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Henry Butler Solo / Russian River Ramblers at Healdsburg Jazz Festival at Raven Performing Arts Theater
Courtesy of Gerry Sanders | Posted on April 27, 2017
Where
Raven Performing Arts Theater
Healdsburg Jazz Festival
115 North St.
Healdsburg, CA
Map
(707) 433-6335
When
Sun, June 11, 2017
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Henry Butler
pianoAbout
History of Traditional New Orleans Music
When it comes to jazz, New Orleans is the city that gave and then kept on giving. The musical breeding ground for such giants of traditional jazz as Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton, The Big Easy also gave rise to a present day giant, the pianist and singer Henry Butler – a super virtuoso and ebullient performer who embodies the buoyant spirit of his birthplace. Butler can play it all, from early to modern jazz, with plenty of New Orleans R&B peeking through as well.
For his debut festival performance though, Butler will concentrate on traditional New Orleans jazz. Offering up a thoroughly entertaining history lesson while exhibiting his extraordinary talents as a piano stylist and soulful vocalist, Butler will play work from such key figures as Scott Joplin, Morton, Oliver, James P. Johnson and Fats Waller before saluting the monumental pianist Professor Longhair and other early R&B heroes from New Orleans....