1. Henry Butler was an American jazz and blues pianist.
10 Facts About Henry Butler
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Henry Butler received a college degree and graduate degree and taught at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts.
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Henry Butler worked as a soloist and in groups in Los Angeles and New York City.
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Henry Butler was mentored at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by clarinetist and educator Alvin Batiste.
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Henry Butler later earned a master's degree in music at Michigan State University in 1974 and received the MSU Distinguished Alumni Award in 2009.
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Henry Butler taught at Eastern Illinois University from 1990 to 1996, after which he returned to New Orleans.
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Henry Butler spoke of the Colorado period as "a trying exile".
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Henry Butler died of cancer in New York City on July 2,2018, at the age of 69.
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Henry Butler was known for his technique and his ability to play in many styles of music.
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In 1987, music critic Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrote that Henry Butler "revels in fluency and facility, splashing chords all over the keyboard and streaking through solos with machine-gun articulation".