Night Life (Billy Butler album)

1971 studio album by Billy Butler

Night Life

Studio album by

Billy Butler

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
Billy Butler chronology
| Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
(1970)  | Night Life
(1971)  | Billy Butler Plays Via Galactica
(1973)

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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

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]

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

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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

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* Billy Butler \- guitar
* Jesse Powell - tenor saxophone
* Houston Person \- tenor saxophone (tracks 3 & 6)
* Johnny "Hammond" Smith \- organ, electric piano (track 3)
* Bob Bushnell \- electric bass
* Jimmy Johnson - drums

## References

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1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed March 8, 2013
2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed March 8, 2013

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Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

As eader
or co-leader|

* All Soul (1959)
* That Good Feelin' (1959)
* Talk That Talk (1960)
* Opus De Funk (1961)
* Stimulation (1961)
* Gettin' the Message (with Lem Winchester, 1961)
* Johnny "Hammond" Cooks with Gator Tail (with Willis Jackson, 1960)
* Black Coffee (with Seldon Powell, 1962)
* Look Out! (with Seldon Powell, 1962)
* A Little Taste (1963)
* Mr. Wonderful (1963)
* The Stinger (1965)
* Love Potion #9 (1966)
* The Stinger Meets the Golden Thrush (with Byrdie Green, 1966)
* Gettin' Up (1967)
* Soul Flowers (1967)
* Dirty Grape (1968)
* Nasty! (1968)
* Black Feeling! (1969)
* Soul Talk (1969)
* Here It 'Tis (1970)
* Breakout (1971)
* What's Going On (1971)
* Wild Horses Rock Steady (1971)
* The Prophet (1972)
* Higher Ground (1973)
* Gambler's Life (1974)
* Gears (1975)

With others|

* Angel Eyes (Gene Ammons, 1960–62)
* Velvet Soul (Gene Ammons, 1960–62)
* Night Life (Billy Butler, 1970)
* Taking Care of Business (Oliver Nelson, 1960)
* For Once in My Life (Sylvia Syms, 1967)

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