Flip and Spike


Flip and Spike is an album by American jazz guitarist Joe Morris released in 1992 on his own Riti label. It features a trio with Jerome Deupree, who was the original drummer in the rock band Morphine, and bassist Sebastian Steinberg.

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "Flip & Spike is the first of Morris' recordings that articulate his signature investigations of the guitar as an instrument of sonic density and dexterity, not just as a solo vehicle. As such, and as a work of striking emotional commitment, it is quite remarkable."
In his book Honesty Is Explosive!: Selected Music Journalism, music writer Ben Watson claims about the album "Beneath the surface cool you sense a delirious funk. It creates a tension similar to the tumble-down-chaos-that-rocks in Beefheart."

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Morris.
  1. "Flip & Spike" – 7:44
  2. "Itan" – 14:19
  3. "Julianna" – 2:42
  4. "Contemporarity" – 16:37
  5. "Mnemonic Device #1" – 0:52
  6. "Mnemonic Device #2" – 1:31
  7. "Mnemonic Device #3" – 1:13
  8. "Mnemonic Device #4" – 1:48
  9. "Mombaccus" – 11:31
  10. "Reflexes" – 10:38

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