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Charles J. Thornton, Jr. (4 de julio de 1944 - 2 de febrero de 2023 [1] ), conocido profesionalmente como Butch Miles, fue un baterista de jazz estadounidense. Tocó con la Orquesta Count Basie , Dave Brubeck , Ella Fitzgerald , Sammy Davis Jr. , Frank Sinatra , Lena Horne y Tony Bennett .
Charles J. Thornton, Jr. (July 4, 1944 – February 2, 2023), known professionally as Butch Miles, was an American jazz drummer. He played with the Count Basie Orchestra, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, and Tony Bennett.
The digital home for world renowned jazz drummer Butch Miles. There are two driving principles in my drumming. The first came from my teacher Mr. Frank Thompson who told me, “Always let the band know where ‘1’ is.”
3 de feb. de 2023 · By On 03rd Feb 2023. Drummer-bandleader Butch Miles (1944-2023) has died. Butch and his drumming were loved and admired all over the world. Butch Miles was best known for his tenure in the Count Basie Orchestra from 1975 to 1979 and then making a ten-year return to the band from 1997 to 2007.
Butch Miles. July 4, 1944 - February 2, 2023. Butch Miles was born in Ironton, Ohio on July 4, 1944 and raised in West Virginia. He started playing the snare drum at age 9 in his school band. He became interested in drumset at age 14 and started drum lessons with Frank Thompson in Charleston, West Virginia at age 15.
Butch has recorded over 100 albums (see Discography) and has been on three (3) Grammy winning albums, along with being nominated numerous times for the European equivalent of the Grammy. He has appeared on “CBS 60 Minutes,” “The Tonight Show” starring Johnny Carson, “The Merv Griffin Show,” “The Dick Cavett Show,” “the Mike ...
Butch Miles. El baterista de jazz estadounidense, Charles J. Thornton, Jr., conocido profesionalmente en el mundo del jazz como Butch Miles (4 de julio de 1944, Ironton, Ohio, Estados Unidos – 2 de febrero de 2023, Austin, Texas, Estados Unidos), tocó con la Orquesta Count Basie, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra ...
