GUITAR ODYSSEY

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Label
Frémeaux
Release Date
January 3, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Casey, Butler, Williams
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 03, 2020
    • UPC
      3561302568928
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FA5689
    • LABEL
      Frémeaux
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Tea for Two

      Composer: Vincent Youmans

      Performer: Billy Butler, Al Casey, Jackie Williams

    2. St. Louis Blues

      Composer: William Christopher Handy

      Performer: Billy Butler, Al Casey, Jackie Williams

    3. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance

      Composer: Victor Young

      Performer: Billy Butler, Al Casey, Jackie Williams

    4. Take the A Train

      Composer: Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington

      Performer: Billy Butler, Al Casey, Jackie Williams

    5. Three Little Words

      Composer: Harry Ruby

      Performer: Billy Butler, Al Casey, Jackie Williams

    6. Indian Summer

      Composer: Victor Herbert

      Performer: Billy Butler, Al Casey, Jackie Williams

    7. Prologue for a Blues

      Composer: Al Casey, Billy Butler

      Performer: Billy Butler, Al Casey, Jackie Williams

    8. Al and Billy Blues

      Composer: Al Casey, Billy Butler

      Performer: Billy Butler, Al Casey, Jackie Williams

    9. Mack the Knife

      Composer: Kurt Weill

      Performer: Billy Butler, Al Casey, Jackie Williams

    10. Sunny: Who? (take 1)

      Composer: Jerome Kern

      Performer: Billy Butler, Al Casey, Jackie Williams

    11. Sunny: Who? (take 2)

      Composer: Jerome Kern

      Performer: Billy Butler, Al Casey, Jackie Williams

    12. Al and Billy Fast Blues

      Composer: Al Casey, Billy Butler

      Performer: Billy Butler, Al Casey, Jackie Williams


These are two of the greatest sidemen in American jazz: two guitarists representing two generations. In the summer of '74 they were together in New York for a swing and blues session set up by Hugues and Louis Panassié. The elder of the two musicians, Al Casey, had been around since the 30's, and had accompanied Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins and Billie Holiday. The younger guitarist was Billy Butler, who'd played not only with Bill Doggett and Jimmy Smith, but also Sonny Stitt, Dizzy Gillespie or James Brown. The drummer accompanying the pair here is Jackie Williams, whose great class contributes a delicate touch. The freshness of this rare album gives it a sound that reminds you of what a rhythm section's jamming might be like just before the star soloist comes onstage. A smooth, intimate recording that deserves a place in every blues and swing fan's collection. Patrick FRÉMEAUX, 2019 "This record is the only one of it's kind. You won't have heard one even remotely like this, not ever... It teems with beautiful music, and the more you hear it, the more you'll love it." (Hugues PANASSIÉ, 1974)