Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Billy Butler album)

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Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedApril 27 and June 29, 1970
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length33:03
Label Prestige
PR 7797
Producer Bob Porter
Billy Butler chronology
Guitar Soul!
(1969)
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
(1970)
Night Life
(1971)

Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow is the third album led by guitarist Billy Butler which was recorded in 1970 and released on the Prestige label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic awarded the album 8 stars stating "Billy Butler was a guitarist's guitarist and an innovator in both production and arrangements. This disc is solid from top to bottom and reveals the restless spirit of a quiet yet decomposing artist". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Billy Butler except where noted

  1. "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" - 5:14
  2. "Girl Talk" (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) - 4:57
  3. "Dancing on the Ceiling" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:45
  4. "Hold It!" (Billy Butler, Clifford Scott) - 3:52
  5. "Evening Dreams" - 4:11
  6. "The Butler Did It" - 3:49
  7. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) - 4:48

Personnel

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References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed March 7, 2013
  2. 1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic listing accessed March 7, 2013