LAWRENCE D. "BUTCH" MORRIS 
CONDUCTION® No. 156, NEW HAVEN


Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris is one of the leading innovators in the confluence of jazz, new music, improvisation and contemporary classical music.  Mr. Morris's work redefines the roles of composer, conductor, arranger and performer, and bridges the gap between the composer, the improviser and the classically oriented musician. Since 1974, his career has been distinguished by unique and outstanding international contributions to television, film, theater, dance, radio, interdisciplinary collaborations, concerts and recordings. He has worked with countless musicians and composers, choreographers, visual artists, writers, theater and film directors and performers. As a composer, he is widely known for his notated compositions and has been especially acclaimed for pioneering and developing the art of Conduction®.

Conduction® (conducted interpretation/improvisation) is a vocabulary of ideographic signs and gestures activated to modify or construct a realtime musical arrangement or composition.  Each sign and gesture transmits generative information for interpretation, and provides instantaneous possibilities for altering or initiating harmony, melody, rhythm, articulation, phrasing or form.  

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Employing more than 4,000 musicians in 22 countries and 62 cities, resulting in 22 CDs over a 20-year period, Conduction® has amply demonstrated its capacity for cultural diplomacy by uniting communities and serving as a powerful example of a new social logicbased on collective interpretation and personal interaction. Mr. Morris has formed notable collaborations with such masters as:
Musicians/composers: Alice Coltrane, Gil Evans, Philly Jo Jones, Cecil Taylor, Steve Lacy, David Murray, Don Pullen, ReggieWorkman, Agusti Fernandez; 
Choreographers: Min Tanaka, Fred Holland, Dianne McIntyre, Sally Silvers, Donna Uchizono, KazuoOhno, Blondell Cummings, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Center; 
Visual Artists
: Alison Saar, David Hammons, A.R.Penck, Markus Luperts, Jorg  Immendorf; Theater/Film: Avery Brooks, Harold Scott, Christoph Marthaler, Michael Kahn, AlessandroCassin, Robert Altman, The Wooster Group;  
Writers:
Allan Graubard, Greg Tate, Jessica Hagedorn, Ntozake Shange, Javier Barreiro,Sekou Sundiata.


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