Frank Butler (musician)

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Frank Butler (* 18th February 1928 in Kansas City , Missouri ; † 24. July 1984 in Ventura , California ) was an American jazz - drummer of modern jazz .

Frank Butler learned drums in Omaha and then played in troop support shows and in Kansas City jazz bands. He was then employed by Dave Brubeck (1950), Edgar Hayes (1951–1953) Elmo Hope , Duke Ellington (1954), Pérez Prado and Curtis Counce (1956). Since then, Frank Butler has worked mainly as a freelancer, initially in California and also worked for television. Over the course of his career, Butler has made records with John Coltrane , Sonny Criss , Miles Davis , Kenny Drew , Red Garland , Helen Humes , Harold Land , Phineas Newborn , Sam Noto , Art Pepper and Ben Webster, among others .

After a long break, which Butler used to cure his drug addiction, his only two records appeared under his own name on Xanadu Records in the late 1970s .

Discographic notes

  • Elmo Hope: Trio And Quintet , 1953-57 ( Blue Note Records , 1957)
  • Curtis Counce: Counceltation (1957) (republished as You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce ( OJC , 1991)), Sonority (1958), Carl's Blues (1960); all at Contemporary Records released
  • Sonny Criss: Memorial Album (Xanadu Records, 1965)
  • Art Pepper: ... the way it was! , 1956–60 (Contemporary Records, 1972)
  • Harold Land: Harold in the Land of Jazz (1958), The Fox (1959); both published by Contemporary Records
  • Helen Humes: Swingin 'With Helen (Contemporary Records, 1961)
  • Miles Davis: Seven Steps to Heaven ( Columbia Records , 1963)
  • Phineas Newborn: The Newborn Touch (Contemporary Records, 1964)
  • John Coltrane: Kulu Se Mama (1965), The Major Work of John Coltrane 1965 (1992); both appeared on Impulse! Records

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SURNAME Butler, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz drummer
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Kansas City (Missouri)
DATE OF DEATH July 24, 1984
Place of death Ventura (California)