no drummer photograph
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[Source]
(cropped, recolored)

Butch Ballard

* 1918, US-NJ
† 2011, US-PA

Drummer for
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Count Basie
(et al.)
wikipedia drummer article  Butch on Wikipedia
drummer interview  Interview¹
fan or commemoration website  Obituary (Guardian)
fan or commemoration website  Obituary (philly.com)
drummer photo  B. Ballard 2009²
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 ¹ All about jazz, 2007
² w/ Benny Nelson (l),
Charles Bowen (m)
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