A Cloud of Black Birds is an album by the American jazz guitarist Joe Morris, recorded in 1998 and released on the AUM Fidelity label.

It features a quartet with bassist Chris Lightcap, violinist Mat Maneri and drummer Jerome Deupree.

[1] In his review for AllMusic, David R. Adler states: "The music is intense and challenging, but it has a certain airiness.

"[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz thought that the "reunion with Maneri sparks off a lot of shared experience, and their interaction, notably on the duo 'Renascent', is close, intelligent and thoroughly sympathetic.

"[3] The JazzTimes review by Harvey Pekar noted: "Morris' solos have an angular quality.