Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Billy Butler album)

Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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) Yesterday, 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