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Henry Butler - Discography 5 Alben (1990 -2004)

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Henry Butler - Discography 5 Alben (1990 -2004)

Henry Butler - Discography 5 Alben (1990 -2004)
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Henry Butler - Discography 5 Alben (1990 -2004)

Henry Butler - Orleans Inspiration (1990)
Label: Windham Hill | Catalog Number: WD-0122 | Release Date: 1990 | 276 MB

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1. Orleans Inspiration 4:33
2. Something You Got 4:07
3. Dixie Walker 4:42
4. Mama Roux 3:30
5. Tipitina's 3:51
6. Somewhere 5:37
7. Come Back Jack 4:28
8. Goin' Down Slow 4:03
9. Dr. James 3:52
10. Hey Little Girl 3:02
11. Mardi Gras in New Orleans 3:07
12. Good Night Song 2:01

Review by Scott Yanow
Henry Butler, who had recorded a pair of post-bop sets for MCA/Impulse, switches to New Orleans R&B on this spirited program, cut live at Tipitina's in New Orleans. Assisted by guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist Chris Severin, drummer Herman Jackson, and the synthesizer of Michael Goods, Butler puts on a fine show. He plays and sings (in a gospel-ish baritone voice) a variety of originals, plus Leonard Bernstein's "Somewhere," "Goin' Down Slow," and Professor Longhair's "Tipitina's" and "Mardi Gras in New Orleans."
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Henry Butler - For All Seasons (1996)
Label: Atlantic | Catalog Number: 82856-2 | Release Date: 23.Jan 1996 | 298 MB

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1. Blues For All Seasons 6:55
2. How Insensitive 7:41
3. St. Louis Blues 5:14
4. A Winter's Blues 14:43
5. Souvenir D'un Amour 6:21
6. Without A Song 7:08
7. Spring Jam 5:34
8. Love In Autumn 2:11

Review by Scott Yanow
On some of his recordings, Henry Butler has performed gospel music and/or New Orleans funk, taken soulful vocals, and played some electric keyboard. This trio outing, however, is purely acoustic and mostly in the straight-ahead vein. With assistance from bassist Dave Holland and drummer Herman Jackson (trombonist Steve Turre dropped by to play the romantic melody on "Souvenir d'un Amour"), Butler explores such numbers as "St. Louis Blues," "How Insensitive," "Without a Song," and several of his originals. This is one of Butler's strongest jazz dates and finds him displaying his individuality on basic but viable chord structures.

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Henry Butler - Blues After Sunset (1998)
Label: Black Top | Catalog Number: BT-1144 | Release Date: 21.Apr 1998 | 265 MB

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1. I've Got My Eyes On You 3:16
2. Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand 3:19
3. I Really Love You 4:14
4. Butler's Boogie 4:40
5. Relaxing Blues 5:10
6. Blue Moments 5:06
7. The Marriage Song 3:37
8. Tee Na Na 3:49
9. Bourbon Street Blues 5:09
10. Death Has No Mercy 6:23
11. Teatherball 5:19
12. C. C. Rider 4:48

Review by Bob Gottlieb
The line of innovative New Orleans piano players who serve as conduits for fusing genres is continued with this release by Henry Butler. Here he approaches his music for the first time primarily as a blues performer, rather than as a jazz musician playing blues. He is an extraordinary performer who has put together all the years of growing up in the Crescent City, with its diverse musical heritage, his training in piano and voice from the Louisiana State School for the Blind, his continued musical education at Southern University, and the post-graduate work in voice (singing German lieder) at Michigan State, and fused it into one cohesive whole. All the flavors are there and distinct when you look for them, but put together they form a cohesive whole that provokes more thought than the individual parts would. Listen to his terrifying vocals and the support his piano provides for them on his version of "Death Has No Mercy." The tune has always had a chill, but he puts it into another realm that brings up vivid images of the Angels of Death swooping on down. He is joined on several cuts by Snooks Eaglin on guitar and Mark Kazanoff on harmonica, who provide an empathetic support that enhances and helps carry these tunes to further reaches. On "Tetherball," he and Kazanoff play off each other, whirl around each other in an orbit that at times stretches way out there before coming back to this plane at the end of the song, just as the ball rolls up tight against the pole. Henry Butler does it all on this superlative disc — he co-produced it, wrote eight of the 12 songs, did all of the arranging, and provided vocals and piano. This is a disc that should not be missed at any cost.

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Henry Butler - The Game Has Just Begun (2002)
Label: Basin Street Records | Catalog Number: BSR-0801-2 | Release Date: 7.May 2002 | 426 MB

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1. The Game Has Just Begun 5:51
2. This Is Where I Live 5:13
3. Mac Daddy Henry 5:12
4. Tie Me Down 3:51
5. You Are My Sunshine 4:43
6. Regeneration 3:40
7. Great Balls of Fire 3:37
8. High Heeled Sneakers 5:06
9. Fall Blues 5:49
10. When You Listen with Your Eyes 3:44
11. Riders on the Storm 5:58
12. Liberty Street Blues 4:06
13. Q&A with Henry Butler 15:00

Review by David R. Adler
Henry Butler goes all-out electric on his first Basin Street release, outfitting his rootsy brand of blues-rock with synth textures, keyboard bass, even drum machine on a few tracks. Raymond Weber lays down real drums most of the time; the guitar solos by June Yamagishi and Shane Theriot are often blistering. Artistically, however, the results are mixed. The disc gets off to a strong start with four hard-hitting originals, then loses its way until track eight, a grooving rendition of "High-Heeled Sneakers" featuring Butler's superb piano. But the rock covers ("Great Balls of Fire," "Riders on the Storm") are listless, the pop arrangements ("You Are My Sunshine," "When You Listen With Your Eyes") are middle of the road, and the three electronic mood instrumentals are interesting only up to a point. (A 15-minute question-and-answer session with Butler ends the disc.) This is definitely not the best starting point for anyone new to Butler's music.
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Henry Butler - Homeland (2004)
Label: Basin Street Records | Catalog Number: BSR-0802-2 | Release Date: 20.Apr 2004 | 350 MB

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1. Jump to the Music 3:43
2. Henry's Boogie 5:26
3. The Way We Loved 5:25
4. Homeland 4:25
5. Hey Little Girl 4:08
6. Casino 5:17
7. Some Iko 5:09
8. The Game Band Strut 4:24
9. I Stand Accused 4:58
10. OS7.0 5:01
11. You Can't Beat My Love 3:54
12. Ode to Fess 3:53

Review by Rick Anderson
You kids may not be aware of this, but there was a time when the term R&B stood for rhythm and blues, and described a style of music that was readily distinguishable from the pop music mainstream. Today it seems as if R&B has become a term that describes the race of the performer more than it does the music itself. (A Britney Spears album gets filed under rock and pop, whereas if Beyoncé were to make the same album it would be filed under R&B or soul/hip hop.) Henry Butler comes from a different time and place, and his music is R&B in the old sense — it rocks, it rolls, it struts, it features the piano prominently, and it's very much based in the blues and the Creole musical traditions of his native New Orleans. Despite one or two minor missteps, Homeland is a hoot and a joy all the way through, from the touchingly sentimental "Way We Loved" through the slightly hokey "Hey Little Girl" right up to the sweet ode to Professor Longhair that ends the program. The album's highlight is a fantastic adaptation of the New Orleans classic "Iko Iko," and its nadir is the overlong one-chord workout "Casino." Highly recommended overall.
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by Richard Skelly
Henry Butler's blues-based, New Orleans funk-style piano playing is not for every blues fan, to be sure. Butler is a local legend in New Orleans, but rarely tours other parts of the country; most any time of the year, he can be found playing in one of New Orleans' famous nightspots. It's not an exaggeration to say Butler is a piano genius who has yet to be discovered by the masses. His recordings demonstrate that he can do it all: he writes his own songs, does his own arrangements of classic tunes by Professor Longhair and others, and can play with as much passion as a soloist as he can with a band. What makes him great — but admittedly difficult for record companies to market — is that he constantly pushes himself in new directions as a musician. He can't be pigeonholed as blues, jazz, or even rock & roll, though he performs all three genres with impeccable taste, depth of understanding and freshness of appreciation. Butler's playing also reflects influences like gospel and classic R&B.

Butler was born in New Orleans and first began playing piano at a neighbor's house when he was six. While attending the Louisiana State School for the Blind in Baton Rouge, he began taking piano lessons, also studying drums, baritone saxophone and valve trombone. He began playing professionally when he was 14 in Baton Rouge clubs, and then attended college at Southern University in Baton Rouge. He later did post-graduate work at Michigan State University. Before graduating from college, Butler received a National Endowment for the Arts grant to study with Cannonball Adderley and his group of veteran musicians; he learned a lot from all of them, including pianist George Duke.

In the mid-1970s, he returned to New Orleans and found work as a voice teacher at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts. Butler then lived in Los Angeles and New York City for several periods of time, pursuing record deals.

Butler credits jazz clarinetist Alvin Batiste with being a major influence on his career. When Butler was listening to Jimi Hendrix and Chicago, Batiste advised him to begin studying the music of John Coltrane and Charlie Parker, which enabled Butler to develop the great improvisational abilities he demonstrates in his performances today.

Butler has several albums to his credit: Fivin' Around (MCA/Impulse!, 1986), The Village (MCA/Impulse!, 1988), Orleans Inspiration (1990, ) album for the now-defunct Windham Hill Jazz label; a 1992 independent release, Blues & More, Vol. 1; and 1996's For All Seasons on the Atlantic Jazz label. Butler continues to support himself through private lessons and performances around the Crescent City; in 2000, he teamed with Corey Harris for the album Vu-Du Menz.