Illuminate (Joe Morris album)
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| Studio album by Joe Morris, Rob Brown | |||||
| Released | 1995 | ||||
| Recorded | November 9, 1993 Tedesco Studio, Paramus, NJ |
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| Genre | Jazz | ||||
| Length | 53:24 | ||||
| Label | Leo | ||||
| Producer | Joe Morris, Rob Brown, Leo Feigin | ||||
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Illuminate is an album by a quartet co-led by jazz guitarist Joe Morris and alto saxophonist Rob Brown, which was recorded in 1993 and released on Leo Lab, a sublabel of Leo Records. Rehearsing and recording this album was the first time the quartet worked together as a band, although Morris played with Brown before on Youniverse and the trio without Morris recorded High Wire.[1]
Reception
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek says about the album that "it's a challenging and deeply satisfying set of music by a short-lived but gifted quartet."[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "the definig characteristic of the music on Illuminate is the responsiveness of the player to one another."[3]
Track listing
- "Results" (Morris, Brown, Parker, Krall) – 11:52
- "Illuminate" (Joe Morris) – 7:11
- "Inklings" (Rob Brown) – 23:01
- "Pivotal" (Morris, Brown, Parker, Krall) – 11:13
