The Art of Conduction – A Conduction® Workbook is a theoretical introduction and practical guide to Conduction, the real-time orchestral composition method created by Lawrence 'Butch' Morris and designed to enable conductors to direct an ensemble through a structured vocabulary of hand gestures.
The Art of Conduction – A Conduction® Workbook - Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris
Publisher: Karma
224 pages, hardcover
11 3⁄4 × 7 1⁄4 inches
Edited by Daniela Veronesi.
Foreword by Howard Mandel,
text by J. A. Deane, Allan Graubard.
Cover Art: David Hammons.
A Limited Edition Vinyl LP
from Butch's personal collection
3 + 2 = XXX is a rare recording by Triple Trip Touch (TTT), the free-improvisation ensemble founded by A.R. Penck, Frank Wollny, and Heinz Wollny. This recording, features Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris on cornet and Frank Wright on
saxophone/voice, creating a remarkable meeting of American free jazz and the European avant-garde.
Butch Morris — Cornet
A.R. Penck — Drums
Heinz Wollny — Bass
Frank Wollny — Guitar
Frank Wright — Saxophone, Voice
Artwork — A.R. Penck
Recorded in New York City, 1984.
Commissioned by Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris, this handcrafted music box features a Swiss-made mechanical movement that performs Nowhere EverAfter, one of Morris's original compositions. Housed in a hand-carved wooden enclosure, the piece transforms Morris's musical language into an intimate mechanical performance.
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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.