Frank Butler

Frank Butler (February 18, 1928–July 24, 1984) was an American jazz drummer. Butler was born in Kansas City, Missouri, but later moved west and was associated in large part with the West Coast school. He never became well-known but was highly regarded by fellow musicians and performed with jazz notables like Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Art Pepper in the 1950s and 1960s. He did not record an album under his own name until the 1970s.

Butler died in Ventura, California at the age of 56.

Discography
Co-Led With Curtis Amy With the Curtis Counce Quintet With Miles Davis With Hampton Hawes With Elmo Hope With Harold Land With Art Pepper With Ben Webster
 * Groovin' Blue (Pacific Jazz, 1961)
 * You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce, originally released as Counceltation (Contemporary, 1956)
 * Landslide (Contemporary, 1956)
 * Sonority (Contemporary, 1958)
 * Exploring the Future (Dooto, 1958)
 * Carl's Blues (Contemporary, 1960 - recorded 1957)
 * The Complete Studio Recordings: The Master Takes (Gambit, 2006)
 * Seven Steps to Heaven (Columbia, 1963)
 * For Real (Contemporary, 1957)
 * The Elmo Hope Quintet featuring Harold Land (Pacific Jazz, 1957)
 * Elmo Hope Trio (Hifijazz, 1959)
 * Harold in the Land of Jazz (Contemporary, 1958)
 * The Fox (Hifijazz, 1959)
 * Smack Up (Contemporary, 1960)
 * Intensity (Contemporary, 1960)
 * Ben Webster at the Renaissance (Contemporary, 1960)