Deep Telling - Joe Morris With DKV Trio (1999)

A Darker Shade Of Blue

This is a tasty meeting of minds between unique guitarist Joe Morris (Does anyone even remotely sound like him? I think not.) and the supergroup DKV Trio (the letters corresponding to the last names of each of the members – Drake, Kessler and Vandermark). The pieces vary in conception, lineup and flow.

Here’s a short review from AMG by Joslyn Layne:

“Deep Telling successfully pairs late ’90s jazz leaders DKV Trio and guitarist Joe Morris for tightly bent, interactive improvisations. There is a natural intuition and understanding between Morris, percussionist Hamid Drake, bassist Kent Kessler, and tenor saxophonist Ken Vandermark that belies the fact that the Chicago group and Morris played together only twice before stepping into the studio in spring 1998. The pieces span a wide range of moods as the musicians split off into a variety of duo and trio lineups. The only numbers that feature the whole quartet are the opening cut “Standing Here,” the low-key “Narrative” (one of the highlights of the album), and the closing piece, “‘Telling’ Suite.”"

Uri Hornstein

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