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Trombonist Isrea Butler Releases 'Congo Lament'
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Hailed by Count Basie Orchestra bandleader Scotty Barnhart as a “superb musician and soloist who has great technique and a refined sophistication,” Butler’s recording primarily features compositions by Bennie Green from his 1959 LP, Bennie Green Swings the Blues, and saxophonist Ike Quebec’s album, Easy Living, which also features the trombonist, and was recorded in 1962. Fellow Basie band mate, tenor saxophonist Doug Lawrence, whose conversations with Butler led to the birth of this recording, joins the trombonist on this ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Henry Butler
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Henry Butler's birthday today!
Once you’ve heard what bluesman Henry Butler’s hands can create on those ivories, there’s no going back. Those hands boogie that keyboard like no one else’s. Throw in a classically trained voice aching us through the blues, and you’re someplace you have never been before and would give anything to return to, again and again. Considered the premier exponent of the great New Orleans jazz and blues piano tradition, Butler is ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Henry Butler
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Henry Butler's birthday today!
Once you’ve heard what bluesman Henry Butler’s hands can create on those ivories, there’s no going back. Those hands boogie that keyboard like no one else’s. Throw in a classically trained voice aching us through the blues, and you’re someplace you have never been before and would give anything to return to, again and again. Considered the premier exponent of the great New Orleans jazz and blues piano tradition, Butler is ...
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Henry Butler, 1948-2018
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
The gifted New Orleans pianist Henry Butler has died. He was 69. Noted for virtuosity at the keyboard and soulful depth as a singer, Butler pursued his career primarily in his home city, with frequent tours overseas. Blinded by glaucoma as an infant, he excelled academically at all levels and dazzled other musicians with his skill. In recent years, Butler lived in the Bronx borough of New York City. In today’s New York Times, Jon Pareles’ obituary of Butler contains ...
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Gregory Butler, WholeWorldBand Managing Director, North America Looks Back on 2014
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HypeBot
WholeWorldBand Managing Director, North America Gregory Butler is up next on Hypebot.com's year end virtual panel. “We have enough data to show that people believe music has value - more options for people to choose how music can be devalued isn't exactly positive. I'm not specifically saying the options mentioned are positive or negative, but until a fair, multilateral system exists for streaming, every option is suspect." Find out more about Gregory Butler's position on where music streaming is headed ...
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For Jonathan Butler, Living His Dream Is Now A Breeze
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
The singer-songwriter-guitarist’s “Living My Dream” album is released today as “African Breeze” storms the Billboard Smooth Jazz Singles chart. Sherman Oaks, Calif. (23 June 2014): Last year’s struggles serve as the theme of the material two-time Grammy nominee Jonathan Butler wrote and recorded at the House of Blues studios in Los Angeles for “Living My Dream,” which was released today by Artistry Music/Mack Avenue Records. Among the many facets of his songbook incorporating R&B, contemporary jazz and traces of his ...
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Rising Above The Struggles, Butler Is Living His Dream
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Family, friends - including Marcus Miller and the late George Duke - and an “African Breeze” combine forces on “Living My Dream,” coming June 24 from the R&B-jazz artist. Sherman Oaks, CA: It took a while for Jonathan Butler to feel comfortable saying it, but the South African singer-songwriter-guitarist’s confidence has grown as he celebrates what he calls “the season of me” and finally admitting that he is living his dream. He tells the story of his life and loves ...
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Jonathan Butler's Holiday Spirit Of Giving Gives Year-Round
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Singer-songwriter launches a foundation to reclaim children from drugs and poverty through music education in his native South Africa in conjunction with the release of “Merry Christmas To You.” Sherman Oaks, CA - It may only be the beginning of November, but two-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Jonathan Butler is in full holiday spirit with the release of his first Christmas album, “Merry Christmas To You,” and the launch of the Jonathan Butler Foundation in his South African homeland to fund music ...
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Legendary New Orleans Pianist Henry Butler Joins Richi Debonis' Nowtet For A Special One-time Performance at NYC's 78 Below
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James Keepnews
The legendary New Orleans pianist Henry Butler joins underground legend Richi DeBonis — a.k.a. Richi Van Zeppelin — and his NOWtet ensemble for a rare, one-time performance at New York's 78 Below club on Thursday, September 12 at 10 PM. DeBonis and his NOWtet are coming off of a celebrated stand at the Denver jazz club DazzleJazz – this special concert is the first time Butler and Debonis will have performed together in public. The NOWtet features Noah Preminger on ...
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This Christmas Will Be A Very Special Christmas For Jonathan Butler
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Singer-songwriter-guitarist will release “Merry Christmas To You” on October 1 and embark upon the Dave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour this holiday season. Sherman Oaks, CA: Santa Claus has a special treat to stuff in the stockings of all the good Jonathan Butler fans this Christmas: the first Christmas album by the two-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter-guitarist. Butler produced and arranged “Merry Christmas To You,” which will be released October 1 by Artistry Music. Two singles will be shipped to multiple radio ...
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