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| 1. | Moten Swing
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| 2. | Out of Nowhere
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| 3. | All the Cats Join In
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| 4. | This Believing World
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| 5. | Cheatin' on Me
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| 6. | What Is There to Say?
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| 7. | I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You
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| 8. | My Heart Stood Still
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| 9. | I Only Have Eyes for You
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| 10. | On a Sunday Afternoon
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| 11. | The Song Is You
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| 12. | Embraceable You
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| 13. | Bidin' My Time
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| 14. | More Than You Know
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| 15. | Night and Day
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| 16. | Pandora, Close That Box
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| 17. | That Old Feeling
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| 18. | Prelude to a Kiss
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| 19. | Blue Moon
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| 20. | Stormy Weather
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| 21. | Yesterdays
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| 22. | All the Things You Are
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| 23. | You've Got Me Cryin' Again
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| 24. | Sophisticated Lady
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| 25. | Don't Blame Me
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Jazz
Billy Butterfield - Trumpet, Vocals
Bill Stegmeyer - Arranger, Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
Bob Peck - Arranger, Trumpet
David Reiser - Guitar
Fern Caron - Sax (Tenor), Trumpet
Jack Green - Sax (Baritone), Trombone
Lenny Hambro - Sax (Alto)
Mickey Crane - Arranger, Piano
* Alastair Robertson - Producer
* Ian Crosbie - Liner Notes
A veteran of the Bob Crosby and Artie Shaw orchestras, trumpeter Billy Butterfield is heard leading his own well-oiled ensemble on this Hep sampler of fine big band recordings cut in 1946 and 1947. Butterfield's first band came together immediately after the Second World War and performed regularly at Eddie Condon's club in New York. The big band heard on this compilation represents the next step in his stylistic development; it's about as modern sounding as Butterfield would ever get. The song choices are beautifully rooted in the mingled traditions of jazz and mid-20th century pop music. "Moten Swing" is a tip of the hat to Kansas City bandleader Bennie Moten; "Prelude to a Kiss" and "Sophisticated Lady" are fundamental romantic standards from the Duke Ellington book, while handsome ballads like "My Heart Stood Still," "What Is There to Say?" "Night and Day" and "Embraceable You" are beautifully polished performances that place Butterfield in the same league with Bobby Hackett. On the lively "Pandora, Close That Box," Butterfield wails in a manner that instantly brings to mind the soaring trumpet of Roy Eldridge.
---arwulf arwulf, All Music Guide
Billy Butterfield
Active Decades: '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s
Born: Jan 14, 1917 in Middletown, OH
Died: Mar 18, 1988 in North Palm Beach, FL
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Dixieland, Mainstream Jazz, Swing, Traditional Pop
A versatile pre-bop trumpeter with a beautiful tone, Billy Butterfield could play pretty ballads and heated Dixieland with equal skill. After early experience in the mid-'30s with the bands of Austin Wylie and Andy Anderson, Butterfield became famous while playing with Bob Crosby's Orchestra (1937-1940), taking the main solo on the original version of "What's New," and making numerous records with both the big band and the Bobcats. In 1940, he was with Artie Shaw, participating in the famed Gramercy Five sessions and taking a classic solo on Shaw's rendition of "Star Dust"; in addition, Butterfield can be seen and heard playing "Concerto for Clarinet" with Shaw in the film Second Chorus. After stints with Benny Goodman (1941) and Les Brown, Butterfield spent time in the military, and then led a lyrical (but commercially unsuccessful) big band (1945-1947). He worked mostly in the studios during the 1950s and '60s, occasionally emerging for Dixieland dates with Eddie Condon, and was a key member of the World's Greatest Jazz Band (1968-1972). In later years, he continued popping up in Dixieland settings both for records and concerts.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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