Conniff Meets Butterfield

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Conniff Meets Butterfield
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Studio album by
Ray Conniff, Billy Butterfield
Released1959
Genre Jazz
Label Columbia
Ray Conniff, Billy Butterfield chronology
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Conniff Meets Butterfield is an album by band leader Ray Conniff and trumpeter Billy Butterfield. It was released in 1959 on the Columbia label (catalog no. CS-8155). [1] [2]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on December 14, 1959, peaked at No. 8, and remained on that chart for 32 weeks. [3]

AllMusic later gave the album a rating of four-and-a-half stars. Reviewer Cub Koda wrote: "Showing off a jazzier side to Conniff that recalls his big-band work, this is a nice album with great trumpet work from Billy Butterfield." [2]

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Beyond The Blue Horizon" (Robin, Whiting, Harling)
  2. "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby" (Warren, Mercer)
  3. "All The Things You Are" (Hammerstein II, Kern)
  4. "Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'" (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
  5. "Time On My Hands" (Adamson, Gordon, Youmans)
  6. "Something To Remember You By" (Schwartz, Dietz)

Side 2

  1. "What A Diff'rence A Day Made" (Grever, Adams)
  2. "South Of The Border" (Kennedy, Carr)
  3. "Can't We Be Friends" (Swift, James)
  4. "Rosalie" (Cole Porter)
  5. "A Love Is Born" (Ray Conniff)
  6. "I Found A Million Dollar Baby" (Rose, Warren, Dixon)

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References

  1. ↑ "Ray Conniff Meets Billy Butterfield – Conniff Meets Butterfield". Discogs. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Conniff Meets Butterfield". AllMusic. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. p. 72. ISBN   0823076318.
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