Illuminate (Joe Morris album)

Illuminate
Studio album by Joe Morris, Rob Brown
Released	1995
Recorded	November 9, 1993 Tedesco Studio, Paramus, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	53:24
Label	Leo
Producer	Joe Morris, Rob Brown, Leo Feigin
Joe Morris chronology
Symbolic Gesture (1994) Illuminate (1995) No Vertigo (1995)
Rob Brown chronology
Youniverse (1992) Illuminate (1995) High Wire (1996)

Illuminate is an album by a quartet co-led by jazz guitarist Joe Morris and alto saxophonist Rob Brown, which was recorded in 1993 and released on Leo Lab, a sublabel of Leo Records. Rehearsing and recording this album was the first time the quartet worked together as a band, although Morris played with Brown before on Youniverse and the trio without Morris recorded High Wire.^[1]

Reception

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

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek says about the album that "it's a challenging and deeply satisfying set of music by a short-lived but gifted quartet."^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "the definig characteristic of the music on Illuminate is the responsiveness of the player to one another."^[3]

Track listing

1. "Results" (Morris, Brown, Parker, Krall) – 11:52
2. "Illuminate" (Joe Morris) – 7:11
3. "Inklings" (Rob Brown) – 23:01
4. "Pivotal" (Morris, Brown, Parker, Krall) – 11:13

Personnel

• Joe Morris - guitar
• Rob Brown – alto sax
• William Parker – bass
• Jackson Krall – drums

References

1. Original Liner Notes by Ed Hazell
2. Jurek, Thom. Joe Morris – Illuminate: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1041. ISBN 0141034017.