Butch Warren(1939-2013)

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An award-winning documentary chronicling the rise of jazz music, its players, its followers, its past and what the future holds told from the landmark of Washington, D.C. The film shows how jazz history was made and continues to be made in the capital today. Through rare recordings and revealing interviews with jazz giants like Esperanza Spalding, Billy Taylor, Buck Hill, Butch Warren, Eric Lewis, Chuchito Valdes, among many others, Oxygen for the Ears: Living Jazz takes the viewers on an emotional journey through historic and present-day jazz moments.

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History of Jazz: Oxygen for the Ears (2012)

Butch Warren was born on 9 August 1939 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor, known for A Night in Heaven (1983) and History of Jazz: Oxygen for the Ears (2012). He was married to Juanita Ellis and Stephanie Morris. He died on 5 October 2013 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.

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A Night in Heaven

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Mr. Orshan

1983

Elew, Thelonious Monk, Butch Warren, Billy Taylor, Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding, Buck Hill, and Chuchito Valdés in History of Jazz: Oxygen for the Ears (2012)

History of Jazz: Oxygen for the Ears

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2012

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A Night in Heaven
4.3
- Mr. Orshan
- 1983

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He was a jazz bassist who was best known for the recordings he made from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. He was discovered by trumpeter Kenny Dorham. Within a few years, he was working with New York's top hard-bop jazz musicians.