Henry Butler

For other people named Henry Butler, see Henry Butler (disambiguation).

Henry Butler
Henry Butler after opening for B.B. King at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California in January 2007.
Background information
Birth name	Henry Butler
Born	September 21, 1949 (1949-09-21)
Origin	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Genres	Jazz
Occupations	Pianist
Instruments	Piano
Labels	Impulse Records Windham Hill Basin Street Records

Henry Butler (born September 21, 1949, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American jazz pianist.

He is known for his technique and his ability to play in many styles of music. Referred to by Dr. John as "the pride of New Orleans", Butler is his generation's representative in the Crescent City's lineage of piano players such as Professor Longhair, James Booker, Tuts Washington, and Jelly Roll Morton.

Butler has recorded for several record labels, including Impulse, Windham Hill, and Basin Street Records.

Blinded by glaucoma since birth, Butler has not stopped pursuing photography as a hobby; some of his photographs have been shown in galleries in New Orleans. Butler is a 1974 graduate of Michigan State University and received the MSU Distinguished Alumni Award in 2009.

Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Butler left New Orleans and relocated to Colorado. Butler now resides in New York as of September 2009.

Discography

• Fivin' Around (1986)
• The Village (1988)
• Orleans Inspiration (1990)
• Blues & More (1992)
• For All Seasons (1996)
• Blues After Sunset (1998)
• The Game Has Just Begun (2002)
• Homeland (2004)

External links

• Official website
• Culture Catch Music Salon & Dusty Wright Interview with Henry
• Bonnaroo Interview with Henry by Ellen Mallernee
• Le Show interview: Shearer, Harry (May 3, 1998). "le Show". HarryShearer.com. http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=263. Retrieved January 5, 2009.