You Be Me

You Be Me
Studio album by Joe Morris
Released	1997
Recorded	August 22, 1995 The Outpost, Stoughton, MA
Genre	Jazz
Length	65:39
Label	Soul Note
Producer	Joe Morris
Joe Morris chronology
Elsewhere (1996) You Be Me (1997) Invisible Weave (1997)

You Be Me is an album by American jazz guitarist Joe Morris which was recorded in 1995 and released on the Italian Soul Note label. For this record, Morris expanded to a quartet consisting of the trio with whom he recorded Symbolic Gesture, with the addition of violinist Mat Maneri.^[1]

Reception

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

In an article for the Boston Phoenix Ed Hazell noted that the group possessed "flexible interconnections that stretch and bend but never break. They hold most tightly together at precisely those moments it seems they must fly apart. This sense of communion comes from more than craft; its origins lie in a fundamental spirituality at the heart of music in the African-American tradition."^[3]

The JazzTimes review by Harvey Pekar states "The quartet does some good pointillistic work, illustrating their ability to listen and defer to each other."^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Morris

1. "You Be Me" – 11:47
2. "Deep Discount" – 7:16
3. "Transmitter" – 6:27
4. "The Object of Color" – 11:48
5. "Real Reason" – 12:05
6. "Adult Themes" – 10:11
7. "Glider" – 6:05

Personnel

• Joe Morris - guitar
• Mat Maneri – violin
• Nate McBride – bass
• Curt Newton – drums

References

1. Joe Morris Discography by Rick Lopez
2. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1042. ISBN 0141034017.
3. Joe Morris gets around by Ed Hazell at Boston Phoenix
4. You Be Me review by Harvey Pekar at JazzTimes