Henry Butler Steven Bernstein & the Hot 9, Viper’s Drag (Impulse)

Henry Butler is an unquestioned virtuoso, the player who’s pushed the New Orleans piano sound forward the last 30 years. Like James Booker or Art Tatum, he needs no accompaniment […]

Backtalk: Henry Butler and Steven Bernstein

Piano virtuoso and vocalist Henry Butler agrees that the music on his and trumpeter/arranger Steven Bernstein’s album, Viper’s Drag, represents the meeting of two great musical cities: New Orleans and […]

Henry Butler on HBO Blind Photographers Documentary Tonight

Anyone who’s heard New Orleans’ Henry Butler play piano has probably thought to themselves, “How does he do that?” And when finding out that such performances come from a blind […]

Henry Butler Doc Debuts Sunday

[UPDATED] “Okay, can you swing it now? Can you swing it, please?” 17-year-old Natalie Clark implores New Orleans piano legend Henry Butler. “Uh, what do you mean?” an amused Butler […]

YouTube du Jour: Henry Butler

Henry Butler offers his interpretation of Scott Joplin’s ragtime classic, “The Entertainer.” [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT2R_VhoQSg[/youtube]

Henry Butler, PiaNOLA Live (Basin Street)

Henry Butler’s new album is exactly what the title promises, a pure, uncut blast of New Orleans piano. Solo piano albums at their simplest present the musician in the midst […]

Fest Focus: Henry Butler, New Orleans Social Club

When Harry Shearer was asked what he misses most about post-Katrina New Orleans, he answered in two words: Henry Butler. Butler is one of many of the city’s great musicians […]

Henry Butler, Homeland (Basin Street Records)

Papa Henry Butler & the Steamin’ Syncopators, Snug Harbor, October 24, 2003

Henry Butler, The Game Has Just Begun (Basin Street)