Symbolic Gesture

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Symbolic Gesture
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Released1994
RecordedJune 12, 1993
StudioThe Outpost, Stoughton, MA
Genre Jazz
Length53:49
Label Soul Note
Producer Joe Morris
Joe Morris chronology
Flip and Spike
(1992)
Symbolic Gesture
(1994)
Illuminate
(1995)

Symbolic Gesture is an album by American jazz guitarist Joe Morris, which was recorded in 1993 and released on the Italian Soul Note label. It features his trio with bassist Nate McBride and drummer Curt Newton. After four records on his own Riti label, this was his debut on another imprint and the first guitarist-led album in the twenty-year history of Black Saint/Soul Note. [1]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Down Beat Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "As a first point of contact, it is slightly soft-centred." [2] In a double review for Down Beat , John Corbett says about the album that "is a perfect introduction. Morris is a slinky melodist with an Ornettish approach to refracting the blues." [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Morris
  1. "Invisible" – 9:07
  2. "Lowell's House" – 14:05
  3. "Symbolic Gesture" – 13:34
  4. "Finite/Margin" – 9:26
  5. "The Lookman" – 7:37

Personnel

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References

  1. Joe Morris discography by Rick Lopez
  2. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1069. ISBN   0140515216.
  3. 1 2 Corbett, John. Symbolic Gesture review. Down Beat September 95: page 59. Print.