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]

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 (1973) River Chant (1975)

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