Jazz Articles about Butch Thompson

About Butch Thompson

Album Review

Ted Unseth and the Americana Classic Jazz Orchestra: 20th Anniversary Concerts

Read "20th Anniversary Concerts" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
December 14, 2025

The 20th Anniversary Concerts performed by Ted Unseth's Americana Classic Jazz Orchestra were recorded in 1993, when the orchestra's guest artist, alto saxophonist Benny Waters, was a spry 91 years old. And for those who would like to see as well as hear Waters and the orchestra, the audio CD is accompanied by a briefer video that encompasses eight numbers from the concerts, which were held at Bandana Square in St. Paul, Minnesota. The “classic jazz" played by ...

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Album Review

Butch Thompson/Laure Sewell: Bethlehem After Dark

Read "Bethlehem After Dark" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
December 1, 2000

A master at the soon-to-be lost art of Ragtime piano, Butch Thompson takes a relaxed view of holiday music. The Minnesota-born pianist was a regular on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion radio show for many years. He lasted quite a lot longer than my tolerance for Keillor's good clean fun. He went on to tour with trumpet legend Doc Cheatham, front a New Orleans revival band and consult on the Broadway show Jelly's Last Jam about the life and ...