Let the Music Take You is a live album by David Murray. It was originally released on Marge Records in 1978.. It features a live performance by Murray, cornetist Butch Morris, bassist Johnny Dyani and drummer George Brown recorded in concert in Rouen, France, on January 30, 1978.

Top French gig with late greats Butch Morris on cornet and Johnny Dyani on double-bass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7psJUDwkZys&list=RD7psJUDwkZys&start_radio=1

#DavidMurray #JohnnyDyani #ButchMorris #FreeJazz #Jazz #Music #Rouen

This tribute by Wayne Horvitz really captures him -- present in the moment:
Butch’s humanity was phenomenal. ...
To me he seemed to live less in the past or future than anyone I have ever known. On the street, in the park, in an airport, even waiting for a cab, he was always there for you...
https://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/my-only-mentor-butch-morris-1947-2013/
#ButchMorris #conduction #jazz #improvisation
My Only Mentor, Butch Morris (1947-2013) - New Music USA

It wasn’t about music in any technical sense, but really more in a social sense: How music fit into his life, how he created community, what he cared about, what he didn’t care about, and so on. The fact that Butch was fun, charming, a great person to travel with, to dine and drink with, and to hang with is something everyone who knew Butch can speak to. I would like to speak to two singular aspects of Butch’s contribution to music since he came on the scene in the ‘70s: community and conduction.

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Sweet Space is a live album by the Billy Bang Sextet, led by violinist Bang, and featuring tenor saxophonist Frank Lowe, alto saxophonist Luther Thomas, cornetist Butch Morris, pianist Curtis Clark, double bassist Wilber Morris, and drummer Steve McCall. It was recorded on November 15, 1979, at the Loeb Student Center of New York University in New York City, and was released on vinyl later that year by Anima Productions.

Bill Shoemaker of Point of Departure commented: "each musician played an integral role in creating an ebullient, deceptively shambling ensemble sound," and stated that Butch Morris's "Music for the Love of It" "has a supple grace that makes it a fine set-closer, possessing enough elasticity for each musician to momentarily stretch the material without disfiguring it." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5TPhy0iYXs

#billybang #franklowe #butchmorris #stevemccall #freejazz #jazzviolin

Billy Bang Sextet Featuring Frank Lowe - Sweet Space (Full Album)

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Lawrence D. Butch Morris : Verona https://www.lequanninh.net/lawrence-d-butch-morris-verona/

When you discover that a CD featuring you has been released without your knowledge

#butchmorris #improvisedmusic #conduction #lawrencedbutchmorris

Lawrence D. Butch Morris : Verona – Lê Quan Ninh

C'est Dimanche Matin ! no. 61 : Conduction

2 févr. 2025, 11:00:00 - GMT+1 - Rue Saint-Gervais, Jarnages, France - Lê Quan Ninh évoquera les "Conductions" de Lawrence Butch Morris (1947-2013)

C'est Dimanche Matin ! no. 61 : Conduction

2 février 2025, 11:00:00 CET - GMT+1 - Rue Saint-Gervais, Jarnages, France

https://mobilizon.fr/events/d7c9551d-0c90-48e1-a4ce-553aedcdb52e

C'est Dimanche Matin ! no. 61 : Conduction

2 févr. 2025, 11:00:00 - GMT+1 - Rue Saint-Gervais, Jarnages, France - Lê Quan Ninh évoquera les "Conductions" de Lawrence Butch Morris (1947-2013)

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I find myself singing #riteofspring by #stravinsky to myself not infrequently. I’m a big fan of #gregtate’s #GregTate’s #burntsugar and every time I listen to this #conduction of #TheRites by #ButchMorris, I find it confounding. But still I persist, listening more deeply, waiting for it to unlock more fully for me. https://burntsugarthearkestrachamber.bandcamp.com/album/the-rites-butch-morris-conductions-inspired-by-stravinskys-le-sacre-du-printemps

#workforart

The Rites ~ Butch Morris Conductions Inspired By Stravinsky's Le Sacre Du Printemps, by Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber

8 track album

Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber