Music for People, Birds, Butterflies and Mosquitoes
{{Infobox album
| name = Music for People, Birds, Butterflies and Mosquitoes
| type = Studio
| artist = The Jimmy Giuffre 3
| cover = Music for People, Birds, Butterflies & Mosquitoes.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1973
| recorded = December 1972
Macdonald Studio, Sea Cliff, NY
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Choice
S-1001
| producer = Gerry Macdonald
| chronology = Jimmy Giuffre
| prev_title = Free Fall
| prev_year = 1962
| next_title = River Chant
| next_year = 1975
}}
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.Fitzgerald, M., [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/GiuffreJimmy-ldr.php Jimmy Guiffre Leader Entry] accessed July 6, 2015[http://www.jazzdisco.org/jimmy-giuffre/catalog/#choice-s-1001 Jimmy Giuffre Catalog] accessed July 6, 2015
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
}}
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".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0001880965 |title=Music for People, Birds, Butterflies and Mosquitoes – Review |accessdate=July 8, 2015}}
Track listing
All compositions by Jimmy Giuffre
- "Mosquito Dance" - 5:37
- "Night Dance" - 4:11
- "Flute Song" - 2:37
- "Eternal Chant" - 2:58
- "The Bird" - 2:44
- "The Waiting" - 3:25
- "The Butterfly" - 2:26
- "The Chanting" - 4:42
- "Moonlight" - 3:39
- "Dervish" - 3:31
- "Phoenix" - 5:04
- "Feast Dance" - 3:23
Personnel
- Jimmy Giuffre - tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, bass flute
- Kiyoshi Tokunaga - bass
- Randy Kaye - percussion
References
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