Soul Search is an album by American jazz guitarist Joe Morris featuring a duo with violinist Mat Maneri, which was recorded in 1999 and released on the AUM Fidelity label.[1]

Soul Search
Studio album by
Released2000
RecordedAugust 17, 1999
StudioPersona Sound, Cambridge, Massachusetts
GenreJazz
Length62:19
LabelAUM Fidelity
ProducerJoe Morris, Mat Maneri, Steven Joerg
Joe Morris chronology
Underthru
(1999)
Soul Search
(2000)
At the Old Office
(2000)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz    [3]

In his review for AllMusic, Charie Wilmoth states "Maneri and Morris had developed utterly distinctive instrumental voices: Their senses of phrasing and harmony were, and are, uniquely theirs."[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that "The two stringed instruments frequently exchange roles, with Maneri producing big chords and Morris teasing out single-note lines at great speed."[3]

The All About Jazz review by Glenn Astarita states "The musicians engage a very special musical language that is characterized by their remarkable intuition, distinctive craftsmanship and cultivated improvisational speak."[4]

In his review for JazzTimes, Duck Baker states "There are breath-taking moments on Soul Search when the two players find their way into a little musical world that seems utterly undiscovered, and these sublime successes seem to lift the level of the music throughout."[5]

Track listing

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All compositions by Joe Morris & Mat Maneri
  1. "Slight Of Hand" – 8:04
  2. "Adhesive" – 6:40
  3. "Eyes Or Gaze" – 5:59
  4. "Natural Number" - 7:57
  5. "Versicolor" – 7:21
  6. "Soul Search" – 2:25
  7. "Flyer" – 5:13
  8. "Micron" - 3:06
  9. "Forwards And Sideways" – 7:08
  10. "Pluralize" – 8:26

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Soul Search at AUM Fidelity
  2. ^ a b Wilmoth, Charlie. Joe Morris – Soul Search: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1070. ISBN 0140515216.
  4. ^ Astarita, Glenn. Soul Search review at All About Jazz
  5. ^ Baker, Duck. Soul Search review at JazzTimes