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Postscript: Butch Morris (1947-2013)

Remembering Butch Morris in The New Yorker‘s Culture Desk blog:

For the generation of musicians following Coleman et al., the question was a familiar one of post-modernity: After freedom, what? How can one translate the euphoric intensity of total improvisation to other contexts and other cultures? How can one remain dedicated to improvisation’s ethos without being trapped by it? Butch Morris proposed a provocative answer: reintroducing the conductor, the ultimate figure of Western classical hierarchy, as a means to organize improvised sound.

Read the full article at newyorker.com.

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