Charles William Butterfield (January 14, 1917 – March 18, 1988)[1] was an American jazz bandleader, trumpeter, flugelhornist, and cornetist.

Charles William Butterfield[2] was born in Middletown, Ohio and attended high school in Wyoming.

[5] He gained attention working with Bob Crosby (1937–1940), and later performed with Artie Shaw, Les Brown, and Benny Goodman.

On September 20, 1944, Capitol recorded the jazz standard "Moonlight In Vermont", which featured a vocal by Margaret Whiting and trumpet solos (both open and muted) by Butterfield.

The trumpeter was a member of the World's Greatest Jazz Band, led by former Crosby bandmates Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart,[5] from the late 1960s until his death in 1988.