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Henry Butler, Steven Bernstein & the Hot 9 at New Mexico Jazz Festival at Hiland Theater
Courtesy of Outpost Performance Space | Posted on July 8, 2014
Where
Hiland Theater
New Mexico Jazz Festival
4800 Central Ave SE
Albuquerque, NM
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When
Fri, July 18, 2014
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Henry Butler
pianoSteven Bernstein
trumpetAbout
Considered the premier exponent of the great New Orleans jazz and blues piano tradition, Henry Butler’s music is a rich amalgam of jazz, Caribbean, classical, pop, blues, and R&B. Blinded by glaucoma at birth, he has been playing the piano since he was six years old, and arranging, composing, and performing professionally since he was twelve. A 10x Pinetop Perkins Best Blues Instrumentalist Award nominee, he has played almost every major club and festival in the United States as well as venues in Brazil, France, Norway, Italy, Japan, Australia, and more. A New York Times review of a performance at the Jazz Standard described Butler as “percussive in his attack, ostentatious with his technique— the picture of stubborn mischief — and, not coincidentally, of New Orleans pianism.....