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George Butler

real name George Tucker Butler Jr.

George Butler is credited on 2,185 releases across 550 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1967–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,185

Credits

550

Albums

7

Decades active

306

In collections

Biography

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American record producer, label executive and A&R man. Born on 2 September 1931 in Charlotte, N.C., U.S. - Died on 9 April 2008 in Castro Valley, California, U.S.
He worked for a number of well-known jazz record labels from the 1960s to the 1990s including United Artists Records, Blue Note Records (1972-1976, producer), and Columbia Records (A&R executive, after 1978). When Columbia became part of Sony in the 1980s, Butler was promoted to senior vice president and executive producer (after 1988). He signed and launched the careers of a number of now famous artists including Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr. and Nnenna Freelon. His most notable achievement as a record-label executive, however, was urging jazz trumpeter Miles Davis to come out of retirement and record again.

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Credited work

2,185 releases · 550 albums · active 1967–2025

  • Production · 2,165
  • Other credits · 66
  • Performance · 18
  • Mastering · 7
  • Engineering · 7

Studios: The Sound Factory · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · A&R Studios · CBS Studios, New York

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