Sweatshop (album) explained

Sweatshop
Type:studio
Longtype:/ Live album
Artist:Joe Morris
Cover:Sweatshop_album_cover.jpeg
Released:1990
Recorded:(1–5) September 15 & October 1, 1988
(6–9) October 10, 1989 & January 15, 1990
Studio:(1–5) The Outpost, Stoughton, MA
(6–9) Middle East, Cambridge, MA
Genre:Jazz
Length:70:00
Label:Riti
Producer:Joe Morris
Chronology:Joe Morris
Prev Title:Human Rites
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Flip and Spike
Next Year:1992

Sweatshop is an album by American jazz guitarist Joe Morris released in 1990 on his own Riti label. It features a trio with Jerome Deupree, who was the original drummer in the rock band Morphine, and bassist Sebastian Steinberg. It was the first part of what Morris calls "Big Loud Electric Guitar" experiments, a mix of funk, rock, noise and collective improvisation.[1]

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "In all, this is one of Morris' least-original (in terms of personal signature) works in a sense, but the ensemble playing is so deft, tight, and meaty, it is easily as enjoyable as his more groundbreaking later recordings."

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Morris

  1. "Four Pets" – 7:41
  2. "The Oky Doke" – 5:00
  3. "Fit Fit" – 6:24
  4. "Teeming Millions" – 9:12
  5. "World Iz Big" – 7:16
  6. "What's What" – 7:40
  7. "Well Put" – 8:22
  8. "Are You Warm Now?" – 10:27
  9. "Slow Learner" – 7:58

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/103814158660/joe-morris-mess-hall-hatology Joe Morris Mess Hall at Dusted in Exile