Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Billy Butler album) explained

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

Reception

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

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 27 (tracks 5 & 6), and June 29 (tracks 1-4 & 7), 1970

Personnel

• Billy Butler - guitar, bass guitar
• Houston Person - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-4 & 7)
• Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 5 & 6)
  • Ernie Hayes (tracks 1-4 & 7), Sonny Phillips (tracks 5 & 6) - organ, electric piano Everett Barksdale, Billy Suyker - guitar (tracks 5 & 6)
  • Jimmy Lewis (tracks 1-4 & 7), Chuck Rainey (tracks 5 & 6) - electric bass Jimmy Johnson - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7700-series/#pr-7797 Prestige Records discography
2. Jurek, T. Allmusic listing accessed March 7, 2013