Henry Butler

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Henry Butler returns to etown for the first time as a Boulder local. Henry relocated from his New Orleans home to Boulder when displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Henry will share this unique experience in discussion with host Nick Forster as well as his astonishing skills on piano. Dr. John calls Henry ‘the pride of New Orleans, a visionistical down-home cat and a hellified piano plunker to boot,’ as only Dr. John can.

A five-time W.C. Handy ‘Best Blues Instrumentalist – Piano’ nominee, Henry Butler knows no limitations. Although blinded by glaucoma since birth, Henry is a master of musical diversity and a world class photographer. Combining the percussive jazz piano playing of McCoy Tyner and the New Orleans style playing of Professor Longhair through his classically-trained wizardry, Butler crafts a sound uniquely his own. A rich amalgam of jazz, Caribbean, classical, pop, R&B and blues influences his music is as excitingly eclectic as that of his New Orleans birthplace.