Dust to Dust

by Butch Morris

Dust to Dust cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: New World
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:00:42
  • Community rating: 3.77/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A prime example of his revolutionary 'conduction' method, this avant-garde jazz recording features the composer directing an ensemble through spontaneous, unscripted improvisations via hand signals. The result is a highly complex, unpredictable work that brilliantly blurs the line between composition and free jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental, avant-garde, complex, atmospheric, experimental, orchestral, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Othello B (8:05)
  2. The Bartok Comprovisation (7:11)
  3. Via Talciona (12:20)
  4. Long Goodbye (10:38)
  5. Dust to Dust: Second & Third Parts (7:39)
  6. Food Chain Dialogue (7:40)
  7. Othello A (7:08)

Credits

  • Janet Grice - bassoon
  • Marty Ehrlich - clarinet
  • Andrew Cyrille - drums
  • Vicki Bodner - english horn
  • Jean-Paul Bourelly - guitar
  • Zeena Parkins - harp
  • Gail Schilke - illustration [cover illustration]
  • John Purcell - oboe

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