''Many Rings'' is an album by the American jazz guitarist Joe Morris, recorded in 1999 and released on the

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label. He leads an experimental quartet featuring bassoonist

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, saxophonist Rob Brown and accordionist Andrea Parkins.Joe Morris discography by Rick Lopez
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Reception

In his review for

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, Alex Henderson states: "This is hardly a session in which the quartet states the theme and the players take turns blowing--when Morris is soloing, you never know who will jump in and respond with some blowing of his or her own." '' The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' observes that "the title piece is the most convincing representation of its unconventional sonority, and some care has been taken to register all the elements with something like democracy." In his review for '' JazzTimes'', Larry Appelbaum states: "Everything is rooted in the improviser's collective ability to listen and create spontaneous harmony, pulse and structure."Appelbaum, Larry
''Many Rings'' review
at '' JazzTimes''

Track listing

:''All compositions by Joe Morris'' # "Drawn to the Magnet" – 5:52 # "Many Rings" – 14:25 # "First Appearance" – 4:25 # "Chapel Level" – 10:35 # "Motion to the Air" – 3:28 # "Situation to Be In" – 5:15 # "Small Cycle" – 11:06 # "Blue Spots Here" – 7:31

Personnel

* Joe Morris -

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bassoon The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, versatility, and virtuo ...

* Rob Brown – alto sax,

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* Andrea Parkins –

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

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References

{{Authority control 1999 albums Joe Morris (guitarist) albums Knitting Factory Records albums