Conniff Meets Butterfield

Conniff Meets Butterfield is an album by band leader Ray Conniff and trumpeter Billy Butterfield. It was released in 1959 on the Columbia label (catalog no. CS-8155).[1][2]

Conniff Meets Butterfield
Studio album by
Released1959
GenreJazz
LabelColumbia
Ray Conniff, Billy Butterfield chronology
Hollywood in Rhythm
(1959)
Conniff Meets Butterfield
(1959)
Christmas with Conniff
(1959)

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on December 14, 1959, peaked at No. 8, and remained on that chart for 32 weeks.[3]

AllMusic later gave the album a rating of four-and-a-half stars. Reviewer Cub Koda wrote: "Showing off a jazzier side to Conniff that recalls his big-band work, this is a nice album with great trumpet work from Billy Butterfield."[2]

Track listing edit

Side 1

  1. "Beyond The Blue Horizon" (Robin, Whiting, Harling)
  2. "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" (Warren, Mercer)
  3. "All The Things You Are" (Hammerstein II, Kern)
  4. "Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'" (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
  5. "Time On My Hands" (Adamson, Gordon, Youmans)
  6. "Something To Remember You By" (Schwartz, Dietz)

Side 2

  1. "What A Diff'rence A Day Made" (Grever, Adams)
  2. "South Of The Border" (Kennedy, Carr)
  3. "Can't We Be Friends" (Swift, James)
  4. "Rosalie" (Cole Porter)
  5. "A Love Is Born" (Ray Conniff)
  6. "I Found A Million Dollar Baby" (Rose, Warren, Dixon)

References edit

  1. ^ "Ray Conniff Meets Billy Butterfield – Conniff Meets Butterfield". Discogs. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Conniff Meets Butterfield". AllMusic. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. p. 72. ISBN 0823076318.