American Sampler
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:: My Melancholy Baby :: The Song is You :: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? :: I Got Rhythm :: Witchcraft :: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye :: Come Rain or Come Shine :: Say It Isn't So :: Over the Rainbow :: Some Other Time ::

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American Sampler
Bett Butler featuring Joël Dilley
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Pianist/vocalist Bett Butler and bassist/producer Joël Dilley use all the colors in their musical palette to paint nuanced interpretations of universal stories from the Great American Songbook. “My Melancholy Baby” becomes a soothing lullaby of reassurance; “I Got Rhythm,” an exultant and childlike celebration of romantic love; Irving Berlin’s “Say It Isn’t So” is a world-weary plea for truth; “Witchcraft” becomes a devilishly playful song of seduction; Cole Porter’s “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye” is delivered with sophisticated cynicism masking a shattered heart; “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?,” a timely protest against economic injustice; and “Over the Rainbow” becomes an affirmation of hope for a new and better world.

Myths & Fables
Bett Butler
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:: For Gabriele :: When Love Has Left the Room :: I Wish I Were in Love Again :: Secrets :: Angel in a Dog Suit :: Cold Front :: Nothin’ to Be Proud Of :: Bitter Dawn :: It Ain’t Over ‘til It’s Over :: Recuerdos :: Grim Fairy Tale :: Something You Said ::

In this collection of original songs, storyteller Butler follows an offbeat assortment of characters: the pioneering Expressionist artist who dreams of flying beyond the stifling early twentieth-century domesticity demanded by her lover in “For Gabriele;” small-town residents still reeling from a generations-old suicide in “Secrets;” a saucy woman demanding equal satisfaction in the bedroom in “It Ain’t Over ‘til It’s Over,” and a celebration of a beloved canine companion in “Angel in a Dog Suit.”

Producer Joël Dilley uses instrumentation, placement, and effects cinematically, creating the perfect aural mise en scène for each story, transporting the listener from the alcohol-numbed claustrophobia of “When Love Has Left the Room” (winner in the Jazz category of the 2006 International Songwriting Competition) to the lonely plaza where phantom memories echo in his composition “Recuerdos.”

Short Stories
Bett Butler
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In original songs exploring her roots in blues and classic R&B, Butler sketches life's lessons, loves and losses with imagination, humor, and truth. "Bubba's Inconvenience Store" tells of big dreams in a small town; "Let's Talk It Over" and "Tell Me What It Is," pleas for honesty between lovers; "I Saw You on the Street Today," a re-telling of a Nancy Wilson's mid-century classic with an updated ending; and "Butterfly," the tale of a courageous young woman's transition from this life to the next. Says Robert Lindquist of Singer Magazine, "Bett Butler...takes us on a jazz journey that blends a host of styles into a sound that is meticulously constructed, both musically and lyrically....Her poetry and vision, combined with keyboard prowess and sterling vocalizations, amuse and entertain track after track....This CD is a sheer joy."