Jacques Butler (sometimes Jack Butler) (April 29, 1909 – 2003) was an American

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trumpeter and vocalist. Butler was raised in

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, where he picked up trumpet in his late teens. He played with Cliff Jackson and

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in New York City, then joined Marion Hardy's Alabamians in 1931-32. He led his own ensemble in 1934-1935 and made recordings with

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before relocating to Europe in 1936. There he played for several years with

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, as well as with Frank "Big Boy" Goudie and with his own bands. In 1940 he was in New York again, where he played with Mercer Ellington,

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, Mezz Mezzrow, and

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. After a brief stay in Toronto he moved back to Europe in 1950, remaining there until 1968 as a regular at the La Cigale club in Paris. In the 1970s he worked often in New York, as a sideman with Clyde Bernhardt among others.

References

*"Jacques Butler". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

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