Don Butterfield (b. 1923 in Centralia, Washington, d. November 27, 2006 in Clifton, New Jersey) was an American jazz and classical tuba player. Centralia is a city in Lewis County, Washington, United States. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Clifton is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. ... Jazz is an original American musical art form that originated around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in African American musical styles blended with Western music technique and theory. ... This article is about the genre of classical music in the Western musical tradition. ... The tuba is the largest of the low-brass instruments and is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the ophicleide. ...

Biography

Butterfield took up tuba in high school. He wanted to play trumpet, but the band director assigned him to tuba instead. He went on to study the instrument at Juilliard School. High school - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Trumpeter redirects to here. ... The Juilliard School is recognized as one of the best performing arts conservatories in the world. ...

He started his professional career in the late 1940s playing for the CBS and NBC radio networks. He played in orchestras, including the American Symphony, Radio City Music Hall Orchestra and on albums by Jackie Gleason. CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... NBC (an abbreviation for National Broadcasting Company, its former corporate name) is an American television network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center and is shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Radio City Music Hall at Christmas 2005 Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Herbert John Jackie Gleason (b. ...

In the 1950s, he switched to jazz, backing such artists as Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, Charles Mingus, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Jimmy Smith and Moondog. He fronted his own sextet for a 1955 album on Atlantic Records and played the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. John Birks Dizzy Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. ... Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer who many consider to be one of the finest male popular song vocalists of all time. ... Charles Mingus (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979), also known as Charlie Mingus, was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and occasional pianist. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A young Jimmy Smith, on the 1958 album House Party Jimmy Smith, nicknamed The Incredible Jimmy Smith, (December 8, 1925 – February 8, 2005) was a jazz musician whose instrument was the Hammond B-3 electric organ. ... Moondog the nom de plume of Louis T. Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), was a composer, musician and poet, who also invented musical instruments - all this despite being blind, and, for three decades, homeless. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label that operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every August in Newport, Rhode Island. ...

In the 1970s he worked as a session musician, he played on recordings for a variety of artists and on television and film soundtracks, including The Godfather Part II. Session musicians are musicians available for hire, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit or who have acquired fame in their own right. ... A film soundtrack is the music that is from or inspired by a feature film. ... The Godfather Part II is the soundtrack from the movie of the same name, released in 1974 by MCA. Tracks Main Title/The Immigrant 3:27 New Carpet 2:00 Kay 3:00 Evry Time I Look in Your Eyes/After the Party 2:35 Vito and Abbandando 2...

Butterfield suffered a stroke in 2005, which left him unable to play, and his death was from a stroke-related illness. A stroke, also known as cerebrovascular accident (CVA),[1] is an acute neurologic injury in which the blood supply to a part of the brain is interrupted. ...

References

• Acclaimed tuba player dies, Associated Press, November 29, 2006 (retrieved via Forbes on December 1, 2006).

External links

• Don Butterfield at All Music Guide