Frank Butler
Appearances
Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963-1964 is an anomaly among the retrospective sets that have been issued from the [more]
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In 1963, Miles Davis was at a transitional point in his career, without a regular group and wondering what his future musical direction would be. At the time he recorded the [more]
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Although he lived for another five years after this session, this seems to be bassist Curtis Counce's last date as a leader. His quintet was in fine form playing originals by [more]
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Packaged together in this five-disc box set as part of Verve's excellent Originals series, these titles represent a little over half of the studio sides that John Coltrane and [more]
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This LP, re-released in 2000 and whose contents have been reissued in different sets on CD, features John Coltrane in two different settings. "Vigil" and the spiritual ballad [more]
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The centennial of Ben Webster's birth occurred in 2009 and producer Nick Phillips mined the vaults of various Concord-owned labels, including Pablo, Riverside, Contemporary, [more]
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Essential Standards highlights OJC/Contemporary/Galaxy recordings made over the course of three decades by alto saxophonist Art Pepper. The majority of these ten tracks feature [more]
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Biography
- Born Feb 18th 1928 in Kansas City, MO
- Died Jul 24th 1984 in Ventura, CA
Drummer Frank Butler's career began on USO shows during the Second World War and went out with what is probably considered even more of a bang to jazz fans, a pair of superb albums for the Xanadu label released in the late '70s. He died a bit more than five years after finally getting his chance to take charge of a recording session. Butler hailed from Kansas City, where he played drums in high-school bands, then local jazz combos. In terms of the big-name scene he made an auspicious debut, taking charge of the drum chair in the Dave Brubeck combo during a 1950 engagement in swinging San Francisco.
Butler would eventually win praise from some difficult taskmasters, including Miles Davis. The drummer's precision chops were honed during an extended stint with pianist Edgar Hayes from 1951 through 1953, preparing him for a period that followed with Duke Ellington. The fiery leader and composer {Pérez Prado} became a regular collaborator of the drummer soon thereafter, the two often playing with bassist Curtis Counce as well as performing on several television series such as {#Stars of Jazz}. The quite hip Contemporary label recorded Butler together with Counce. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide
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