Billy Butterfield
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.
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Discography
13 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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"Duet"
Billy Butterfield, Dick Wellstood
Jazz - Released by Jazzology on Jan 19, 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bobby/Billy/Brasil
Bobby Hackett, Billy Butterfield, Luiz Henrique
Jazz - Released by Verve Reissues on Jan 1, 1968
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
College Jazz Sampler: Actual Jazz Concerts Recorded on the Campus (Live) (2021 Remaster from the Original Somerset Tapes)
Billy Butterfield, The Essex Five
Jazz - Released by Somerset on Jan 1, 1955
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Pandora's Box 1946 ~ '47
Jazz - Released by Hep Records on May 18, 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pandora's Box 1946 - '47
Jazz - Released by Hep Records on Oct 17, 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The World's Greatest Jazz Band Plays Duke Ellington
Jazz - Released by Jazzology on Jan 20, 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
College Jazz Sampler: Actual Jazz Concerts Recorded on the Campus (2021 Remaster from the Original Somerset Tapes)
Billy Butterfield, The Essex Five
Jazz - Released by Somerset on Jan 1, 1955
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Take Me to the Land of Jazz
Billy Butterfield, Andy Bartha
Jazz - Released by Delmark Records on Jan 1, 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jazz from Italy - Billy Butterfield plays George Gershwin (with Lino Patruno & Milano College Jazz Society)
Jazz - Released by Carosello Records on Dec 1, 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Easy Now
Lou McGarity, Billy Butterfield
Jazz - Released by nagel heyer records on Jun 23, 2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Real Thing
Jazz - Released by nagel heyer records on Oct 31, 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Keep Smilin' (Live)
Jazz - Released by nagel heyer records on Jun 6, 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Only Because Of You
Jazz - Released by nagel heyer records on Dec 9, 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo