Jack Butler (musician)
Jack "Jacques" Butler (born April 29, 1909 , † 2003 ) was an American jazz trumpeter and singer .
Life
Butler grew up in Washington, DC before moving to New York City in the late 1920s . There he played with Cliff Jackson and Horace Henderson ; Recordings were made in 1936 for Bluebird Records with Willie Bryant ( Moonrise in the Lowlands ). He then moved to Europe, where he mostly worked with Willie Lewis (1936–1939). At the beginning of the Second World War he was in Norway. After his return to New York in 1940 he led his own band and played a. a. with Mezz Mezzrow and Art Hodes . In 1946 he recorded under his own name for Aladdin with Mercer Ellington ( She's Got the Blues for Sale ). In 1948 he worked in Toronto , in 1950 he moved again to Europe and had a long-term engagement with his own ensemble in the Parisian nightclub La Cigale . In 1961 he appeared in the music film Paris Blues . The saxophonist Benny Waters was part of his band at La Cigale for many years until he took over in 1967. In addition, Butler worked again with Mezz Mezzrow. In 1968 he returned to New York and continued to perform there.
Discographic notes
- Swing De Paris (1922–1951)
Lexical entry
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette . 2nd Edition. Penguin, London 1994, ISBN 0-14-017949-6 .
Web links
- photography
- Jack Butler at Allmusic (English)
- Jack Butler at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Billboard , November 16, 1946
- ↑ Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 1: A – L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16512). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Butler, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Butler, Jacques (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1909 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2003 |