MVP
MVP LSD: The Graphic Scores of Lowell Skinner Davidson is an album by guitarist Joe Morris, double bassist John Voigt, and trombonist Tom Plsek. Featuring interpretations of graphic scores by composer and multi-instrumentalist Lowell Davidson, it was released in 2008 by Morris's Riti Records label.
In the album liner notes, Morris described the scores: "They all feature notes (dots) on a stave (lines), but the staves are arbitrary and the notes are placed in the arbitrary staves rendering them arbitrary too. Proportion is a big factor in the scores. Some notes are big and some are tiny... There are a lot of colors including gold and silver, and many of the dots (blobs) are of an amorphous shape... They offer the player a specific guide toward randomness and imagination."
Regarding the album title, "MVP" refers to the musicians' last names, while "LSD" is "Lowell Skinner Davidson." According to Morris, the track titles were "invented by MVP. LSD didn't title these pieces."
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