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"To find my expression as contribution to, and continuum in, music,
I initially turned to notation and improvisation. How could I overcome the
differences between them? I began by locating their common ground. Then,
with the values I held–spontaneity, momentum, combustion, ignition
and propulsion (the essence of swing)–I returned to fundamentals to
identify how all traditions could coexist; that is, for improvisers to improvise
and for interpreters to interpret the “same material.” I see
Conduction® as a bridge between, and a supplement to, notation, interpretation,
improvisation, and musicianship, giving greater latitude to each. My goals
are, as always, to answer the questions that Conduction® raises as an
expressive medium in culture, community, art and education, and to find
the Primus of the Spirit in a new social logic."
Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris is recognized as an innovator
in the confluence of jazz improvisation, contemporary classic and new
music, and as principal theorist and practitioner in the evolution of
Conduction®: (conducted interpretation/ improvisation) is
a vocabulary of ideographic signs and gestures activated to modify
or construct a real-time musical arrangement or composition. Each
sign and gesture transmits generative information for interpretation,
providing instantaneous possibilities for altering or initiating
harmony, melody, rhythm, articulation, phrasing or form.
Conduction® is a vehicle to maximize musical potential with basic
threshold standards for the continuing discovery of music and musicianship
in general, and aims and objectives in particular: a system of principles
and a means of communicating knowledge; an organon for the instrumentalist,
composer, conductor and audience. This process invites revelation and
transforms the conductor into a musical creator. The goals and intentions
of Conduction® are akin to those that jazz has always espoused: justice,
unity, liberty, mastery of self and the moment through virtuosity, risk
and teamwork. Mr. Morris’ career is distinguished by outstanding
contributions to television, film, theater, dance, radio, interdisciplinary
collaborations, concerts and recordings worldwide.
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