Jimmy Butts

Jimmy Butts (* 24 September 1917 in New York City , † 8. January 1998 ) was an American jazz - bassist .

Life

Jimmy Butts began his music career in local New York groups such as Dr. Sausage and His Pork Chops and Daisy Mae's Hepcats . In the early 1940s he played in the orchestras of Art Hodes 1940, Les Hite 1941 and Chris Columbus 1941–1943. During the Second World War he accompanied Frances Brock on tours of the USO ; He also played with Don Redman , Lem Johnson , Tiny Grimes and Noble Sissle during this time . In 1944 he worked on recordings of Grimes with Charlie Parker for Savoy Records with ( The "Red Cross" session ). He has also worked as a freelance musician for Buddy Tate , Sir Charles Thompson , Trummy Young , Josh White and Helen Humes . In 1949 he played in Dud Bascomb's band ; At the end of the decade he played in a duo with the pianist Doles Dickens and had his own ensemble, with which he resigned until the early 1950s; then he worked as a hotel musician.

In the 1960s, Butts emigrated to Canada , where he performed with Juanita Smith . In the 1970s he returned to New York and performed in hotels and restaurants with his own small ensemble. After his death, his band continued to play as Friends of Jimmy Butts .

Web links

• Jimmy Butts biography by Eugene Chadbourne on Allmusic

literature

• Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002
• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
• Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .