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- Died
- Birth nameJr. Edward Rudolph Warren
- Butch Warren was born on August 9, 1939 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor, known for A Night in Heaven (1983) and History of Jazz: Oxygen for the Ears (2012). He was married to Juanita Ellis and Stephanie Morris. He died on October 5, 2013 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
- SpousesJuanita Ellis (divorced, 1 child)Stephanie Morris (divorced, 1 child)
- He was a jazz bassist who was best known for the recordings he made from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. He was discovered by trumpeter Kenny Dorham. Within a few years, he was working with New York's top hard-bop jazz musicians.
- He was the house bass player for the Blue Note record label. He is heard on albums by Dexter Gordon, Herbie Hancock, and Sonny Clark. He also toured the world with Thelonious Monk in the early 1960s.
- His father was an electronics technician and a pianist who played at local clubs. His mother was a typist at the CIA headquarters.
- When a visiting musician, a member of Duke Ellington's band, left a bass at the Warrens' house, Butch took up the instrument. He took lessons with Joseph Willens, a bassist with the National Symphony Orchestra.
- Jazz bassist.
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