Item Information
Title: Butch Morris Solo Cornet Performance and Interview
Date: 1986 April 30
Physical Details: 1 sound cassette ; 1 hr., 5 min., 43 sec.
Description: Recording has background noise and sounds of children. Conversation is muffled and portions are impossible to hear. Recording is a live recording of a instrumental solo performance by cornetist Butch Morris. Side 01 and Side 02 until 00:08:51 is music performance. Rest of Side 02 recording is conversation between audience and Butch Morris. Discussion topics are wide-ranging and include Morris's performance, career as musician and cornet teacher, touring and collaboration with other artists, and his improvisation method called conduction. Notes copied from the tape: "Butch Morris L.A. Loft / Butch's Performance."
Creator: Morris, Lawrence Butch, 1947-2013
Forms part of: Senga Nengudi papers, 1947, circa 1962-2017
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Lawrence Butch Morris. Butch Morris Solo Cornet Performance and Interview, 1986 April 30. Senga Nengudi papers, 1947, circa 1962-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Availability: This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Digital ID: 24968