Billy Butterfield

Charles William Butterfield (January 14, 1917 – March 18, 1988) was an American jazz bandleader, trumpeter, flugelhornist, and cornetist.

Early years Charles William Butterfield was born in Middletown, Ohio and attended high school in Wyoming. Although he studied medicine at Transylvania College, he preferred playing in bands, and he studied cornet with Frank Simon. He gained attention working with Bob Crosby (1937–1940), and later performed with Artie Shaw, Les Brown, and Benny Goodman. (1959) and Just Kiddin' Around (1962). Both were commercial hits.

Death Butterfield died on March 18, 1988, in North Palm Beach, Florida. He was 71. ) Stardusting (Capitol, 1950) "That Butterfield Bounce" (Westminster Records, 1954) Billy Butterfield (1955) New York Land Dixie (1955) They're Playing Our Song (RCA, 1956) Session at Riverside (Capitol, 1957) I'm In The Mood (Belldisc Italiana, 1959) Billy Blows His Horn (Columbia, 1961) The Golden Horn (Columbia, 1962) Songs Bix Beiderbecke Played (Epic, 1969) With Ted Easton's Jazzband (Circle, 1975) Watch What Happens (Jazzology, 1977) Swinging at the Elks (Fat Cat Jazz, 1978) You Can Depend on Me (Fat Cat Jazz, 1980) Just Friends (Jazzology, 1982) The Incomparable Butterfield Horn (Fat Cat Jazz, 2002) Recipe for Romance (Collectors' Choice Music, 2003) Soft Strut (Fresh Sound, 2004) What Is There to Say (Jasmine, 2005)

With Buck Clayton All the Cats Join In (Columbia, 1956)

With Ray Conniff + List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details Title Album details ChartpositionsUS200 USCB Conniff Meets Butterfield Released: 1959 Label: Columbia Formats: LP 8 13 Just Kiddin' Around Released: 1962 Label: Columbia Formats: LP 85 33