billy butterfield

1 min read 2021-11-21 00:50:00

Stuart Foster - A Fine, But Forgotten SInger

The subject of today's post, Stuart Foster (1918-68), is a former big-band vocalist who was not even that well known during his heyday, and recorded

3 min read 2021-04-02 18:29:25

I offer the keys to an Easter Sunday compact outdoor jazz festival in New York City — like water for people who have been parched by deprivation

20 min read 2021-01-13 01:06:42

Bobby, listening to Vic Dickenson at Childs Paramount, October 1952 Bobby Hackett remains one of my musical heroes, and I cherish his recordings, the

5 min read 2021-01-06 23:30:57

Billy, at work / at play, at one of Joe Boughton’s Conneaut Lake jazz weekends. When I was compiling yesterday’s post — a conversation with

15 min read 2021-01-05 19:18:53

Facebook is good for something. Last month, Clyde Groves, Billy Butterfield’s son-in-law, cordially reached out to me and we decided to do a

2 min read 2020-11-05 22:08:09

Thanks to CB Detective Agency for this newspaper ad. The music that follows is brilliant, but the details surrounding it are vague. For one thing,

3 min read 2020-09-06 03:37:20

The great jazz trumpet players all — and deservedly so — have their fan clubs (and sometimes Facebook groups): Louis, Bix, Bobby, Bunny and three

3 min read 2020-08-11 23:48:05

In the past year, a few holy relics of the beloved and subtle pianist Jess Stacy have come my way. (Today would have been his 116th birthday,

5 min read 2020-08-02 06:04:18

Music to peruse by. A few nights ago, I was deep in pleasing archaeology-commerce (prowling through eBay) and my search for “Ben Webster” came

3 min read 2020-03-26 06:35:41

Less than a week ago, I published a post here, marveling at the riches made available in an eBay auction by “jgautographs” which have been all

2 min read 2020-01-25 06:55:35

What was lost can return — some papers I thought were gone for good have resurfaced — but often the return needs the help of a kind friend, in

2 min read 2019-12-13 05:40:22

I think WHO’S SORRY NOW? (note the absence of the question mark on the original sheet music above) is a classic Vengeance Song (think of GOODY