Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Billy Butler was born William Butler Jr. on December 15, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and began his career in the 1940s behind the Harlemaires. The 1950s saw him as a member of a trio led by Doc Bagby and accompanied keyboardist Bill Doggett.
Butler worked with Al Casey, King Curtis, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Bill Davison, Tommy Flanagan, Panama Francis, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Johnny Hodges, Floyd “Candy” Johnson, David “Fathead” Newman, Houston Person, Sammy Price, Jimmy Smith, Norris Turney, and Dinah Washington.
He is credited as the guitarist on the 1961 Peppermint Twist, Parts 1 & 2 by Joey Dee and the Starliters at the Peppermint Lounge in New York City. He co-wrote Honky Tonk, an R&B hit for Doggett.
Guitarist Billy Butler transitioned on March 20, 1991 from a heart attack at home in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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Three Wishes
While hanging out with Roy McCurdy the Baroness had the pleasure of asking him what he would wish for if magically they could be realized and he told her:
- “For my family to be happy and secure.”
- “To play as often as I wanted to, consistently good.”
- “Oh, I don’t know! To be happy. And peace of mind. That’s probably… probably is it.”
ROSE MAX, RAMATIS & BRIAN POTTS
Street Stage Project on the steps of the Old Post Office
No Cover | All Ages
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GUITAR SUMMIT IV
The Miami Jazz Cooperative is a nonprofit organization supporting jazz in South Florida by facilitating performance opportunities for musicians, entertaining audiences, and educating the community.
The summit brings twelve world class guitarist together for an evening of exciting performances and fun!
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Robert Conti was born November 21, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was an autodidact, first performing locally at age fourteen and mentoring with Pat Martino. In 1966, after four years on the road touring North America, he settled in Jacksonville, Florida.
In 1970, he dropped out of the music business to work in the securities field. Six years later he picked up his guitar and by 1979, he signed with Discovery Records. Conti released Solo Guitar as his debut as a leader and his sophomore project Latin Love Affair. By 1982 he left music again for the business world but again in 1985 he released another album. The following year he headlined the Florida National Jazz Festival, with Jimmy McGriff and Nick Brignola as his sidemen.
In mid-1988 he was offered a position under filmmaker Dino De Laurentiis in Beverly Hills, California. After a lengthy recovery from a back injury in late 1988, he was offered a position as resident jazz guitarist at the Irvine Marriott, a job he held until 1998.
Since starting his website in 2000, he has released 30 educational DVDs on jazz guitar, including pro chord melody and improvisation using his No Modes No Scales approach to teaching jazz guitar. Guitarist and educator Robert Conti, who has his own line of solid spruce thinline archtop jazz guitars since 2009, continues to teach, and perform.
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