The Big Three post-concert in Wadena, Minnesota, from left: Duke Heitger, Butch, and Jimmy Mazzy

Butch at a private fundraiser in Cambridge, England

The King Oliver Centennial Band debuted in 1985 -- the centennial of the great New Orleans cornetist Joe "King" Oliver's birth -- at the Festival of New Orleans Music in beautiful Ascona, Switzerland. My cornetist friend Charlie DeVore (far right) and I (seated) recruited five English musicians -- from left, Malcolm Horne (guitar and banjo), Alyn Shipton (bass), Teddy Layton (clarinet, alto sax), Dave Evans (drums), Cuff Billett (trumpet), and Pete Dyer (trombone).

The Emporium of Jazz, probably c. 1970-75. The big ring binders contain chord changes for about 400 tunes, most of the Hall Brothers Jazz Band's repertoire.

Onstage with guitarist Pat Donohue, A Prairie Home Companion broadcast from St. Paul's Fitzgerald Theater

Backstage at Jazzfest in New Orleans with gospel singer Topsy Chapman

Butch's New Orleans Jazz Originals band on the air with A Prairie Home Companion, from left: Butch, Jimmy Mazzy, Orange Kellin, Duke Heitger, Vince Giordano, Charlie DeVore, Jeff Hamilton, and Bill Evans

The New England trio: Eli Newberger, tuba and Jimmy Mazzy, banjo

Butch, Santa, and guests at the village hall in Butch's home town, Marine-on-Croix, Minnesota

Butch's Chamber Jazz ensemble post-concert in St. Paul, l to r: Butch, Laura Sewell, Bill Evans, Hal Smith, Music in the Park Series artistic director Julie Himmelstrup, and Duke Heitger

Mardi Gras on a French Quarter porch, l to r: Tom Ebbert, Brian O'Connell, Butch, Bill Huntington, Chuck Badie, and Duke Heitger

Butch, way down front, in solo concert at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis