| LC control no. | n 91086136 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ballard, Butch, 1918-2011 |
| Variant(s) | Ballard, George Edward, 1918-2011 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1918-12-12 |
| Death date | 2011-10-01 |
| Place of birth | Camden (N.J.) |
| Affiliation | Louis Armstrong Orchestra Count Basie Orchestra Duke Ellington Band Celebrated Youth Band/Dukes Orchestra (Musical Group) Cootie Williams band (Musical Group) Philadelphia Legends of Jazz Orchestra (Musical Group) |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Drummers (Musicians) Civil rights workers |
| Found in | Ellington, D. The Duke plays Ellington [SR] 1954: label (Butch Ballard) OCLC 4379704 (hdg.: Ballard, Butch, 1917- ) African American National Biography, accessed December 11, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ballard, Butch; George Edward Ballard; jazz musician, drummer; born 12 December 1918 in Camden, New Jersey, United States; began taking drum lessons from Professor Coles, bandmaster of the O. V. Catto Elks Lodge, Philadelphia; formed a band called the Celebrated Youth Band/Dukes Orchestra (1938); played with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis at Minton's Playhouse and later with the Cootie Williams's big band (1941); spent World War II with a U.S. Navy ship's company band in the South Pacific until he was honorably discharged (1945); played in Louis Armstrong's band (1946) and with the Count Basie Orchestra (1949); became the Ellington Band's main drummer (1953); led his own band in Philadelphia (1950s); was the drummer for the Philadelphia Legends of Jazz Orchestra; served as the Democratic ward leader in his district; was a neighborhood civil rights activist) Wikipedia, Feb. 2, 2016 (George Edward "Butch" Ballard; born December 26, 1918, Camden, N.J., died October 1, 2011, Philadelphia; American jazz drummer who during his long career played with musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and Duke Ellington) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Ballard> |
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