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]

Racket Club
Studio album by
Released1998
RecordedJune 26, 1993
StudioThe Outpost, Stoughton, MA
GenreJazz
Length64:14
LabelAbout Time
ProducerJoe Morris
Joe Morris chronology
Antennae
(1997)
Racket Club
(1998)
Like Rays
(1998)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]

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."[2]

In a review for JazzTimes Larry Appelbaum states "It's a white-knuckle, noisy, wild trip of a CD, great for head banging."[3]

Track listing

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Joe Morris Mess Hall at Dusted in Exile
  2. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Joe Morris – Racket Club: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  3. ^ Appelbaum, Larry. Racket Club review at JazzTimes