Billy Butler Catalog
1968 (age 43)
This Is Billy Butler! (Prestige PRST 7622)
Houston Person, tenor sax; Ernie Hayes, piano, organ; Billy Butler, guitar, bass guitar; Bob Bushnell, electric bass; Rudy Collins, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 16, 1968
The Twang Thang | |
Cherry | |
Work Song | |
The Soul Roll | |
She Is My Inspiration | |
Bass-ic Blues |
** part of Prestige PRCD-24197-2 as Legends Of Acid Jazz.
1969
Billy Butler - Guitar Soul! (Prestige PRST 7734)
Seldon Powell, electric tenor sax, flute; Sonny Phillips, organ; Billy Butler, guitar, bass guitar, classic guitar; Bob Bushnell, Fender bass; Specs Powell, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 22, 1969
Blow For The Crossing | |
Golden Earrings | |
The Thumb | |
Honky Tonk | |
B&B Calypso | |
Seven Come Eleven | |
Autumn Nocturne; You Go To My Head |
** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJC-334.
** part of Prestige PRCD-24260-2 as Night Life.
1970
Billy Butler - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Prestige PRST 7797)
Jerome Richardson, tenor sax, flute; Sonny Phillips, organ, electric piano; Everett Barksdale, Bill Suyker, guitar; Billy Butler, guitar, bass guitar; Chuck Rainey, Fender bass; Jimmy Johnson, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 27, 1970
Evening Dreams | |
The Butler Did It |
Houston Person, tenor sax; Ernie Hayes, organ, electric piano; Billy Butler, guitar, bass guitar; Jimmy Lewis, Fender bass; Jimmy Johnson, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 29, 1970
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow | |
Girl Talk | |
Dancing On The Ceiling | |
Hold It! | |
Sweet Georgia Brown |
** part of Prestige PRCD-24260-2 as Night Life.
Billy Butler - Night Life (Prestige PRST 7854)
Jesse Powell, tenor sax; Houston Person, tenor sax #3,6; Johnny "Hammond" Smith, organ #1,2,4-6, electric piano #3; Billy Butler, guitar; Bob Bushnell, Fender bass; Jimmy Johnson, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 21, 1970
1. | Nightlife |
2. | Wave |
3. | Watch What Happens |
4. | Peacock Alley |
5. | Prelude To A Kiss |
6. | In A Mellotone |
** part of Prestige PRCD-24197-2 as Legends Of Acid Jazz.
1973
Billy Butler Plays Via Galactica (Kilmarnock KIL-72009)
Billy Butler, solo guitar; Galt MacDermot, piano; George Davis, guitar; Wilbur Bascomb, bass; Bernard Purdie, drums; and The Kilmarnock Strings.
released 1973
I Believe In Butterflies | |
Via Galactica | |
Home | |
400 Girls Ago | |
Hush | |
Life Wins | |
All My Good Mornings | |
New Jerusalem | |
Helen Of Troy | |
Dance The Dark Away | |
Other Side Of The Sky | |
Up |
1974
Billy Butler, Al Casey, Jackie Williams - Guitar Odyssey (Jazz Odyssey (F) JO 012)
Billy Butler, Al Casey, guitar; Jackie Williams, drums.
NYC, July 12, 1974
Three Little Words | |
Tea For Two | |
Who | |
Ghost Of A Chance | |
Take The "A" Train | |
Al And Billy Blues | |
Mack The Knife | |
St. Louis Blues |
1976 (age 51)
Billy Butler - Don't Be That Way (Black And Blue (F) 33.104)
Wild Bill Davis, organ; Billy Butler, guitar; Oliver Jackson, drums; + special guest: Eddie Lockjaw Davis, tenor sax.
Paris, France, February 1, 1976
Don't Be That Way | |
Jelly Jelly | |
Lullabies In Rhythm | |
Straighten Up And Fly Right | |
You Go To My Head | |
Indiana | |
Blues For Marian |
** also released on Black And Blue (F) BB 937.2 as Don't Be That Way - The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions.
Billy Butler - Don't Be That Way - The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions (Black And Blue (F) BB 937.2)
Wild Bill Davis, organ; Billy Butler, guitar; Oliver Jackson, drums; + special guest: Eddie Lockjaw Davis, tenor sax.: same session.
Paris, France, February 1, 1976
Cherry | |
Ghost Of A Chance | |
In The Evening | |
Satin Doll | |
April In Paris |
** originally released on Black And Blue (F) 33.104 as Don't Be That Way + 5 bonus tracks.