Lunchtime playlist for 02/08/2013

ArtistTitleAlbum (* = New Release)Label
Joe Louis WalkerIn The MorningIn The MorningTelarc
Butch MorrisConduction 15Museum of Modern Art 1981s/r
Butch MorrisPt. One -Live Phone Interview - WUSB2002.10.20GVS
Butch MorrisConduction 41 -E I - IVUniversity of Florida - 1992s/r
Butch MorrisPt. Two - Live Phone Interview WUSB2002.10.20GVS
Butch MorrisConduction 52Italys/r
David Murray Big BandCalling Steve McCallConducted by Lawrence "Butch " MorrisDIW
The Cairo Jazz BandA Farewell ThemeThe Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab In EgyptGolden Years
Sathima Bea BenjaminSpring Will Be A Little Late This YearA Morning In ParisEkapa Records
Levon HelmWhen I Go AwayElectric DirtVanguard

Kicking off Black History Month on Lunchtime -- Honoring American Composer Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris.

A Rebroadcast of a program from October 20, 2002.

Part One of an Interview with Butch live on WUSB and several Music Conductions of his choosing.

Butch Morris Online:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Morris

http://www.conduction.us

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/feb/04/butch-morris

http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=news&subsect=news_detail&nid=20...

Documentary Film on Butch: http://blackfeb.com/ (filmed during February 2005 when he performed 30+ concerts in 27 days)

Sadly, Butch passed January 26, 2013. We will continue to hour the "Pied Piper" of the Lower East Side next week.

Tune in next Friday February 15 for the 2nd Part of this Butch Morris interview.