Soul Search, by Joe Morris & Mat Maneri

Soul Search

by Joe Morris & Mat Maneri

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	1.	Slight Of Hand 08:04
	2.	Adhesive 06:40
	3.	Eyes Or Gaze 05:59
	4.	Natural Number 07:57
	5.	Versicolor 07:21
	6.	Soul Search 02:25
	7.	Flyer 05:12
	8.	Micron 03:06
	9.	Forwards And Sideways 07:08
	10.	Pluralize 08:25

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Joe Morris: electric guitar
Mat Maneri: electric violin

"An astonishing improvised duet that manifests a remarkable synergy. Morris and Maneri can sound like a gypsy duo, or an old folk-blues recording, or any number of things – without a hint of pastiche. From beginning to end, full of commanding improvisations. Not to be missed." –Robert Spencer, Cadence

"Soul Search has set a new benchmark in jazz for the free duo exchange, and it seems likely that said distinction won't be lost any time soon." –Mike Trouchon, Obbrobrium

"There are breath-taking moments on Soul Search when the two players find their way into a little musical world that seems utterly undiscovered." –Duck Baker, JazzTimes

"Critics' Picks of the Year" : Jazziz

"There's a search going on here alright. It's for tomorrow's music. This is, in other words, the sound of living, of asking questions too big to answer, of getting at it piece-by- painstaking piece. Where they've been is where we're certain to go, sooner or later."
–John Chacona, Signal To Noise

Having worked together in the exceptional Joe Morris Quartet and as a trio with Mat's father Joe Maneri for ECM, two of the world's great improvisers – and technical prodigies on their respective instruments – set up mics, pressed record, and unfurled a series of fully improvised theaters of sound. Subtlety and nuance and deepest listening together rule.

From the liner notes by Joe Morris:

As far as Mat Maneri and I are concerned, there is only one way to approach creating music and that is by attempting to make an original statement, even if that means alienating or offending someone. We know that music that eventually passes the test of time comes from artists who have delved deeply into the elemental substructure of the language of music and found a way to open minds to new ideas. Mat and I reach for the place that touches our sense of meaning in the most contemporary way. The sharpest listeners are on the same quest as we are. They will understand the title "Soul Search" because they will listen to this music with their hearts as well as their minds. They are deep enough to know that a complex organization of sound played with unique technique can only be made by a curious person dealing with life as an adventure into uncharted territory, in the hopes of deciphering some meaning out of the mystery.

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released June 19, 2000

All compositions by Joe Morris and Mat Maneri;
© Riti Publishing (ASCAP) / Personasound (BMI)

Produced by Joe Morris, Mat Maneri & Steven Joerg
Recorded by Mat Maneri on August 17, 1999
Mastered by Sascha von Oertzen
Front Cover Photo by Michael Galinsky

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Joe Morris Guilford, Connecticut

Joe Morris is one of the rare ones. A player who sets up great challenges for himself, and proceeds to meet them head on with aplomb. He plays the guitar like no one else; for comparative description, it's easier to refer to horn players like Jimmy Lyons or Eric Dolphy.

Featured here is the premier work he has made with AUM Fidelity. ... more

discography

Altitude

Jul 2012
Today On Earth

Oct 2009
Wildlife

Jul 2009
Singularity

Jun 2001
Soul Search

Jun 2000
A Cloud of Black Birds

Nov 1998
Antennae

Nov 1997

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