Music for People, Birds, Butterflies and Mosquitoes

Music for People, Birds, Butterflies and Mosquitoes
Studio album by The Jimmy Giuffre 3
Released	1973
Recorded	December 1972 Macdonald Studio, Sea Cliff, NY
Genre	Jazz
Label	Choice S-1001
Producer	Gerry Macdonald
Jimmy Giuffre chronology
Free Fall (1962) Music for People, Birds, Butterflies and Mosquitoes (1972) River Chant (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.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

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".^[3]

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

1. Fitzgerald, M., Jimmy Guiffre Leader Entry accessed July 6, 2015
2. Jimmy Giuffre Catalog accessed July 6, 2015
3. Yanow, Scott. Music for People, Birds, Butterflies and Mosquitoes – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 8, 2015.