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For|the Seventh-day Adventist historian|Jonathan M. ButlerUse British English|date=May 2011Use dmy dates|date=May 2011BLP sources|date=May 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Jonathan Butler| image = Jonathan Butler 2.jpg| caption = Jonathan Butler in 2007| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| Born = birth date and age|1961|10|10|df=y Athlone, Cape Town|Athlone , Cape Town South Africa| death_date =| instrument = Vocals, guitar| genre = Rhythm and blues , jazz fusion , contemporary worship music | occupation = Musician, songwriter| years_active =| label = Mountain Records , Jive Records | associated_acts = Pacific Express , Kirk Whalum , Ruby Turner , Boney James , Dave Koz | website = http://www.jonathanbutler.com Jonathan Butler.com| notable_instruments = Gretsch Semi-hollow, Carvin Corporation SH575, and various acoustic-electric classical guitars Jonathan Butler (born 10 October 1961, Athlone , Cape Town , South Africa) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is often classified as Rhythm and blues|R& B , jazz fusion or contemporary worship music|worship music .
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Born and raised in Cape Town during Apartheid , Butler started singing and playing acoustic guitar as a child. Racial segregation and poverty during Apartheid has been the subject of many of his records.cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p6217|pure_url=yes|title=Biography: Jonathan Butler|last=Henderson|first=Alex|publisher= All Media Guide|AMG |accessdate=20 May 2010 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 Award s.
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 . 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 . Two albums were recorded with the Express personnel, and some Pacific Express songs were later released on the 1988 7th Avenue album. All three releases were issued by Mountain Records .
Butler was signed to Jive Records in 1977, and in the early 1980s he moved to the United Kingdom where he remained for seventeen years. His international breakthrough came in 1987 with his Grammy Nominees|Grammy nominated hit single, "Lies" and his cover version of the Staple Singers song " If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) ", which he performed with Ruby Turner .
Butler maintained a loyal following in the 1980s and 1990s, in South Africa, the United States and Europe.
In 2006, Butler was a featured vocalist on the album Gospel Goes Classical, produced by University of Alabama at Birmingham music professor Henry Panion . This recording, featuring arrangement s by Panion, Tommy Stewart (trumpeter)|Tommy Stewart , Michael Loveless, and Ray Reach , rose to #2 on the Billboard Gospel chart, and #3 on the Classical Crossover chart. http://www.billboard.com/album/juanita-bynum-jonathan-butler/gospel-goes-classical/795536# "Gospel Goes Classical, Vol. 1" He was also nominated for a Grammy Award for his single "Going Home".
Also in 2008, he guest starred on George Duke 's Album Dukey Treats, alongside the late Teena Marie on the track Sudan, talking about the disasters of Darfur .
http://www.jonathanbutler.com Jonathan Butler's Official Website
Persondata | NAME = Butler, Jonathan | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 10 October 1961 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Jonathan Category:South African rhythm and blues musicians Category:South African jazz guitarists Category:Smooth jazz guitarists Category:1961 births Category:Jive Records artists Category:Living people Category:Cape Coloureds Category:People from Cape Town
