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A Trombone-Lovin’ City: Corey Henry carries on the tradition

March 26, 2019 by: Geraldine Wyckoff

Trombonist Corey Henry hails from a family full of noted drummers including his grandfather, Chester Jones; his uncle, Treme Brass Band leader Benny Jones; and an uncle who played with Tuba Fats & the Chosen Few Brass Band. Even Corey played drums when he was first coming up and when, in the late 1980s, he formed the Li’l Rascals Brass Band. So why didn’t Henry follow the drumbeat? His father, Oswald “Bo Monkey” Jones,...

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