She’s also blessed with amazing vocal chops.
They go well together.īynum is the founder of Juanita Bynum Ministries in Waycross, Ga., and is self-described as a Bible teacher, prophet, psalmist, author and television personality. Butler and Bynum share the stage on one tune, Bynum’s “I Don’t Mind Waiting,” which is unfortunate on a two-disc project. Instead, he shares the spotlight with Bynum and sings his original songs “Falling in Love With Jesus,” “Don’t You Worry,” “Love Never Fails” and “We Need You Lord.” On the latter, as the chorus builds, Butler is truly in his element in a profoundly spiritual moment. You won’t hear much of Butler’s sweet acoustic sounds here, unfortunately. Recorded live at the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center in Birmingham, Ala., with the 60-piece Gospel Goes Classical Symphony Orchestra and 100-member choir conducted by Henry Panion III, the project is crammed with joyous vocal tunes, spoken-word spirituals and testimonials. Jonathan Butler Sheet Music from 'Kirk Whalum - The Gospel According to Jazz: Chapter 2' Browse All Jonathan Butler Sheet Music from 'Kirk Whalum - The Gospel According to Jazz: Chapter 2' Musicnotes features the worlds largest online digital sheet music catalogue with over 300,000 arrangements available to print and play instantly. Now, Butler has followed a 2004 gospel release titled The Worship Project with an ambitious two-CD set with Juanita Bynum. But those who’ve witnessed his revivalist energy onstage know that preaching the Good Word is equally as important to him as laying down a groove. He was also nominated for a Grammy Award for his single "Going Home".Īlso in 2008, Butler guest-starred on George Duke's Album Dukey Treats, alongside the late Teena Marie on the track Sudan, talking about the disasters of Darfur.Guitarist Jonathan Butler’s hard-earned reputation as a solid smooth-jazz acoustic guitarist is well deserved. This recording, featuring arrangements by Panion, Tommy Stewart, Michael Loveless, and Ray Reach, rose to No. 2 on the Billboard Gospel chart, and No. 3 on the Classical Crossover chart.
In 2006, Butler was a featured vocalist on the album Gospel Goes Classical, produced by University of Alabama at Birmingham music professor Henry Panion. His international breakthrough came in 1987 with his Grammy-nominated hit single, "Lies" which reached #25 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, and his cover version of the Staple Singers song "If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)", which he performed with Ruby Turner.īutler maintained a loyal following in the 1980s and 1990s, in South Africa, the United States and Europe. All three releases were issued by Mountain Records.īutler was signed to Jive Records in 1977, and in the early 1980s he moved to the United Kingdom, where he remained for seventeen years. Two albums were recorded with the Express personnel, and some Pacific Express songs were later released on the 1988 7th Avenue album. In 1978 he found the inspiration and encouragement to begin expressing himself as a composer and songwriter when he joined Cape Town's best known jazz/rock outfit, Pacific Express. He began touring at the age of seven when he joined a travelling stage show, and was later signed up to perform on a string of hit recordings, turning him into a local teen idol. His first single was the first by a black artist played by white radio stations in the racially segregated South Africa and earned a Sarie Award, South Africa's equivalent to the Grammy Awards. Racial segregation and poverty during Apartheid has been the subject of many of his records. His music is often classified as R&B, jazz fusion or worship music.īorn and raised in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa, during Apartheid, Butler started singing and playing acoustic guitar as a child. Jonathan Butler (born 10 October 1961) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist.
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