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Billy Butterfield

Billy Butterfield

Actor, Music Department

Born January 14, 1917 in Middletown, Ohio, USA

Died March 18, 1988

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Studied playing the cornet while attending school in Wyoming, then switched to violin, bass and trombone before settling on trumpet as his instrument of choice. For a while, it seemed that Billy would embark on a medical career at Transylvania College in Kentucky, but he became so popular performing with the college dance orchestras that, in January 1937, he landed a job with Austin Wylie in Pittsburgh. From there, he went on to a trumpet chair with Bob Crosby and the Bobcats and eventually played for several of the great swing bands: Artie Shaw and His Orchestra (1940-41), Benny Goodman (1941-42) and Les Brown (briefly, until called up for wartime service).

Billy's trumpet playing was noted for powerful emotional phrasing and a rounded, 'fat' sound which ideally suited ballads such as the Bob Haggart hit "What's New" or his solo of Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" with the Artie Shaw band. In the motion picture Second Chorus (1940), he can be heard on Shaw's "Concerto for Clarinet". In early 1946, Billy organised his own outfit in conjunction with ex-Crosby band member William Stegmeyer, who, in addition to playing alto sax and clarinet, also furnished many of the arrangements. While the band made several good recordings, it failed as a financial enterprise and Billy returned to doing studio work in New York. He accompanied Louis Armstrong's vocal of "Blueberry Hill" in 1949. During the 1950's and 60's, he led several small Dixieland-oriented combos and appeared at the famous 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. In 1968, he joined the World's Greatest Jazz Band , along other luminaries, such as ex-Bobcats Bob Haggart and Yank Lawson.

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Rocky Mountain Jazz Party Documentary1977Self

The Mike Douglas Show Poster

The Mike Douglas Show TV Series1961Self - Musician

Jazz Ball Poster

Jazz Ball Documentary1956Self as Billie Butterfield

Star Stage Poster

Star Stage TV Series19551 episode, 1955

The Man Behind the Badge Poster

The Man Behind the Badge TV Series1953Self - jazz trumpeter

The Steve Allen Show presented by Knickerbocker Beer TV Series1953Self

The Tonight Show Poster

The Tonight Show TV Series1953Self - Trumpet Player

Danger TV Series1950Trumpeter - dubbing for Steve Allen

Adventures in Jazz Poster

Adventures in Jazz TV Series1949Self

Floor Show TV Series1949Self

Second Chorus Poster

Second Chorus Feature Film1940Trumpet Player

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Second Chorus Poster

Second Chorus Feature Film1940

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