[78-L] Margaret Whiting RIP

[Dan Van Landingham]

I wasn't aware Gil Evans worte charts for Butterfield.I know Bill Stegmeyer had 
a piece of the 

band and did the charts.I have a CD somewhere of the Butterfield band from 
around 1947.The
bamd broadcasted over ABC.I have a few Butterfield black label Capitols of him 
like "The Sharp
Scarf" and "Jalousie".The vocalist was one Pat O'Connor whom Al Hendrickson knew 
as did a guy I knew named John Hutchinson who called himself "John Holiday".He 
is now deceased but
lived here in the Coos Bay-North Bend,Oregon area 20 years ago.I once owned a 
Signature 78
of "I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" done under Stegmeyer's name 
featuring Butter-
field.The reverse was a number done by Johnny Bothwell and his Orchestra.I think 
it was "22 St-
eps from the Corner".The vocalist was Claire "Shanty Hogan.It was allegedly the 
Boyd Raeburn
Orchestra with Bothwell leading.The Stegmeyer side was an octet as I recall.I 
wore the record 

out listening to Bothwell's alto work.I was playing alot of alto sax at that 
time.




________________________________
From: Jeff Sultanof <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
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Sent: Thu, January 13, 2011 7:52:17 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Margaret Whiting RIP

Butterfield is yet another musician who was a big drinker and could have had
a much bigger career. My former boss at Warner Bros. played in and arranged
for his band, and told me that he was frequently loaded by the last set on a
gig.

He had an entire book written for him by Gil Evans; several of these
arrangements were recorded for Westminster and the two 10" LPs are now hard
to find. Dan Morgenstern told me that he once asked Butterfield if he still
had the Evans book. He sheepishly told Dan no. What a tragedy.

Jeff Sultanof

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Mark Bardenwerper <citrogsa at charter.net>wrote:

> On 1/13/2011 3:59, Dan Van Landingham wrote:
> >
> > I have "Moonlight in Vermont" by her with Billy Butterfields's
> orchestra.I also
> > have "My Ideal".Both were black label Capitols.They were nice
> records.It's too
> > bad Butterfield didn't make it as a bandleader.
> >
> http://www.landing.com/profiles/matteson.htm
>
> I certainly would not call him a failure. He came into the big band era
> a bit late and his career was interrupted by service in the war. But by
> any measure he had a wonderful career as a musician.
>
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