LaVerne Butler is a superb but underexposed jazz singer whose main influenc… Read Full Bio ↴LaVerne Butler is a superb but underexposed jazz singer whose main influences include Nancy Wilson and Sarah Vaughan. Butler is originally from Shreveport, LA, where she grew up listening to jazz and R&B extensively with a lot of encouragement from her father, saxophonist Scott Butler.

After leaving Shreveport, she moved to New Orleans, where she studied music at the University of New Orleans and become a fixture in the city's Dixieland and bebop venues. Butler worked with such distinguished locals as Alvin Batiste, Ellis Marsalis, Henry Butler (no relation), and James Black before deciding to move to the New York area in 1984. Butler studied with Jon Hendricks after arriving in New York and later earned her living as an English teacher while tackling the Manhattan club world.

The early to mid-'90s found Butler signed to Chesky, for which she provided her bop-oriented debut album, No Looking Back (1992), and her lighter, more relaxed sophomore release, Day Dreamin' (1994). After leaving Chesky, Butler planned to record an album for Herbie Mann's Kokopelli label in 1997, but her plans fell through when the company experienced financial problems. 1999 saw the release of her third album, Blues in the City.

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All That I Know All that I know is that I love you When you…
Backwater Blues When it rains five days and the sky turns black…
Basin Street Blues Won't you come along with me To the Mississippi We'll take…
Born To Be Blue Some folks were meant to live in clover But they are…
Christmas Song Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at yo…
Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying Don't let the sun catch you cryin' Cryin' on my front…
For the Love of You Hmm Huh Hoo hoo hey baby I'm looking for you Drifting…
Hit the Road Jack Woah baby, woah baby, why'd you treat me so mean, You're…
I'm A Fool To Want You I'm a fool to want you I'm a fool to want…

Let Your Tears Hang Out LET YOUR TEARS HANG OUT …
One For My Baby It's quarter to three, there's no one in the place Except…
Please Send Me Someone To Love Heaven please send to all mankind Understanding and peace of…
Since I Fell For You When you just give love And you never get love You'd better…
Sleigh Ride Just hear those sleigh bells jingle-ing, ring-ting tingle-in…
The Blues Are Out Of Town THE BLUES ARE OUT OF TOWN …
This Bitter Earth This bitter earth What fruit it bears What good is love That…

Willow Weep For Me Willow weep Willow weep Willow weep Willow weep for me, wil…

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