Butch Miles

Butch Miles ( born July 4, 1944 in Ironton, Ohio) is an American jazz drummer.

Life

Butch Miles grew up in West Virginia, began at age 14 to care for drums and then took lessons from Frank Thompson in Charleston. At first, he played in dance bands in 1971 began his jazz career at Mel Tormes band. In addition to frequent obligations for the Count Basie Big Band since 1975 he accompanied since then for a wide range of jazz musicians such as Wild Bill Davison to Gerry Mulligan. In 1980 he accompanied the singer Tony Bennett. His idol was Sonny Payne of the Count Basie Big Band. He plays in the tradition of swing drummer Jo Jones or as Gus Johnson.

Disco printing specifications

  • Jazz Express
  • Lady Be Good ( with Bucky Pizzarelli )
  • Butch Miles Salutes Chick Webb
  • Butch Miles Salutes Gene Krupa ( Famous Door, 1982) with Jorge Anders
  • Straight On Till Morning
  • Soul Mates
  • Cookin ' ( with Howard Alden )
  • Thank you, Fos! ' ( with Dani Felber Big Band Explosion )

Swell

  • Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley: Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz ("The Rough Guide to Jazz" ). 2nd Ed Metzler, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-476-01892- X.
  • Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley: The Rough Guide to Jazz. 3rd edition, Rough Guides Editions, London 2007, ISBN 1-84353-256-5.
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