Billy Butterfield

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Charles William Butterfield, born on January 14, 1917 in Middletown, Ohio, was an American jazz bandleader, trumpeter, flugelhornist, and cornetist. He gained attention playing with Bob Crosby from 1937 to 1940 and performed a notable trumpet solo on "What's New?". Butterfield also collaborated with Artie Shaw, Les Brown, and Benny Goodman. In 1940, he performed a memorable trumpet solo on "Star Dust" with Artie Shaw's orchestra. During his service in the U.S. armed forces from 1943 to 1947, he led his own orchestra. Notable recordings include "Moonlight In Vermont" (1956) and collaborations with Ray Conniff on Conniff Meets Butterfield (1959). He was a member of the World's Greatest Jazz Band from the late 1960s until his death on March 18, 1988, in North Palm Beach, Florida.

Top tracks

05	Time On My Hands	Billy Butterfield	Conniff Meets Butterfield			02:57
	Writer: Adamson/Gordon/Youmans / Composers: Adamson/Gordon/Youmans
06	Baia	Bobby Hackett	Bobby/Billy/Brasil			02:52
	Writer: Ary Barroso / Composers: Ary Barroso
01	Poor Butterfield	Brad Gowans	Vintage Jam Session - 1946			03:28
02	Beyond the Blue Horizon	Ray Conniff	Melodías Inolvidables			02:30
06	Clari-Jama	Brad Gowans	Vintage Jam Session - 1946			02:19
04	Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'	Billy Butterfield	Conniff Meets Butterfield			02:32
	Writer: Hammerstein II/Rodgers / Composers: Hammerstein II/Rodgers
08	South Of The Border	Billy Butterfield	Conniff Meets Butterfield			02:22
	Writer: Kennedy/Carr / Composers: Kennedy/Carr
02	You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby	Ray Conniff	Conniff Meets Butterfield			02:24
	Writer: Warren/Mercer / Composers: Warren/Mercer
15	Sweet Sue, Just You (Single Version)	Billy Butterfield	The Essential Ray Conniff			01:52
	Writer: Victor Young - Will J. Harris / Composers: Victor Young - Will J. Harris
07	What A Diff'rence A Day Made	Ray Conniff	Conniff Meets Butterfield			02:53
	Writer: Adams/Grever / Composers: Adams/Grever
05	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	101 Strings Orchestra	Fly Me to the Moon			02:40
	Writer: Brooks Bowman / Composers: Brooks Bowman

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Billy Butterfield - Golden Collection

2026 Boumqueur Edition: 08-05-2026

Billy Butterfield - Golden Collection

01	West End Blues	Billy Butterfield	Billy Butterfield - Golden Collection			08:04
	Writer: Billy Butterfield / Composers: Billy Butterfield
02	Dancing On The Ceiling	Billy Butterfield	Billy Butterfield - Golden Collection			06:28
	Writer: Billy Butterfield / Composers: Billy Butterfield
03	Deed I Do	Billy Butterfield	Billy Butterfield - Golden Collection			09:04
	Writer: Billy Butterfield / Composers: Billy Butterfield
04	Willow Weep For Me	Billy Butterfield	Billy Butterfield - Golden Collection			06:36
	Writer: Billy Butterfield / Composers: Billy Butterfield

That Butterfield Bounce

2025 Jazzlife: 28-02-2025

That Butterfield Bounce

01	Caravan	Billy Butterfield	That Butterfield Bounce			02:51
	Composers: Juan Tizol/Duke Ellington
02	Flamingo	Billy Butterfield	That Butterfield Bounce			02:28
	Composers: Ted Grouya
03	St. Louis Blues	Billy Butterfield	That Butterfield Bounce			04:22
	Composers: W.C. Handy
04	Strike up the Band	Billy Butterfield	That Butterfield Bounce			02:26
	Composers: George Gershwin
05	I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues	Billy Butterfield	That Butterfield Bounce			02:38
	Composers: Harold Arlen
06	Struttin' with Some Barbecue	Billy Butterfield	That Butterfield Bounce			04:02
	Composers: Lil Hardin Armstrong
07	Goodbye	Billy Butterfield	That Butterfield Bounce			02:42
	Composers: Gordon Jenkins

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There Goes That Song Again

℗ 2025 Evergreen: 03-02-2025

There Goes That Song Again

01	There Goes That Song Again	Billy Butterfield	There Goes That Song Again			02:45
	Writer: Samuel Cohen / Composers: Julius Kerwin Stein
02	All the Things You Are	Billy Butterfield	There Goes That Song Again			02:45
	Writer: Instrumental / Composers: Jerome David Kern
03	Cheatin’ on Me	Billy Butterfield	There Goes That Song Again			02:20
	Writer: Jacob Selig Yellen / Composers: Lew Pollack
04	I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You	Billy Butterfield	There Goes That Song Again			02:33
	Writer: Instrumental / Composers: Victor Young
05	My Heart Stood Still	Billy Butterfield	There Goes That Song Again			03:05
	Writer: Instrumental / Composers: Lorenz milton hart
06	Stormy Weather	Billy Butterfield	There Goes That Song Again			02:30
	Writer: Instrumental / Composers: Hyman Arluck
07	That Old Feeling	Billy Butterfield	There Goes That Song Again			02:58
	Writer: Instrumental / Composers: Louis Brownstein

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Night and Day

℗ 2025 Evergreen: 31-01-2025

Night and Day

01	Moonlight in Vermont	Billy Butterfield	Night and Day			03:10
	Writer: John Blackburn / Composers: Karl Suessdorf
02	All the Cats Join In	Billy Butterfield	Night and Day			02:16
	Writer: Ray Gilbert / Composers: Edward Ernest Sauter
03	Bidin’ My Time	Billy Butterfield	Night and Day			02:37
	Writer: Israel Gershovitz / Composers: Jacob Gershowitz
04	Don’t Blame Me	Billy Butterfield	Night and Day			02:11
	Writer: Instrumental / Composers: James Francis Mchugh
05	Moten Swing	Billy Butterfield	Night and Day			04:20
	Writer: Instrumental / Composers: Bennie Moten
06	Night and Day	Billy Butterfield	Night and Day			03:31
	Writer: Instrumental / Composers: Cole Albert Porter
07	Out of Nowhere	Billy Butterfield	Night and Day			03:31
	Writer: Instrumental / Composers: John Waldo Green

The Essential Series Remastered: Billy Butterfield And His Orchestra - 1946 (Remastered 2024)

2024 Hindsight Records: 15-11-2024

The Essential Series Remastered: Billy Butterfield And His Orchestra - 1946 (Remastered 2024)

01	Moten Stomp (Remastered 2024)	Billy Butterfield	The Essential Series Remastered: Billy Butterfield And His Orchestra - 1946 (Remastered 2024)			04:12
	Composers: Bennie Moten
02	Sophisticated Lady (Remastered 2024)	Billy Butterfield	The Essential Series Remastered: Billy Butterfield And His Orchestra - 1946 (Remastered 2024)			03:51
	Composers: Duke Ellington - Irving Mills - Mitchell Parish
03	What Is There To Say (Remastered 2024)	Billy Butterfield	The Essential Series Remastered: Billy Butterfield And His Orchestra - 1946 (Remastered 2024)			02:46
	Composers: Vernon Duke - Edgar Yipsel Harburg
04	I Only Have Eyes For You (Remastered 2024)	Billy Butterfield	The Essential Series Remastered: Billy Butterfield And His Orchestra - 1946 (Remastered 2024)			02:58
	Writer: Harry Warren - Al Dubin / Composers: Harry Warren - Al Dubin
05	I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (Remastered 2024)	Billy Butterfield	The Essential Series Remastered: Billy Butterfield And His Orchestra - 1946 (Remastered 2024)			02:12
	Composers: Joesph E. Howard - Harold Orlob - William M. Hough - Frank R. Adams
06	Don't Blame Me (Remastered 2024)	Billy Butterfield	The Essential Series Remastered: Billy Butterfield And His Orchestra - 1946 (Remastered 2024)			02:11
	Composers: Jimmy McHugh - Dorothy Fields
07	All The Things You Are (Remastered 2024)	Billy Butterfield	The Essential Series Remastered: Billy Butterfield And His Orchestra - 1946 (Remastered 2024)			02:42
	Composers: Jerome Kern - Oscar Hammerstein II

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A Melancholy Serenade from Billy Butterfield

2020 Down Home: 05-11-2020

A Melancholy Serenade from Billy Butterfield

01	Melancholy Serenade	Billy Butterfield	A Melancholy Serenade from Billy Butterfield			02:56
	Composers: Gleason
02	When It's Sleepy Time Down South	Billy Butterfield	A Melancholy Serenade from Billy Butterfield			03:00
	Composers: Rene - Muse
03	Oh, Mein Papa	Billy Butterfield	A Melancholy Serenade from Billy Butterfield			03:10
	Composers: Burkhard
04	Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White	Billy Butterfield	A Melancholy Serenade from Billy Butterfield			02:36
	Composers: David
05	Pretend	Billy Butterfield	A Melancholy Serenade from Billy Butterfield			02:57
	Composers: LaVere - Belloc
06	Tenderly	Billy Butterfield	A Melancholy Serenade from Billy Butterfield			03:13
	Composers: Lawrence - Gross
07	Memories of You	Billy Butterfield	A Melancholy Serenade from Billy Butterfield			03:05
	Composers: Razaf - Blake

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The Worlds Greatest Jazz Band

℗ 2007 Arbors Records: 09-01-2007

The Worlds Greatest Jazz Band

01	Yank introduces the WGJB	The World's Greatest Jazz Band	The Worlds Greatest Jazz Band			01:35
02	Panama	The World's Greatest Jazz Band	The Worlds Greatest Jazz Band			05:41
03	Dogtown Blues	The World's Greatest Jazz Band	The Worlds Greatest Jazz Band			04:56
04	Ain't Misbehavin'	The World's Greatest Jazz Band	The Worlds Greatest Jazz Band			05:49
05	Black and Blue	The World's Greatest Jazz Band	The Worlds Greatest Jazz Band			04:19
06	Alligator Crawl	The World's Greatest Jazz Band	The Worlds Greatest Jazz Band			04:02
07	I Got Rythem	The World's Greatest Jazz Band	The Worlds Greatest Jazz Band			04:42

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Take Me to the Land of Jazz

(P) 2005 Delmark Records: 01-01-2005

Take Me to the Land of Jazz

01	Dese, Dem & Dose	Billy Butterfield	Take Me to the Land of Jazz			04:37
	Composers: Glenn Miller
02	That's A Plenty	Billy Butterfield	Take Me to the Land of Jazz			04:17
	Composers: Pollack - Gilbert
03	Mama's Gone Goodbye	Billy Butterfield	Take Me to the Land of Jazz			04:09
	Composers: Bocage - Piron
04	Basin Street Blues	Billy Butterfield	Take Me to the Land of Jazz			05:43
	Composers: Spencer Williams
05	High Society	Billy Butterfield	Take Me to the Land of Jazz			02:40
	Composers: Porter Steele
06	St. Louis Blues	Billy Butterfield	Take Me to the Land of Jazz			04:54
	Composers: W.C. Handy
07	Sugar Blues	Billy Butterfield	Take Me to the Land of Jazz			02:51
	Composers: Williams - FLETCHER

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Bobby/Billy/Brasil

℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.: 01-01-1968

Bobby/Billy/Brasil

01	Dancing In The Dark	Bobby Hackett	Bobby/Billy/Brasil			02:35
	Writer: Schwartz-Dietz - Schwartzz-Dietz / Composers: Schwartz-Dietz - Schwartzz-Dietz
02	Sunny	Bobby Hackett	Bobby/Billy/Brasil			02:32
	Writer: Bobby Hebb / Composers: Bobby Hebb
03	Cherokee (Indian Love Song)	Bobby Hackett	Bobby/Billy/Brasil			03:01
	Writer: Ray Noble / Composers: Ray Noble
04	Quiet Nights (Corcovado)	Bobby Hackett	Bobby/Billy/Brasil			02:47
	Composers: Antonio Carlos Jobim - Buddy Kaye - Gene Lees
05	Never Ever Leave Me (Nunca Me Deixes)	Bobby Hackett	Bobby/Billy/Brasil			02:30
	Writer: Kirby Stone - Albert Ham / Composers: Kirby Stone - Albert Ham
06	Baia	Bobby Hackett	Bobby/Billy/Brasil			02:52
	Writer: Ary Barroso / Composers: Ary Barroso
07	That's All	Bobby Hackett	Bobby/Billy/Brasil			02:25
	Writer: Alan Brandt - Bob Haymes / Composers: Alan Brandt - Bob Haymes

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Conniff Meets Butterfield

2023 Transatlantica: 05-08-1959

Conniff Meets Butterfield

01	Beyond The Blue Horizon	Ray Conniff	Conniff Meets Butterfield			02:27
	Writer: Robin/Whiting/Harling / Composers: Robin/Whiting/Harling
02	You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby	Ray Conniff	Conniff Meets Butterfield			02:24
	Writer: Warren/Mercer / Composers: Warren/Mercer
03	All The Things You Are	Billy Butterfield	Conniff Meets Butterfield			03:04
	Writer: Hammerstein II/Kern / Composers: Hammerstein II/Kern
04	Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'	Billy Butterfield	Conniff Meets Butterfield			02:32
	Writer: Hammerstein II/Rodgers / Composers: Hammerstein II/Rodgers
05	Time On My Hands	Billy Butterfield	Conniff Meets Butterfield			02:57
	Writer: Adamson/Gordon/Youmans / Composers: Adamson/Gordon/Youmans
06	Something To Remember You By	Ray Conniff	Conniff Meets Butterfield			02:50
	Writer: Schwartz/Dietz / Composers: Schwartz/Dietz
07	What A Diff'rence A Day Made	Ray Conniff	Conniff Meets Butterfield			02:53
	Writer: Adams/Grever / Composers: Adams/Grever

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EPs

College Jazz Sampler: Actual Jazz Concerts Recorded on the Campus (2021 Remaster from the Original Somerset Tapes)

℗ 2021 Countdown Media GmbH, a BMG company: 01-01-1955

College Jazz Sampler: Actual Jazz Concerts Recorded on the Campus (2021 Remaster from the Original Somerset Tapes)

01	West End Blues (Live at N.Y.U.)	Billy Butterfield	College Jazz Sampler: Actual Jazz Concerts Recorded on the Campus (2021 Remaster from the Original Somerset Tapes)			08:59
	Writer: Clarence Williams / Composers: Joe Oliver
02	Dancing on the Ceiling (Live at Rutgers)	Billy Butterfield	College Jazz Sampler: Actual Jazz Concerts Recorded on the Campus (2021 Remaster from the Original Somerset Tapes)			06:27
	Writer: Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart / Composers: Richard Rodgers
03	'Deed I Do (Live at Princeton)	Billy Butterfield	College Jazz Sampler: Actual Jazz Concerts Recorded on the Campus (2021 Remaster from the Original Somerset Tapes)			07:57
	Writer: Walter Hirsch - Fred Rose / Composers: Walter Hirsch - Fred Rose
04	Willow Weep for Me (Live at Amherst)	Billy Butterfield	College Jazz Sampler: Actual Jazz Concerts Recorded on the Campus (2021 Remaster from the Original Somerset Tapes)			06:22
	Writer: Ann Ronell / Composers: Ann Ronell

Splits

"Duet"

: 19-01-2015

"Duet"

01	Willow Weep for Me	Billy Butterfield	"Duet"			05:27
02	Ain't Misbehavin'	Billy Butterfield	"Duet"			04:13
03	Summertime	Billy Butterfield	"Duet"			03:46
04	You Can Depend on Me	Billy Butterfield	"Duet"			02:52
05	I've Got the World on a String	Billy Butterfield	"Duet"			03:39
06	On the Sunny Side of the Street	Billy Butterfield	"Duet"			03:57
07	Dear Old Southland	Billy Butterfield	"Duet"			03:04

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The Essential Ray Conniff

(P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment: 24-02-2004

The Essential Ray Conniff

01	'S Wonderful	Ray Conniff	The Essential Ray Conniff			02:25
	Writer: George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin / Composers: George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin
02	Walkin' And Whistlin' (Album Version)	Ray Conniff & His Orchestra	The Essential Ray Conniff			02:08
	Writer: R. Conniff / Composers: R. Conniff
03	The Way You Look Tonight	Ray Conniff & His Orchestra	The Essential Ray Conniff			03:06
	Writer: Jerome Kern - Dorothy Fields / Composers: Jerome Kern - Dorothy Fields
04	Favorite Theme From Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto	Ray Conniff	The Essential Ray Conniff			02:54
	Composers: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
05	Early Evening (Album Version)	Ray Conniff	The Essential Ray Conniff			02:31
	Writer: R. Conniff / Composers: R. Conniff
06	(When Your Heart's On Fire) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Album Version)	Ray Conniff & His Orchestra	The Essential Ray Conniff			02:34
	Writer: Jerome Kern - Otto Harbach / Composers: Jerome Kern - Otto Harbach
07	South of the Border (Down México Way) (Album Version)	Ray Conniff	The Essential Ray Conniff			02:23
	Writer: Jimmy Kennedy - Michael Carr / Composers: Jimmy Kennedy - Michael Carr

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Fly Me to the Moon

℗ 2026 Countdown Media GmbH, a BMG company: 05-03-2026

Fly Me to the Moon

01	Fly Me To The Moon	The 101 Strings Orchestra	Fly Me to the Moon			03:40
	Writer: Bart Howard / Composers: Bart Howard
02	Clair de Lune	101 Strings Orchestra	Fly Me to the Moon			03:57
	Writer: Claude Debussy / Composers: Claude Debussy
03	Moonlight Sonata (Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27)	101 Strings Orchestra	Fly Me to the Moon			02:19
	Writer: Ludwig van Beethoven / Composers: Ludwig van Beethoven
04	Moonlight Serenade	101 Strings Orchestra	Fly Me to the Moon			04:17
	Writer: Glenn Miller - Mitchell Parish / Composers: Glenn Miller - Mitchell Parish
05	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	101 Strings Orchestra	Fly Me to the Moon			02:40
	Writer: Brooks Bowman / Composers: Brooks Bowman
06	In the Evening by the Moonlight	101 Strings Orchestra	Fly Me to the Moon			01:37
	Composers: James A. Bland
07	Moonlight Cocktail	101 Strings Orchestra	Fly Me to the Moon			04:20
	Composers: Kim Gannon - Luckey Roberts

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Hipster Jazz & Lounge

(P) 2014 Jazz City Records: 01-08-2014

Hipster Jazz & Lounge

01	Peanuts Theme (From "Linus & Lucy")	Piano League	Hipster Jazz & Lounge			03:04
02	Fever (What a Lovely Way to Burn)	William James	Hipster Jazz & Lounge			03:32
03	Somewhere over the Rainbow	Hawaiian Ukelele	Hipster Jazz & Lounge			03:46
	Composers: Various
04	Hokey Pokey	Hokey Pokey	Hipster Jazz & Lounge			03:11
	Composers: Larry Laprise - Charles Macak - Taftt Baker
05	Sing, Sing, Sci-Fi Swing	Steampunk	Hipster Jazz & Lounge			03:49
06	Happy Feet (Steampunk Version)	The Electro Swingers	Hipster Jazz & Lounge			04:19
	Composers: Milton Ager - Jack Yellen
07	Take Five	George Cates & His Orchestra	Hipster Jazz & Lounge			01:59
	Composers: Paul Desmond

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