(source: wikipedia)Don Kiethly Butterfield (April 1, 1923 – November 27, 2006) was an American jazz and classical tuba player.
Butterfield began to play the tuba in high school. He wanted to play trumpet, but the band director assigned him to tuba instead. He joined the United States Army Air Forces and reached the rank of technician fifth grade. After serving in the U.S. Military from 1942 to 1946, he studied the instrument at the Juilliard School.
Butterfield started his professional career... more
