Search results for "Billy Butler"

Alberta Hunter: My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 30, 07

Ain't it just like a woman? At the peak of her 1970s comeback, 83-year-old blues doyen Alberta Hunter catalogs the vi...

Spears, Louie (Louie Butler Spears Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Spears, Louie [Louie Butler Spears Jr.], bass, cello; b. Oklahoma City, 9 March 1935. He has been known by a couple o...

Person, Houston posted in Encyclopedia July 18, 08

Saxophonist Houston Person is often portrayed as a “working man’s” tenor, most at home in soul-jazz or the blues. In...

Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Ain't No Sunshine (Rating: 79/100) posted in Music November 24, 07

At his best, Rahsaan Roland Kirk was one of the most exciting instrumentalists of his generation. I still recall a n...

Suonsaari, Klaus (Henrikki) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Suonsaari, Klaus (Henrikki), drummer, composer; b. Helsinki, Finland, 7 November 1959. His father is Heikki Suonsaari...

Barth, Bruce posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Barth, Bruce, piano; b. Pasadena, CA, 7 September 1958. He started piano lessons at age five. He moved to Harrison, N...

Don't Gonna Play That Kling-Kling Jazz: A Prehistory of Jazz-Rock posted in Features and Interviews June 18, 09

By Geoff Wills When rock and roll emerged in the mid 1950s, many jazz musicians were witheringly scornful about ...

Mitchell, Leon posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Mitchell, Leon, composer; b. North Philadelphia, PA, 16 August 1934. He attended public schools and was an honor g...

Pugh, Jim (James Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Pugh, Jim (James Edward), trombonist; b. Trenton, NJ, 12 November 1950. He was raised in: Butler, PA, Phillipsburg, P...

Freedman, Bob (Robert Morris) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Freedman, Bob (Robert Morris), arranger, conductor, pianist, saxophonist, educator; b. Mount Vernon, NY, 23 January 2...

Grubbs, Carl (Gordon) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Grubbs, Carl (Gordon), saxophonist (alto and soprano), educator, arranger and composer; b. Philadelphia, PA, 27 July ...

The Best Jazz Web Links: April 2008 posted in Miscellaneous Pages April 22, 08

A tribute to Louis ArmstrongThe concert featured Nicholas Payton, Delfeayo Marsalis and Bill Charlap, amo...

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