trombonist Corey Henry

Henry  himself is perhaps best recognized around the world as the sweet toned  trombonist featured in the Rebirth Brass Band, Galactic, and trumpeter  Kermit Ruffins’ band, The Barbecue Swingers.  He has also recorded and  played with the Dirty Dozen, Treme and New Birth Brass Bands. He has  imparted his fiery melodies on stages everywhere from New Orleans  neighborhood barrooms to far away festivals before hundreds of thousands  in Canada, Japan Australia, Brazil, Hungary, Spain and Thailand and  command performances for the ambassadors of Senegal, Morocco, Egypt and  Kuwait. Long  before teaming up with any these vanguard ensembles however, Henry, now  36, had been leading his own band for over twenty years.   Like so many  other eager young musicians in the Crescent City, he hung around older  musicians to build his skills and develop his style.  In 1985, the  legendary musician, Anthony “Tuba Fats” Lacen, encouraged the  10-year-old prodigy, suggesting he put a band together.  The Lil’  Rascals Brass Band has been together now for 26 years, still challenging  second liners and rival bands with its hot beats.  The ensemble has  released two fine, very diverse albums.  In 1998, they demonstrated  their respect for traditional brass band music on We Shall Walk Through  the Streets of the City  which includes such classic numbers as “Paul  Barbarin’s Second Line.” And in 2001 they released Buck It Like a Horse,  a disc filled with sizzling original material, redefining a new era of  brass band music. Since  2008, Henry has been touring with Galactic and has recorded 3 albums  with them.In 2011, Henry started a new venture, establishing the Treme  Funktet. It’s a funky sextet that’s comfortable moving from jazz to  R&B and hip-hop, with an occasional visit to the second-line brass  band style.  “I wanted to explore something different—do some of my own  material and share some of my own ideas,” Henry says of the freedoms  offered by Treme Funktet. In 2012, Henry is a Grammy Winner with the  Rebirth Brass Band for the album Rebirth of New Orleans in the Best  Regional Roots Category. Now  working on his solo album, Corey Henry plans to pay tribute to all the  veteran New Orleans musicians from whom he learned his craft, absorbing  all they had to offer.  As a kid, he’d spend hours listening to  trombonists like Trummy Young, J.J. Johnson, Al Grey and Jack Teagarden.   He hails Fred Wesley as being especially influential to his musical  approach.  But no matter their style, these masters remain with Henry  contributing to his wonderfully uncommon sophistication and tone.    For more info: http://www.indiereviewcd.com https://twitter.com/IndieRevue https://www.instagram.com/indie.review https://www.facebook.com/indie.review