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| Legends of Acid Jazz |
| Billy Butler |
első megjelenés éve: 1970
69 perc |
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| 4.161 Ft
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| 1. | The Twang Thang
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| 2. | Cherry
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| 3. | Work Song
instrumental
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| 4. | Soul Roll, The
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| 5. | She Is My Inspiration
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| 6. | Bass-ic Blues
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| 7. | Night Life
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| 8. | Wave
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| 9. | Watch What Happens
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| 10. | Peacock Alley
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| 11. | Prelude To A Kiss
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| 12. | In A Mellow Tone
instrumental
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Jazz
Soul-Jazz
Recorded: Dec 16, 1968, Dec 21, 1970
Billy Butler - Guitar, Guitar (Bass)
Bob Bushnell - Bass (Electric), Guitar (Bass)
Ernie Hayes - Organ, Piano
Houston Person - Sax (Tenor)
Jesse Powell - Sax (Tenor)
Jimmy Johnson - Drums
Jimmy Johnson, Jr. - Drums
Johnny "Hammond" Smith - Organ, Piano (Electric)
Rudy Collins - Drums
Billy Butler (1924-91) was one of the most influential guitar players in the history of African-American music. What R&B picker worth his salt hasn't committed to memory Butler's brilliantly sculpted solo from the 1956 Bill Doggett smash "Honky Tonk"? The Philadelphia-born guitarist spent most of his career as a studio musician, contributing to countless R&B, blues, and soul-jazz sessions, seldom stepping out on his own. He did, however, cut four marvelous albums for Prestige between 1968 and '70, and this reissue combines the first and the fourth. That Butler was a groove master is well demonstrated on such boogaloo selections as "The Twang Thang" and "The Soul Roll," while numbers like "Cherry," "Work Song," and "Night Life" showcase his unique "singing" guitar style. with Houston Person, Ernie Hayes, Bob Bushnell, Rudy Collins, Jesse Powell, Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Jimmy Johnson
* Bob Porter - Liner Notes, Supervisor
* Gilles Margerin - Design
* Jamie Putnam - Art Direction
* Joe Tarantino - Remastering
* Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
* Sonny Mann - Liner Notes
A greatly in-demand studio player throughout his life, guitarist Billy Butler fortunately had opportunities to lead four albums for Prestige along with a couple of slightly later European records. Butler was a versatile musician who, on ballads in particular displayed a very interesting sound, sometimes sliding between notes as if he were playing a steel guitar. This 1998 CD reissues all of the music from Butler's first (This Is Billy Butler) and fourth (Night Life) Prestige records. Despite the generic title and a few grooving tracks, the music doesn't have much to do with acid jazz and is generally in the soul jazz vein. Butler performs some standards (including "Work Song," "Wave," "In a Mellow Tone" and a memorable rendition of "Cherry") along with some basic originals. His sidemen include either Houston Person or Jesse Powell on tenors, Ernie Hayes or Johnny "Hammond" Smith on keyboards (electric piano or organ), electric bassist Bob Bushnell, and Rudy Collins or Jimmy Johnson on drums. This is the definitive Billy Butler release and is highly recommended, particularly to listeners not familiar with his rather distinctive sound.
--- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Billy Butler
Active Decades: '50s, '60s and '70s
Born: Dec 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, PA
Died: Mar 20, 1991 in Teaneck, NJ
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Soul-Jazz
A tasty soul-jazz and blues guitarist, Billy Butler adroitly mixed a Charlie Christian approach with '50s R&B grooves and backbeats. He coaxed a warm, fat tone from his hollow-bodied electric guitar, and provided deceptively simple solos and fills that became staples of the R&B guitar vocabularly. Bill Doggett's "Honky Tonk," featuring Butler, is perhaps the prototype R&B guitar instrumental. "Ram-Bunk'-Shush" and "Big Boy" are other highlights of his tenure with Doggett. He began playing with the doo-wop/R&B group the Harlemaires in the late '40s, then led combos until 1952, when he joined Doc Bagby's trio. Butler co-wrote "Honky Tonk" while playing with Doggett from 1954 to 1961. He also recorded with King Curtis, Dinah Washington, Panama Francis, Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Smith and David "Fathead" Newman in the '60s. Butler worked in Broadway pit bands beginning in the late '60s, but found time for recording sessions with Houston Person and Norris Turney in the late '60s and '70s. He led his own band and recorded for Prestige in the late '60s and early '70s. Butler also recorded with Al Casey and Jackie Williams. He toured Europe frequently in the '70s and '80s, doing sessions there and in America.
---Ron Wynn and Richard Lieberson, All Music Guide |
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