Racket Club (album) explained

Racket Club
Type:studio
Artist:Joe Morris
Cover:Racket_club_cover.jpeg
Released:1998
Recorded:June 26, 1993
Studio:The Outpost, Stoughton, MA
Genre:Jazz
Length:64:14
Label:About Time
Producer:Joe Morris
Chronology:Joe Morris
Prev Title:Antennae
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Like Rays
Next Year:1998

Racket Club is an album by American jazz guitarist Joe Morris, which was recorded in 1993 and released on the About Time label. It was the second part of what Morris calls "Big Loud Electric Guitar" experiments, that started with Sweatshop.[1]

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek notes that "this is an inverse portrait of Ornette Coleman's Prime Time band, a group that, at least here, deeply influenced Morris, not only in terms of composition and improvisation, but his tonal technical approach to the guitar."

In a review for JazzTimes Larry Appelbaum states "It's a white-knuckle, noisy, wild trip of a CD, great for head banging."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Morris

  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

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/103814158660/joe-morris-mess-hall-hatology Joe Morris Mess Hall at Dusted in Exile
  2. Appelbaum, Larry. Racket Club review at JazzTimes