Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow is the third album led by guitarist Billy Butler which was recorded in 1970 and released on the Prestige label.Prestige Records discography accessed March 7, 2013
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".Jurek, T. Allmusic listing accessed March 7, 2013
Track listing All compositions by Billy Butler except where noted "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" - 5:14 "Girl Talk" (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) - 4:57 "Dancing on the Ceiling" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:45 "Hold It!" (Billy Butler, Clifford Scott) - 3:52 "Evening Dreams" - 4:11 "The Butler Did It" - 3:49 "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
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