Butch Warren

Butch Warren (born in 1939) is an American jazz double bassist who plays in the hard bop genre.

He began playing professionally for his father, Edward Warren, who led a local band in Washington, D. C.; Butch was 14 when he began. He later worked with other local groups, including Stuff Smith's. In 1958, he moved to New York City to play with Kenny Dorham, and stayed in New York for the rest of his musical career. He became a popular sideman, and also recorded with Dorham and with Donald Byrd, Sonny Clark, Dexter Gordon, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Jackie McLean, and Stanley Turrentine. He played with Thelonious Monk in 1963 and 1964 and then moved back to Washington, D.C., where he briefly worked in television before becoming seriously ill. Since his illness he has played professionally only occasionally.

He rarely soloed, preferring to accompany other musicians.

He never recorded as a leader but performed as a sideman on many albums, including Dexter Gordon's "Go!", Jackie McLean's "Vertigo" (1959) and "Hipnosis" (1967), and many recordings with Thelonious Monk.