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                                                 REGINALD (Tommy) BUTLER

                                                          BASSIST BIO

 

 

Education and Schools

Aeronautical Engineering – Aviation Trades High School – (Long Island City, NewYork).

 

Audio Electronic – RCA Technical Institute – (New York City).

 

First Chair Cello, Morris High School Orchestra, Graduated with Music Honors, and

a Letter in Music, (Bronx NewYork).

 

Student Cellist with New York City Student Teachers Chamber Ensemble.

 

Associate Degree in Commercial Music Production from the Los Angeles Valley College

& California State College At Northridge.

 

“Film scoring basics” and “Understanding Quick Time” American Film Institute –

(Hollywood Cal).

 

”The Power of Music in Film", UCLA Extension Course with Charles Bernstein

 

 

 

Private Study

Cello student of Hadrian Hall, former Conductor of the New York City Youth Orchestra

and teacher of music for the N.Y.C. Board of Education.

 

Beginning acoustic Bass, walking the Blues, with Jazz Bassist Jimmy Garrison

(New York City)

 

Basic Acoustic Bass Concepts with Jerald Jemmott, then bassist for the SUPREMES.

 

Bass and Understanding chord progressions with Jimmy Garrett, then bassist with

George Benson and studio for Motown Records (New York City)

 

Bass, music theory and Counterpoint with Chris White, then bassist with Dizzy Gillespie

Big Band (New York City)

 

Jazz Improvisation with Larry Gales bassist for Thelonious Monk, and numerous other

jazz artists. (Los Angeles)

 

Harmony and Arranging with "Bumps" Blackwell, noted Composer, Arranger.

 

Keyboard Harmony and Bass with Herb Mickman, Los Angeles studio Bassist

 

Arranging and Orchestration with Eddie Mcnson, Los Angeles Film Composer and Arranger.

 

 

 

Teaching Professional

Teaching assistant with the City of Burbank board of Education, Music Department.

 

Two years as a student Conductor of Los Angeles Valley College Acappella Choir and

Studio Jazz Band.

 

Three years as a Bass Instructor at the Eubanks Conservatory of Music and Dance in Los

Angeles.

 

 

 

Professional Bassist

The ability to play both acoustic bass, fretless and freed electric bass, and to also duplicate

many music styles (from Bach to Rock) has made Regis career as a bassist diverse

and challenging.

 

First, as House Bassist at the Café Wha? In New York City’s Greenwich

Village, then spending many years touring and working in many of New York’s well known

Rock, R&B and Jazz venues.

 

 

 

Below, are a few of the more prominent names from the list

of Recording Artists / Singer song writers and Musicians  

 Reginald (Tommy) Butler has performed with:

 

Jimi Hendrix - The Group "Jimi James and the Blue Flame” - Café Wha?

( See the book “Becoming Jimi Hendrix”)

 

Stevie Wonder -"Finger Tips" Live

 

Bob Dylan - Café Wha?

 

Richie Havens - Folk / Pop - Café Wha?

 

Tim Hardin - Jazz / Country - Café Wha?

 

(Bass & Co-writer on the album “Unforgiven”)

 

Van Morrison - Pop / Blues - Café Wha?

 

John Sebastian - Folk / Pop - Café Nigth Owl

 

Odeta - Folk / Blues - Café Wha?

 

Lynn Kellogg - Singer / Song writer / Actress

 

Mary Wells - R&B - Bassist / Band leader

 

 

 

Bassist Continued

 

Eric Mercury - Canadian Pop Rock Singer

 

Baby Huey and Manna’s Babies - Chicago based R&B Show Group

 

Herb Alpert

 

Dobie Grey - Country Singer

 

Eddie Harris - Jazz

 

George Benson - Blues / Jazz

 

Billy Mitchell - Jazz Pianist

 

Rose Gales - Jazz Pianist

 

Wakefield Taylor Trio - Jazz Trio

 

Buck Clark - Drummer for Tony Orlando

 

Albert "Tootie" Heath - Jazz / Pop drummer, one of the famous Heath Brothers

 

Harold Owsley Quartet - Jazz-Tenor Sax

 

 

 

Blues Artists

Sam Taylor Blues Band

 

Coco Taylor Blues Band

 

T. Bone Walker - Blues Singer

 

Big Mama Thornton - Blues Singer

 

Big Joe Turner - Blues Singer

 

Johnnie Otis Band - Blues Singer

 

Apollo Theater House Band under the direction of Rubin Phillips - Various R&B and

 

 

With Reggae Greats

 

Joe Higgs

 

Ken Booth

 

Leroy Smart

 

Carl and Joe Dawkins

 

The International Reggae All Stars

 

Zeff and the Ravers

 

Third Eye

 

Chili Charles - well known Reggae Drummer

 

 

 

Artist

15yrs as, composer / arranger, lead vocalist, bassist and leader of the 

group,  "aka JAH MOON” beginning in 1981.

 

 

 

 

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