''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

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, who was the original drummer in the rock band

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, and bassist Sebastian Steinberg.

Reception

In his review for

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, 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. # "Flip & Spike" – 7:44 # "Itan" – 14:19 # "Julianna" – 2:42 # "Contemporarity" – 16:37 # "Mnemonic Device #1" – 0:52 # "Mnemonic Device #2" – 1:31 # "Mnemonic Device #3" – 1:13 # "Mnemonic Device #4" – 1:48 # "Mombaccus" – 11:31 # "Reflexes" – 10:38

Personnel

* Joe Morris –

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

* Sebastian Steinberg –

acoustic bass The acoustic bass guitar (sometimes shortened to acoustic bass or initialized ABG) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually larger than, a steel-string acoustic guitar. Like the traditional electric bass guitar an ...

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drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

References

{{Authority control 1992 albums Joe Morris (guitarist) albums