Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris’ work includes television, film, theatre, dance, radio, interdisciplinary performance based collaborations and concert and recording settings. As a composer he in known most notably for the development and evolution of Conduction, conducted improvisation and interpretation that transcend culture and geographics to present a new social-logic to the language of music.
In the last 15 years he has assembled over 100 ensembles for performance in 14 countries. In 1999, the Bell Atlantic-Jazz Awards nominated him Composer of the year and creative musician of the year. Morris also develops interdisciplinary projects with choreographers such as Min Tanaka, with visual artists such as David Hammons, with writers such as Ntozake Shange, and with theatre artists such as The Wooster Group.
He has worked with countless musicians/composers including Alice Coltrane, Gil Evans, Philly Joe Jones, Cecil Taylor, Steve Lacy, David Murray, Don Pullen and Reggie Workman.