John Butts (musician)

John Butts (born 1941 in Slough ; † December 30, 1966 in Grand Bermuda ) was a British jazz drummer .

Live and act

Butts was one of first in Blackburn to the band by Derek Sinclair, then in Newcastle upon Tyne to the group of Don Smith and Emcee Five of Mike Carr , around the end of 1962 Ronnie Ross to join. In 1963 and 1964 he was a member of the Johnny Dankworth Orchestra , with whom he also recorded. In 1965 he worked in the bands of Ronnie Scott and Tubby Hayes . He also appeared on the BBC's Jazz 625 television program with Humphrey Lyttelton and Big Joe Turner , Buck Clayton and Vic Dickenson (with Tony Coe , Joe Temperley , Eddie Harvey and Dave Green ). In 1966 he worked for Dick Morrissey and accompanied Blossom Dearie at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club ( Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott's ). In June 1966 he went to the West Indies , where he worked in the combo of Joe Wylie. He died of injuries in a motorcycle accident.

With the piece Dear Johnny B on the album Mexican Green (1967) , Tubby Hayes remembered his drummer.

Johnny Dankworth: What the Dickens (Fontana, 1963)
Cleo Laine Featuring John Dankworth Shakespeare and All That Jazz (Fontana, 1964)
The Ronnie Scott Quintet Featuring Alan Skidmore . BBC Jazz Club (Gearbox 1966, ed. 2013, with Gordon Beck , Jeff Clyne )

John Chilton : Who's Who of British Jazz , Continuum International Publishing Group 2004, ISBN 0-8264-7234-6