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Butch Morris, The 3 Cohens, Christophe Irniger's Pilgrim, Sasha Berliner
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music, selections from releases by conductor Butch Morris, the Kenny Wheeler Legacy ensemble, a single from vocalist Catherine Russell, The 3 Cohens (Anat, Avaishai, and Yuval), Spirits Rejoice, tenor saxophonist Christophe Irniger's Pilgrim, and vibraphonist and composer Sasha Berliner. Playlist Butch Morris “Current Trends in Racism in Modern America (Part Two)" from Current Trends in Racism in Modern America (A Work in Progress) (Sound Aspects) 10:30 Omar Thomas Large ...
Continue ReadingLawrence D. "Butch" Morris - L'arte della Conduction
by Neri Pollastri
L'arte della Conduction Lawrence “Butch" Morris --A cura di Daniela Veronesi 218 Pagine ISBN: 9788855433655 Editrice Musicale Italiana--LIM 2024 A undici anni della scomparsa di Lawrence D. Butch Morris, avvenuta nel 2013, e a sette dall'uscita della versione inglese, arriva anche in Italia, per i tipi della Libreria Musicale Italiana, l'Arte della Conduction, il manuale che spiega e illustra la pratica improvvisativa orchestrale da lui messa a punto e sviluppata per tutta la ...
Continue ReadingButch Morris: Current Trends in Racism in Modern America
by Howard Mandel
When a full house of ardent downtown music followers flocked to the old Kitchen, a performance loft on Broome Street in Manhattan's artsy Soho district on the cold night of February 1, 1985 to hear Current Trends in Racism in Modern America by Lawrence Douglas “Butch" Morris--I don't recall if it was advertised as “Conduction No. 1"--no one knew what to expect. At that time, as now, Butch was an inspired and productive presence on a diversified music ...
Continue ReadingIntervista a Corrado Beldì, Direttore Artistico di NovaraJazz
by Neri Pollastri
Tra i festival nazionali NovaraJazz sta sempre più guadagnandosi un posto di rilievo, vuoi per l'originalità delle proposte artistiche, spesso arricchite da produzioni originali, vuoi per il modo singolare in cui vengono realizzati gli spettacoli, disseminati nel tessuto cittadino e negli spazi naturali che lo circondano. Abbiamo intervistato uno dei direttori artistici, Corrado Beldì, per sapere qualcosa di più sull'edizione 2018 della rassegna. All About Jazz Italia: NovaraJazz torna spesso nelle conversazioni con i musicisti come esempio virtuoso ...
Continue ReadingThe Art of Conduction
by Riccardo Brazzale
The Art of Conduction. A conduction Workbook Lawrence “Butch" Morris (Daniela Veronesi -ed.) Karma 224 pages ISBN-13: 978-1942607427 Lawrence Douglas “Butch" Morris was undoubtedly one of the most unusual and, at the same time, influential figures on the “New Jazz" scene of the last decades. Born on 10 February 1947 in Long Beach, California, he was a cornetist but also, and especially, a composer and conductor. He gradually came into the ...
Continue ReadingLawrence "Butch" Morris: The Art of Conduction. A conduction Workbook
by Riccardo Brazzale
Vista la complessità della materia trattata, abbiamo pensato di chidere ad uno dei principali direttori e arrangiatori europei, Riccardo Brazzale, di leggere per noi il curatissimo volume di Lawrence “Butch" Morris (a cura di Daniela Veronesi). Quella che segue è la sua recensione. The Art of Conduction. A conduction Workbook Lawrence “Butch" Morris (a cura di Daniela Veronesi) Karma 224 pagine ISBN-13: 978-1942607427 Lawrence Douglas “Butch" Morris è stato senza dubbio ...
Continue ReadingLawrence D. “Butch” Morris: Possible Universe (Conduction 192)
by Mark Corroto
With the death of jazzman Lawrence D. “Butch" Morris in 2013, we close the book on one of the most idiosyncratic composers, improvisors, conductors ever to work in creative music. His musical trajectory from a 1970s free jazz cornetist to the originator of his trademark 'Conductions' has been the stuff of legends. Under his baton, he turned the instant composing of free music into a sort of unified field theory of music. One that enveloped all the fundamental forces of ...
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