BUTCH MORRIS: CURRENT TRENDS IN RACISM IN MODERN AMERICA(A WORK IN PROGRESS) LP
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German Import, 1986 (not Re-issue) Howard Mandel: When a full house of ardent downtown music followers flocked to the old Kitchen, a performance loft on Broome Street in Manhattan's artsy Soho district on the cold night of February 1, 1985 to hear Current Trends in Racism in Modern America by Lawrence Douglas "Butch" Morris—I don't recall if it was advertised as "Conduction No. 1"—no one knew what to expect.
At that time, as now, Butch was an inspired and productive presence on a diversified music scene populated by intersecting circles of extreme individualists. Where he fit in exactly was hard to discern, which is how he seemed to want it. He'd been actively performing solos, during which he might turn his cornet around to blow into its bell or upside down to get sounds by tinkering with its valves. He'd participated in flamboyant theatrical pieces, half-happenings/half performance art, such as "Goya," wherein crowds circulated throughout a gymnasium-like space, prodded by actors costumed as if for the Spanish Inquisition, watching some dozen painters at work on canvases emulating "The Naked Maja," while he himself led an ensemble sequestered in a sanctuary off a side-hall. He was also known for his collaborative relationship with David Murray, the tenor saxophonist and bandleader with whom Butch came to New York City from California just about nine years before.
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