Luther Gray

Joe Morris plays bass, not guitar, on this set of four lengthy improvisations taped in March 2008.

Simultaneous to having achieved a great measure of well-deserved acclaim for his ascendant work on upright bass [most recently on the July release of Wildlife], Joe Morris has kept his incomparable and singular voice on the guitar in highly notable fle

It’s almost a month into autumn, and driving through New England is exhiliarating, as the trees are vivid with color, and fallen leaves line the country lanes along Narragansett Bay and Long Island Sound. This is the first chance I’ve had to travel since midsummer. A bit of snow falls as I arrive in Guilford, and the temperature has fallen.

"The music played by Lawnmower lives between two neighbor fields of the blues heritage: jazz and rock. It's not jazz-rock fusion, and it's not collage, but something else: jazz in permanent equation with rock, living from the process and not interested in finding a definitive result.

Madeleine Dreams is the second recording from cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum's improvising chamber ensemble, SpiderMonkey Strings.