Wildlife (Joe Morris album)

2009 studio album by Joe Morris

Wildlife

Studio album by

Joe Morris

Released| 2009
Recorded| March 16, 2008
Studio| Riti Studios, Guilford, Connecticut
Genre| Jazz
Length| 56:36
Label| AUM Fidelity
Producer| Joe Morris
Joe Morris chronology
| MVP LSD
(2008)  | Wildlife
(2009)  | The Necessary and the Possible
(2009)

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Wildlife is an album by American jazz musician Joe Morris, which was recorded in 2008 and released on the AUM Fidelity label. It was the debut recording by a new group featuring saxophonist Petr Cancura and drummer Luther Gray. Morris plays bass instead of guitar.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]

In his review for AllMusic, Phil Freeman states "There's a lot of Ayler in Cancura's tone; he's a powerful player with a strong sense of melody, always retaining an essential cohesion within his solos, even at their most fervid. Gray is all over the kit, guiding the other two men and maintaining a forceful momentum."[2]

The All About Jazz review by Troy Collins says that "The trio embraces a wide range of spatial dynamics on this expansive set, with the majority of their probing explorations conjuring the bristling frenzy of New Thing era expressionism."[3]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Morris / Cancura / Gray

1. "Geomantic" – 13:35
2. "Thicket" – 19:21
3. "Crow" – 10:06
4. "Nettle" – 13:34

## Personnel

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* Joe Morris \- bass
* Petr Cancura – tenor sax, alto sax
* Luther Gray – drums

## References

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1. ^ Wildlife at AUM Fidelity
2. ^ a b Freeman, Phil. Joe Morris – Wildlife: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
3. ^ Collins, Troy. Wildlife review at All About Jazz

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Joe Morris

Studio albums|

* Sweatshop (1990)
* Flip and Spike (1992)
* Symbolic Gesture (1994)
* Illuminate (1995)
* Elsewhere (1996)
* You Be Me (1997)
* Antennae (1997)
* Racket Club (1998)
* Like Rays (1998)
* A Cloud of Black Birds (1998)
* Deep Telling (1999)
* Many Rings (1999)
* Underthru (1999)
* Soul Search (2000)
* Singularity (2001)
* Age of Everything (2002)
* Likewise (2003)
* Beautiful Existence (2005)
* Rebus (2007)
* High Definition (2008)
* Wildlife (2009)
* Colorfield (2009)
* Today on Earth (2009)
* Camera (2010)
* Traits (2011)
* Balance (2014)
* Red Hill (2014)
* Geometry of Distance (2019)

Live albums|

* Invisible Weave (1997)
* At the Old Office (2000)
* Out Right Now (2001)
* Altitude (2012)

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