Rebus is an album by American jazz guitarist Joe Morris with reedist Ken Vandermark, who played tenor sax, and drummer Luther Gray. It was recorded in 2006 and released on the Portuguese Clean Feed label. Morris and Vandermark have recorded before on Like Rays, a trio date with pianist Hans Poppel. Morris also joined Vandermark's DKV Trio on Deep Telling.[1]

Rebus
Studio album by
Released2007
RecordedJanuary 12, 2006
StudioFirehouse 12 Studios, New Haven
GenreJazz
Length57:50
LabelClean Feed
ProducerMorris / Vandermark /Gray
Joe Morris chronology
Beautiful Existence
(2005)
Rebus
(2007)
High Definition
(2008)
Ken Vandermark chronology
A Discontinuous Line
(2006)
Rebus
(2007)
Foreground Music
(2007)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [2]

In his review for All About Jazz Andrey Henkin states "The music contained on Rebus, a word defined as a representation, is fascinating for its perpendicular nature. With Luther Gray's solid and expansive drumming, Morris and Vandermark play against each other, the former working vertically while the latter moves horizontally."[3]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Morris / Vandermark / Gray
  1. "Rebus 1" – 10:37
  2. "Rebus 2" – 10:03
  3. "Rebus 3" – 5:37
  4. "Rebus 4" – 5:45
  5. "Rebus 5" – 12:49
  6. "Rebus 6" – 12:59

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Rebus at Clean Feed
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1042. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Henkin, Andrey. Rebus review at All About Jazz