Soul Search
{{short description|Music album by Joe Morris}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Soul Search
| type = studio
| artist = Joe Morris
| cover = Soul_search_cover.jpeg
| alt =
| released = 2000
| recorded = August 17, 1999
| venue =
| studio = Persona Sound, Cambridge, Massachusetts
| genre = Jazz
| length = 62:19
| label = AUM Fidelity
| producer = Joe Morris, Mat Maneri, Steven Joerg
| chronology = Joe Morris
| prev_title = Underthru
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = At the Old Office
| next_year = 2000
}}
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.[http://www.aumfidelity.com/aum014.html Soul Search] at AUM Fidelity
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|4}}
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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."{{allMusic|last=Wilmoth|first=Charlie|class=album|id=mw0000069270|title=Joe Morris – Soul Search: Review|accessdate=May 9, 2015}}
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."{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2=Brian Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD|edition = 6th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2002|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 0140515216|pages = 1070}}
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."Astarita, Glenn. [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/soul-search-joe-morris-aum-fidelity-review-by-glenn-astarita.php Soul Search review] at All About Jazz
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."Baker, Duck. [http://jazztimes.com/articles/11996-soul-search-joe-morris-mat-maneri Soul Search review] at JazzTimes
Track listing
:All compositions by Joe Morris & Mat Maneri
- "Slight Of Hand" – 8:04
- "Adhesive" – 6:40
- "Eyes Or Gaze" – 5:59
- "Natural Number" - 7:57
- "Versicolor" – 7:21
- "Soul Search" – 2:25
- "Flyer" – 5:13
- "Micron" - 3:06
- "Forwards And Sideways" – 7:08
- "Pluralize" – 8:26
Personnel
References
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Category:2000 collaborative albums