Remembering Henry Butler
New Orleans piano virtuoso Henry Butler died July 2, 2018, in New York City at age 68. Read more about his life here. To hear Henry Butler’s story and music, check out our 1998 special Color with Henry Butler.
It’s New Orleans jazz clarinet in street parades and clubs. We’ll hear clarinet in the hands of past and present legends: George Lewis, Sidney Bechet, Dr. Michael White and Aurora Nealand, plus a conversation with a sometime New Orleans clarinet virtuoso, Evan Christopher. Then, a live cultural exchange between French Louisiana and West Africa with singer, percussionist and dancer Sidiki Conde from Guinea and zydeco accordionist, cultural historian and sometime alligator wrangler, Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes.
New Orleans piano virtuoso Henry Butler died July 2, 2018, in New York City at age 68. Read more about his life here. To hear Henry Butler’s story and music, check out our 1998 special Color with Henry Butler.