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Music for People, Birds, Butterflies and Mosquitoes

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Released
  
1973

Producer
  
Gerry Macdonald

Artist
  
Jimmy Giuffre

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Choice S-1001

Music for People, Birds, Butterflies and Mosquitoes (1972)
  
River Chant (1975)

Release date
  
1973

Recorded
  
December 1972 Macdonald Studio, Sea Cliff, NY

Similar
  
Jimmy Giuffre albums, Jazz albums

Music for People, Birds, Butterflies and Mosquitoes is an album by American jazz composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre which was released on the Choice label in 1973.

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Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic states: "The music is moody, fairly spontaneous, and melodic, but often wandering and rather insubstantial... None of the songs clock in over 5:37, and although they form a sort of suite, the overall results are not too memorable".

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Giuffre

  1. "Mosquito Dance" - 5:37
  2. "Night Dance" - 4:11
  3. "Flute Song" - 2:37
  4. "Eternal Chant" - 2:58
  5. "The Bird" - 2:44
  6. "The Waiting" - 3:25
  7. "The Butterfly" - 2:26
  8. "The Chanting" - 4:42
  9. "Moonlight" - 3:39
  10. "Dervish" - 3:31
  11. "Phoenix" - 5:04
  12. "Feast Dance" - 3:23

Personnel

  • Jimmy Giuffre - tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, bass flute
  • Kiyoshi Tokunaga - bass
  • Randy Kaye - percussion

    • References

    Music for People, Birds, Butterflies and Mosquitoes Wikipedia
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