Butch Warren French Quintet

[bertrand]

Butch's CD, which came out in France about a month ago, can now be purchased in the U.S., either through this link:

http://concertsonthehill.info/bw/index.html

or Amazon marketplace.

A beautiful record, Butch's first as a leader at the tender age of 71.

Disclaimer: I have no financial interest in this. Someone kindly offered to help Butch with this.

Bertrand.

[king ubu]

Got my copy on its way!

There are some nice videos of this band (from concerts given in France in May 2010) up on youtube:

Barack Obama

Blue Bossa

The Theme

(all from Angers)

Cantaloupe Island

(from "Duc des Lombards", a club in Paris)

[bertrand]

There are also some great clips of Butch with Freddie Redd from the Jazz Loft tribute at Twins on 4/20/11 and from their gig at Bohemian Caverns on 2/11/11.

Enjoy the CD - Butch's playing is very strong on this recording.

Bertrand.

[king ubu]

I'm giving it its first spin... the postman threw it into the (still sealed, we had a wrong key!) new mailbox somewhen in the last few days... found it there this evening. Warren comes through very well on the recording, the band is fine (Christophe is the only one somewhat familiar to me - he's excellent).

[bombdiggity]

There are some nice videos of this band (from concerts given in France in May 2010) up on youtube:

Barack Obama

Blue Bossa

The Theme

(all from Angers)

Ah. Maybe it is King YouTube too :-). I had not found the Angers ones yet, but those shows were a few days before recording the CD. All these definitely had them in very cohesive form for the disc.

[Justin V]

I was just enjoying Butch's playing on Donald Byrd's Free Form. I plan on ordering his new disc later this month. It's so exciting to see him back on the scene.