You Be Me Explained

You Be Me
Type:studio
Artist:Joe Morris
Cover:You_Be_Me_Cover.jpeg
Released:1997
Recorded:August 22, 1995
Studio:The Outpost, Stoughton, MA
Genre:Jazz
Length:65:39
Label:Soul Note
Producer:Joe Morris
Chronology:Joe Morris
Prev Title:Elsewhere
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:Invisible Weave
Next Year:1997

You Be Me is an album by the American jazz guitarist Joe Morris, recorded in 1995 and released on the Italian Soul Note label. For the record, Morris expanded to a quartet consisting of the trio with whom he recorded Symbolic Gesture, with the addition of violinist Mat Maneri.[1]

Reception

In an article for the Boston Phoenix, Ed Hazell noted that the group possessed "flexible interconnections that stretch and bend but never break. They hold most tightly together at precisely those moments it seems they must fly apart. This sense of communion comes from more than craft; its origins lie in a fundamental spirituality at the heart of music in the African-American tradition."[2]

The JazzTimes review by Harvey Pekar states: "The quartet does some good pointillistic work, illustrating their ability to listen and defer to each other."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Morris

  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

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bb10k.com/MORRIS.disc.html Joe Morris Discography by Rick Lopez
  2. http://www.bostonphoenix.com/archive/music/97/10/23/joe_morris.html Joe Morris gets around by Ed Hazell
  3. http://jazztimes.com/articles/10077-you-be-me-joe-morris You Be Me review by Harvey Pekar