Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Billy Butler album)

This Is Billy Butler!
Studio album by Billy Butler
Released	1969
Recorded	April 27 and June 29, 1970 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:03
Label	Prestige PR 7622
Producer	Bob Porter
Billy Butler chronology
Guitar Soul! (1969) Testerday, Today & Tomorrow (1970) Night Life (1971)

Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow is the third album led by guitarist Billy Butler which was recorded in 1970 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 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 demanding artist".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Billy Butler except as indicated

1. "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" - 5:14
2. "Girl Talk" (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) - 4:57
3. "Dancing on the Ceiling" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:45
4. "Hold It!" (Billy Butler, Clifford Scott) - 3:52
5. "Evening Dreams" - 4:11
6. "The Butler Did It" - 3:49
7. "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

References