George Butler (record producer)

George Butler (record producer)

George Butler (September 2, 1931 - April 9, 2008) was a prominent American jazz record producer, executive and A&R man. He worked for a number of well known jazz record labels from the 1960s to the 1990s including Blue Note Records, Columbia Records and United Artist. cite news |first=Ben|last=Ratliff|title=George Butler, Executive at Prominent Jazz Labels, Is Dead at 76 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/nyregion/20butler.html|work= New York Times |publisher= |date=2008-04-20 |accessdate=2008-05-08] He signed and launched the careers of a number of now famous artists including Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr. and Nnenna Freelon.

Butler died of complications from Alzheimer's disease in Castro Valley, California at the age of 76.

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