97.01.23 / Matthew Shipp / Joe Morris: Thesis / hat HUT
• 97.04.00 / [Ivo Perelman Duo featuring Joe Morris: Strings / Leo Records]
• 97.07.05 / Joe Morris Trio: Antennae / AUM Fidelity
• 97.07.06 / [Joe Morris Trio: Antennae / AUM Fidelity]
• 98.04.30 / Joe Morris w/ DKV Trio: Deep Telling / Okkadisk
• 98.06.26 / Joe Morris Quartet: A Cloud of Blackbirds / AUM Fidelity
• 99.02.05 / Joe Morris: Many Rings / Knitting Factory
• 99.03.18 / Joe Morris Quartet: Underthru / OmniTone
  • Various Artists: OmniTone 2001: An OmniTone Odyssey
• 99.08.17 / Joe Morris + Mat Maneri: [soul search] / AUM Fidelity
• 99.11.06 / Joe Morris Quartet: at the Old Office / Knitting Factory
• 99.11.20 / Whit Dickey: Big Top / Wobbly Rail
• 99.12.14 / Chadbourne / Dresser / Ibarra / Morris: Pain Pen / Avant
• 00.05.10 / Joe Morris: Singularity / AUM Fidelity
• 00.08.07 / Lantner / Maneri / Morris: Voices Lowered / Leo Records
• 01.12.09 / Steve Lantner Trio: Saying So / Riti Records
• 01.12.12 / William Parker - Joe Morris - Hamid Drake: Eloping with the Sun / Riti Records
• 02.01.20 / Joe Morris: Age of Everything / Riti Records
• 02.02.17 / Whit Dickey: Trio Ahxoloxha / Riti Records

Joe Morris Trio: Wraparound

1. Wraparound [14:35]
2. Sweep Out [8:17]
3. Riti #1 [1:05]
4. Solid Flip Topic [21:55]

Joe Morris (g)
Sebastian Steinberg (b)
Laurence Cook (d)

{Primary Source: Riti 1001}

Joe Morris Trio: Human Rites

1. A Heart Don't Bleed If It's Rock [12:24]
2. Human Rites [21:10]

Joe Morris (g)
Sebastian Steinberg (b)
Thurman Barker (d)

{Primary Source: Riti 02 & 03}

[Joe Morris Trio: Human Rites]

1. We'll Manage [13:40]

Joe Morris (g)
Sebastian Steinberg (b)
Thurman Barker (d)

{Primary Source: Riti 02 & 03}

[Joe Morris Trio: Human Rites]

1. Last Mile [13:40]
2. Blues & Mathematics [10:13]
   or, all Bird did was tell the truth
3. Grow Up [8:13]
4. The Rub [15:10]

Joe Morris (g)
Sebastian Steinberg (b)
Jerry Deupree (d)

{Primary Source: Riti 02 & 03}

Joe Morris Trio: Sweatshop

1. Four Pests [7:41]
2. The Oky Doke [5:00]
3. Fit Fit [6:24]
4. Teeming Millions [9:12]
5. World Iz Big [7:16]

Joe Morris (g)
Sebastian Steinberg (b)
Jerry Deupree (d)

{Primary Source: Riti CD1}

[Joe Morris Trio: Sweatshop]

1. What's What [7:40]
2. Well Put [8:22]
3. Are You Warm Now? [10:27]
4. Slow Learner [7:58]

Joe Morris (g)
Sebastian Steinberg (b)
Jerry Deupree (d)

{Primary Source: Riti CD1}

Various Artists: Live at the Knitting Factory, Volume 5
[Joe Morris' Sweatshop]

• Various Artists: Live at the Knitting Factory Anniversary Boxed Set
  Knitting Factory Works KFWCD-12345 (5CD) 1993

1. Slipshod [6:41]

Joe Morris (g)
Sebastian Steinberg (b)
Jerry Deupree (d)

{Primary Source: KFWCD-108; KFWCD-12345}

Joe Morris Trio: Flip and Spike

1. Contemporary [16:37]
2. Reflexes [10:38]

1. Flip and Spike [7:44]
2. Itan [14:19]
3. Julianna [2:42]
4. Mnemonic Device
   #1 [0:52]
   #2 [1:31]
   #3 [1:13]
   #4 [1:48]
5. Mombaccus [11:31]

Joe Morris (g)
Sebastian Steinberg (b)
Jerry Deupree (d)

{Primary Source: Riti CD2}

Rob Brown - Whit Dickey - Joe Morris: Youniverse

1. Youniverse (Brown) [6:09]
2. Mikro (Brown) [8:24]
3. Kingpin (Brown) [7:17]
4. Imprint 1 (Brown / Dickey / Morris) [11:55]
5. Inside Break (Brown) [5:22]
6. Sonic Film (Brown) [9:06]
7. Imprint 2 (Brown / Dickey / Morris) [9:00]
8. Svengali (Brown) [7:31]

Rob Brown (as)
Whit Dickey (d)
Joe Morris (el-g)

{Primary Source: Riti CD3}

Joe Morris Trio: Symbolic Gesture

1. Invisible [9:07]
2. Lowell's House [14:05]
3. Symbolic Gesture [13:34]
4. Finite / Margin [9:26]
5. The Lookman [7:37]

Joe Morris (g)
Nate McBride (b)
Curt Newton (d)

{Primary Source: Soul Note 121204-2}

Joe Morris: Racket Club

1. Rumble Strip [8:28]
2. Revolve [9:45]
3. Wedge [6:40]
4. Cellular [6:22]
5. Vapor [11:28]
6. Pointyhead (Parts 1 & 2) [4:49]
7. Instinct [8:00]
8. Slipshod [8:42]

Joe Morris (g)
Jim Hobbs (as)
Steve Norton (b)
Nate McBride (el-b)
Jerome Deupree (d)
Curt Newton (d)

{Primary Source: AT-1010}

Joe Morris & Rob Brown Quartet: Illuminate

1. Results (Morris / Brown / Parker / Krall) [11:52]
2. Illuminate (Morris) [7:11]
3. Inklings (Brown) [23:01]
4. Pivotal (Morris / Brown / Parker / Krall) [11:13]

Joe Morris (g)
Rob Brown (as)
William Parker (b)
Jackson Krall (d)

{Primary Source: Leo Lab CD 008}

Joe Morris: No Vertigo

NO VERTIGO (acoustic guitar)
1. The Hoist [2:47]
2. Equilibrium [9:39]
3. Over to me [3:11]
4. Guideline [0:37]
5. Balance point [4:38]
6. THE 17th [4:31]
   THE EDGES (mandolin)
7. Found in the ground [2:40]
8. Transit [6:40]
9. Good view [5:24]
10. FOR ALDOLPHUS MICA (electric guitar) [12:25]
11. LONG CARRY (banjouke) [7:58]
    MONOLOGUE (electric guitar)
    
12. There's probably no other way [4:45]
13. I know exactly what you mean [5:37]
14. That's the whole point [5:54]

Joe Morris (g; mandolin; banjouke; el-g)

{Primary Source: CD LR 226}

Joe Morris Quartet: You Be Me

1. You Be Me [11:47]
2. Deep Discount [7:16]
3. Transmitter [6:27]
4. The Object of Color [11:48]
5. Real Reason [12:05]
6. Adult Themes [10:11]
7. Glider [6:05]

Joe Morris (el-g)
Mat Maneri (v)
Nate McBride (b)
Curt Newton (d)

{Primary Source: 121304-2}

Maneri / Morris / Maneri: Three Men Walking

1. Calling (Joe Maneri) [3:13]
2. What's New (Haggart / Burke) [9:45]
3. Bird's in the Belfry (Maneri / Morris / Maneri) [6:51]
4. If Not Now (Joe Morris) [5:02]
5. Let Me Tell You (Maneri / Morris / Maneri) [2:03]
6. Through a Glass Darkly (Mat Maneri) [4:57]
7. Three Men Walking (Maneri / Morris / Maneri) [5:23]
8. Deep Paths (Maneri / Morris / Maneri) [9:15]
9. Diuturnal (Joe Maneri) [3:33]
10. Fevered (Maneri / Morris / Maneri) [5:38]
11. Gestalt (Mat Maneri) [2:39]
12. To Anne's Eyes (Joe Morris) [2:06]
13. Arc and Point (Maneri / Morris / Maneri) [5:06]
14. For Josef Schmid (Joe Maneri) [2:09]

Joe Maneri (cl; as; ts; p)
Joe Morris (el-g)
Mat Maneri (el-six-string-v)

{Primary Source: ECM 1597 78118-21597-2}

Maneri / Morris / Maneri: Out Right Now

1. Some and Then Some [26:31]
2. Spoken Things [8:24]
3. Small Steps in the Right Direction [5:33]
4. Roots Go Deep [9:10]
5. Out Rigth (sic) Now [15:46]
6. Blue Current [7:07]

Joe Maneri (as; ts; p)
Joe Morris (el-g)
Mat Maneri (el-six-string-v)

{Primary Source: hatOLOGY 561}

Joe Morris Ensemble: Elsewhere

1. Plexus [8:03]
2. Elsewhere [13:58]
3. Cirrus [5:13]
4. Violet [11:37]
5. Mind's Eye [6:16]
6. Rotunda [15:02]

Joe Morris (g)
Matthew Shipp (p)
William Parker (b)
Whit Dickey (d)

{Primary Source: HMS233-2}

Joe Morris / Ken Vandermark / Hans Poppel: Like Rays

1. Photon [1:20]
2. New Fire [3:06]
3. Within Reach [5:27]
4. Like Rays [7:56]
5. So As To Touch [7:32]
6. Like Stuff [5:44]
7. Parlance [4:54]
8. I Can Live With That [6:22]
9. Hand Signals [7:39]
10. From Dreams [8:54]
11. Levitate [2:05]

Joe Morris (el-g)
Ken Vandermark (cl; bcl)
Hans Poppel (p)

{Primary Source: KFR-224}

Hession / Wilkinson / Fell + Morris: Registered Firm

1. Registered Firm [1:20]
2. Bows and Buttons [13:07]
3. Spaceships Are Crap [4:22]
4. "You Do Mean Groucho Marx, Don't You?" [1:53]
5. The Delius Myth [14:02]
6. "If I've Offended Anyone, I Apologise" [12:35]
7. Piece of Fish [6:07]

Alan Wilkinson (as; bs)
Joe Morris (g)
Simon H. Fell (b)
Paul Hession (d)

{Primary Source: Incus CD33}

Ivo Perelman Duo featuring Joe Morris: Strings

1. Sun Salute, take 1 (Perelman / Morris) [2:03]
2. Nair's Walk (Perelman / Morris) [3:19]
3. Tantalizing Imagery (Perelman / Morris) [1:51]
4. Kraus House (Perelman / Morris) [10:40]
5. Imperial (Perelman / Morris) [4:18]
6. Solenoid (Perelman) [1:43]
7. Neolithic Man (Perelman / Morris) [1:49]
8. Monsieur P.C. (Perelman) [1:46]
9. Gist (Perelman / Morris) [3:00]
10. Strings (Perelman / Morris) [8:33]
11. Naive (Perelman / Morris) [4:35]
12. Festa (Perelman / Morris) [7:50]
13. For Bove (Perelman / Morris) [1:24]
14. n. 2 (Perelman / Morris) [2:55]
15. Sun Salute, take 2 (Perelman / Morris) [2:12]

Ivo Perelman (ce; voc)
Joe Morris (g)

{Primary Source: CD LR 249}

Joe Morris / William Parker: Invisible Weave

1. Hypnotext [10:33]
2. Viewer [12:59]
3. Standing Figure [12:30]
4. Spectral [4:22]
5. To the Sensory [7:01]
6. Invisible Weave #1 [16:37]
7. Invisible Weave #2 [11:51]

Joe Morris (g)
William Parker (b)

{Primary Source: No More No. 4}

Matthew Shipp / Joe Morris: Thesis

1. Thesis [4:08]
2. Fable [5:39]
3. Simple Relations [3:41]
4. Particle I [3:43]
5. The Wand [3:49]
6. Action and Reaction [5:22]
7. Center Of [5:33]
8. The Turnpike [5:35]
9. For Of "Y" [4:22]
10. Broader Orders [8:01]
11. Particle 2 [4:41]
12. The Middle Region [4:18]
13. Our Journey [4:35]

Matthew Shipp (p)
Joe Morris (g)

{Primary Source: hatOLOGY 506}

Joe Morris Trio: Antennae

1. Synapse [8:17]
2. Antennae [13:21]
3. Silent Treatment [7:35]
4. Stare Into a Lightbulb For Three Years [13:30]
5. Human Pyramid [9:22]
6. Elevator [15:09]
7. Virtual Whatever [6:45]

Joe Morris (g)
Nate McBride (b)
Jerome Deupree (d)

{Primary Source: AUM004}

Antennae at the AUMFidelity website.

Joe Morris w/ DKV Trio: Deep Telling

1. Standing Here [12:15]
2. Bit Tenet duo #1 [4:20]
3. Hollow Curve trio #1 [5:59]
4. Narrative [7:33]
5. Infix duo #2 [3:27]
6. Breathe Easily trio #2 [4:47]
7. To and From the Core trio #3 [3:17]
8. Telling Suite [18:35]

Joe Morris (g)
Ken Vandermark (ts)
Kent Kessler (b)
Hamid Drake (d)

Okkadisk page for this CD.

{Primary Source: OD12027}

Joe Morris Quartet: A Cloud of Blackbirds

1. Threshold (Morris) [10:54]
2. Mesmeric (collective) [8:06]
3. A Cloud of Blackbirds (Morris) [8:48]
4. Emblem (Morris) [8:54]
5. Renascent (collective) [4:07]
6. Radiant Flux (Morris) [9:52]
7. Take Place (collective) [6:34]

Joe Morris (el-g)
Mat Maneri (v)
Chris Lightcap (b-1,2,3,4,6,7)
Jerome Deupree (d-1,2,3,4,6,7)

{Primary Source: AUM009}

A Cloud of Blackbirds at the AUMFidelity website.

Joe Morris: Many Rings

1. Drawn to the Magnet [5:52]
2. Many Rings [14:25]
3. First Appearance [4:25]
4. Chapel Level [10:35]
5. Motion to the Air [3:28]
6. Situation to Be In [5:15]
7. Small Cycle [11:06]
8. Blue Spots There [7:31]

Joe Morris (g)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
Rob Brown (as; fl)
Andrea Parkins (accordion; sampler)

{Primary Source: KFR-243}

Joe Morris Quartet: Underthru

• Various Artists: OmniTone 2001: An OmniTone Odyssey {1}
  
  [This sampler also includes tracks by Steve Slagle; M.O.B. Trio; Ron Horton; Frank Kimbrough / Joe Locke; Equal Interest; Michael Bisio; Oscar Noriega's Play Party; Cuong Vu; Lynn Seaton; Tom Varner; Mike Lee; and Marty Ehrlich's Traveler's Tales.]

1. Underthru [16:24]
2. Remarks [14:27]
3. Routine Three [10:18]
4. Two Busses and a Long Walk [14:14]
5. Manipulatives [8:20] {1}

Joe Morris (el-g)
Mat Maneri (v; bari-v)
Chris Lightcap (b)
Gerald Cleaver (d)

{Primary Source: OmniTone 11904; OmniTone 2001}

Joe Morris + Mat Maneri: [soul search]

1. Slight of Hand [8:04]
2. Adhesive [6:40]
3. Eyes or Gaze [5:59]
4. Natural Number [7:57]
5. Versicolor [7:21]
6. Soul Search [2:25]
7. Flyer [5:12]
8. Micron [3:06]
9. Forwards and Sideways [7:08]
10. Pluralize [8:25]

Joe Morris (el-g)
Mat Maneri (el-v)

{Primary Source: AUM014; venue via JAZZIZ Magazine, November 2000}

[soul search] at the AUMFidelity website.

Joe Morris Quartet: at the Old Office

1. Matter of Fact (collective) [20:26]
2. Don't Say Too Much (Morris) [24:00]
3. Coil (Morris) [19:50]
4. Closeout (collective) [10:37]

Joe Morris (el-g)
Mat Maneri (va)
Chris Lightcap (b)
Gerald Cleaver (d)

{Primary Source: KFR-272}

Whit Dickey: Big Top

1. Big Top [7:58]
2. The Prophet [11:22]
3. Skippy [9:53]
4. The Immortals [23:20]

Joe Morris (g)
Rob Brown (as; ts; fl)
Chris Lightcap (b)
Whit Dickey (d)

{Primary Source: WOB010}

Chadbourne / Dresser / Ibarra / Morris: Pain Pen

1. Pullpipanpipaino [3:04]
2. Painlipensiveros [9:54]
3. Poolialoofair [4:29]
4. Aposuniulivers [5:11]
5. Upslinelivveros [7:08]
6. Loveilairliveros [9:54]
7. Leinileansveros [12:06]
8. Oanseeaviears [0:40]
9. Pallipaleipunop [4:29]
10. Ourlilesiallana [4:59]

Eugene Chadbourne (el-g; banjo)
Joe Morris (el-g)
Mark Dresser (b)
Susie Ibarra (d; perc)

{Primary Source: AVAN 044}

Joe Morris: Singularity

1. light [5:59]
2. gravity [2:53]
3. creature [3:46]
4. shape [3:58]
5. atmosphere [5:34]
6. sense [4:50]
7. liquid [3:24]
8. dimension [4:23]
9. flight [5:18]
10. rock [3:55]

Joe Morris (steel string acoustic guitar)

{Primary Source: AUM018}

Singularity at the AUMFidelity website.

Lantner / Maneri / Morris: Voices Lowered

1. Dirty Daisies (Lantner / Maneri / Morris) [8:55]
2. Calling (Lantner / Maneri) [11:09]
3. Dig In (Lantner / Maneri / Morris) [9:56]
4. What You're Saying (Lantner / Morris) [4:41]
5. Voices Lowered (Lantner / Maneri / Morris) [12:40]
6. To Start... (Lantner) [3:46]
7. On the Way (Lantner) [3:36]
8. Hangin' In the Garden (Lantner / Maneri / Morris) [8:26]

Steve Lantner Trio: Saying So

1. Saying So [11:38]
2. Once Through [7:26]
3. Jangle [13:49]
4. Under the Sun [29:31]

Steve Lantner (piano)
Joe Morris (bass)
Laurence Cook (drums)

{Primary Source: RITI CD 005}

William Parker - Joe Morris - Hamid Drake: Eloping with the Sun

1. Sand Choiir [7:59]
2. Dawn Son [2:04]
3. Hop-Kin [16:49]
4. Stepdance [12:53]
5. Dream [15:48]

Joe Morris (banjo, banjouke)
William Parker (zinitr)
Hamid Drake (frame drum)

{Primary Source: RITI CD 007}

Joe Morris: Age of Everything

1. Tree Branch [11:43]
2. Way In [15:10]
3. Age of Everything [11:25]
4. Telepathy [14:47]

Joe Morris (guitar)
Timo Shanko (bass)
Luther Gray (drums)

{Primary Source: RITI CD 004}

Whit Dickey: Trio Ahxoloxha

1. The Word on the Street [8:49]
2. Prophet Moon [18:39]
3. Trial by Fire [7:15]
4. Riptide [14:46]
5. Telling Moment [4:46]

Joe Morris (guitar)
Rob Brown (alto sax)
Whit Dickey (drums)

{Primary Source: RITI CD 006}

Details search for the Joe Morris Discongraphy:

Assistance, Direction, and Encouragement has come from
the following gracious individuals--

• Alan Kayser thanks Rick Lopez
• Rick Lopez thanks Alan Kayser
  
  We both thank:
  
  
• Mr. Joe Morris
• Kevin Frenette
• To Cadence Magazine. Visit the Cadence website for subscription info and much more. CODA Magazine.

I would appreciate any help in locating the following items "not in my collection:"

• Marilyn Crispell:
  
  Eric Andersen / Istanbul / EMI 1A 064-11-9196-1 (LP)
  Various Artists: Sampler A.V. Arts - Vol. 1 (Knitting Factory - MUWORKS) Musiche, No. 13 (Mag & CS) 1992 IT
  
  
• William Parker:
  
  Associated Big Band / Stork
  Jackson Krall: & the Secret Music Society / Stork
  Jemeel Moondoc: The Evening of the Blue Men / Muntu
  William Parker/Tom Tedesco: Painter's Autumn / Centering
  Cecil Taylor: Nicaragua: No Parasan / Live in Willisau '83 / Nica
  
  
• Glenn Spearman:
  
  Emergency: "Best of Emergency" (Kwela) 1974 (LP)
  Emergency: "Hommage to Peace" (America) 1973 (LP)
  Paul MURPHY: "Outward Bound" / Omnisonic (LP)
  URNA: "Crossroads" (OM) 1996 (LP or CD?)
  
  
• David S. Ware:
  
  Abdul Hannan / The Third World / Awareness AH-1 (LP) (CD)
  Andrew Cyrille and Maono / Junction / WHY NOT WN-014 STEREO/PA 7157 (LP) JAP
  
  
• Various:
  
  Braxton / Quartet Dortmund / Hat ART 6075 (CD)