Search - Billy Butterfield, Andy Bartha :: Take Me to the Land of Jazz

Trumpeter Billy Butterfield could play pretty ballads and heated Traditional Jazz with equal skill. Butterfield?s career goes back to the ?30s; he became famous while playing with Bob Crosby?s Orchestra (?37-?40) taking the main solo on the original "What?s New."He also worked with Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, World?s Greatest Jazz Band and had his own big band. Butterfield did extensive studio work in the ?50s and ?60s, occasionally emerging for trad dates with Eddie Condon and this exciting live album with Andy Bartha?s band. Cornetist Bartha was active in the Fort Lauderdale area in the ?60s and ?70s and had a tremendous band. Songs 1-10 early ?70s at Ray Gluth?s Life Lounge, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Songs 11-15,November 2, 1969 at Top Gallant Room of the Moonraker Restaurant, Fort Lauderdale, FL.