JazzArts Charlotte’s virtual live music series presents Raleigh-native trombonist Mitch Butler.
Enjoy an evening with Butler’s high energy arrangements of jazz standards with a stellar group of seasoned musicians and young upstarts from our own Jazz Academy.
Mitch Butler has been the trombonist and arranger for a number of critically acclaimed musical groups, including the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (Grammy Award for large jazz ensemble with the release of the recording Book One) and the international award-winning jazz group JazzBonez. Adding the role of producer to his resume, Butler teamed up with Grammy Award-winning producer Richard Seidel in 2017, where he served as musical director for critically acclaimed vocalist Tiffany Austin and her second album Unbroken. Butler has also performed and/or recorded with musical greats Dee Dee Bridgewater, Curtis Fuller, Tia Fuller, Derrick Gardner, Robert Glasper, Slide Hampton, Conrad Herwig, Branford Marsalis, Bob Mintzer, Melt
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