dr, 1928-1984 US, Kansas City, Missouri
Musician of Jazz
Frank Butler (February 18, 1928 – July 24, 1984) was an American jazz drummer. Butler was born in Kansas City, Missouri, but later moved west and was associated in large part with the West Coast school. He never became well known but was highly regarded by fellow musicians and performed with jazz notables like Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Art Pepper in the 1950s and 1960s. In the mid-to-late 1950s, he was a member of the Curtis Counce Quintet. Sidelined for many years by an addiction to heroin, he did not record an album under his own name until the 1970s.
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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For Sure! | Kenny Drew, Sam Noto, Charles McPherson, Leroy Vinnegar, Frank Butler | 1981 | Album |
Xanadu In Africa | Al Cohn / Billy Mitchell / Dolo Coker / Leroy Vinnegar / Frank Butler | 1981 | Album |
Wheelin' And Dealin' | Frank Butler | 1980 | Album |
The Stepper | Frank Butler | 1978 | Album |
Gone Into It / Groovin' Blue | Curtis Amy - Frank Butler | 1961 | Single |
Groovin' Blue | Curtis Amy & Frank Butler | 1961 | Album |
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