Night Life (Billy Butler album) explained

Night Life
Type:Studio
Artist:Billy Butler
Cover:Night Life (Billy Butler album).jpg
Released:1971
Recorded:December 21, 1970
Studio:Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:Jazz
Length:35:43
Label:Prestige
PR 7854
Producer:Bob Porter
Chronology:Billy Butler
Prev Title:Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
Prev Year:1970
Next Title:Billy Butler Plays Via Galactica
Next Year:1973

Night Life is the fourth album by guitarist Billy Butler which was recorded in late 1970 and released on the Prestige label the following year.[1] The album was released on CD combined with Butler's debut album This Is Billy Butler! as Billy Butler: Legends of Acid Jazz in 1998 but, confusingly, was not part the CD release also titled Night Life which compiled Butler's other two albums for Prestige Guitar Soul! and Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the compilation album 4½ stars stating "Butler was a versatile musician who, on ballads in particular displayed a very interesting sound, sometimes sliding between notes as if he were playing a steel guitar".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Night Life" (Walt Breeland, Paul Buskirk, Willie Nelson) - 5:58
  2. "Wave" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) - 5:53
  3. "Watch What Happens" (Jacques Demy, Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand) - 5:06
  4. "Peacock Alley" (Billy Butler, Bill Doggett) - 4:10
  5. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) - 5:08
  6. "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 9:43

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7800-series/#pr-7854 Prestige Records discography
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed March 8, 2013