Hardcover Book
The Art of Conduction – A Conduction® Workbook is a theoretical introduction and practical guide to Conduction®. Designed for conductors, performers, educators, and students, it serves as both a reference and a working manual for the study and practice of Conduction®.
Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris (1947–2013) was an American jazz cornetist, composer, and conductor, internationally recognized as one of the great musical innovators of his time. His interest in ensemble music—from avant-garde jazz to contemporary classical traditions—crystallized into Conduction®, a unique method of real-time orchestral composition designed to enable conductors to direct an ensemble.
The Art of Conduction – A Conduction® Workbook
Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris
Publisher: Karma
224 pages, hardcover
11 3⁄4 × 7 1⁄4 inches
Edition of 1050
Edited by Daniela Veronesi.
Foreword by Howard Mandel,
text by J. A. Deane, Allan Graubard.
Cover Art: David Hammons.
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Lawrence D. Butch Morris (1947–2013) was an American jazz cornetist, composer and conductor, internationally considered one of the great musical innovators of our times. His interests in ensemble music—from avant-garde jazz to contemporary classical—crystallized into a unique method of real-time orchestral composition, which he called Conduction®, designed to enable conductors to direct an ensemble. Morris toured the world, introducing Conduction to a varied community of musicians, and his influence extended into art, dance, poetry and cinema. The Art of Conduction is a theoretical introduction and practical guide to Conduction.
The Art of Conduction – A Conduction® Workbook -
Written by Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris
Edited by Daniela Veronesi.
Foreword by Howard Mandel,
text by J. A. Deane, Allan Graubard.

