Jack Butler
Jacques Butler (sometimes Jack Butler) (April 29, 1909 – 2003) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. Butler was raised in Washington, DC, where he picked up trumpet in his late teens. He played with Cliff Jackson and Horace Henderson in New York City, then joined Marion Hardy's Alabamians in 1931-32. He led his own ensemble in 1934-1935 and made recordings with Willie Bryant before relocating to Europe in 1936. There he played for several years with Willie Lewis, as well as with Frank "Big Boy" Goudie and with his own bands. In 1940 he was in New York again, where he played with Mercer Ellington, Art Hodes, Mezz Mezzrow, and Bingie Madison. After a brief stay in Toronto he moved back to Europe in 1950, remaining there until 1968 as a regular at the La Cigale club in Paris. In the 1970s he worked often in New York, as a sideman with Clyde Bernhardt among others. |
Birth and Death Data: Born April 29, 1909, Died 2003
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936
Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet, vocalist
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-99972 | 10-in. | 4/9/1936 | It is true what they say about Dixie? | Willie Bryant Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-99973 | 10-in. | 4/9/1936 | All my life | Taft Jordan ; Willie Bryant Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-99974 | 10-in. | 4/9/1936 | The right somebody to love | Jack Butler ; Willie Bryant Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-99975 | 10-in. | 4/9/1936 | The glory of love | Willie Bryant Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-99976 | 10-in. | 4/9/1936 | Ride, red, ride | Willie Bryant ; Willie Bryant Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-99977 | 10-in. | 4/9/1936 | Moonrise on the lowlands | Willie Bryant Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-102004 | 10-in. | 6/3/1936 | I like bananas (Because they have no bones) | Jack Butler ; Willie Bryant Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
Victor | BS-102006 | 10-in. | 6/3/1936 | I'm grateful to you | Jack Butler ; Willie Bryant Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Butler, Jack," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/113588.
Butler, Jack. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/113588.
"Butler, Jack." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Butler, Jack, 1909- - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007062650
Wikidata: Jack Butler - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1676985
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/69125902
MusicBrainz: Jack Butler - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/53f7bcf2-cd44-4eee-9214-c82ed2f6888d
ISNI: 0000 0001 1665 7048 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000116657048
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