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ARTIST/CREATOR/EDUCATOR

Name: Corey Henry
City/Place: New Orleans, Louisiana
Country: United States

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What's Up? “Lapeitah,” n. (la-pee-TAH) – A second line dance among many, e.g. crisscross, alligator, half spin, hold spin, buck jump, march, one leg kick, running wild, lapeitah.

Co-produced by Corey Henry and Pimps of Joytime’s Brian J, “Lapeitah” places Henry on the national stage, revealing the signature playing style developed in the heart of the Treme.

The Brooklyn-meets-New Orleans collaboration is a mixed genre tour de force, representing the best that funk, soul, rock, and jam-based music have to offer. Among the many special guests you’ll find are Living Color’s Corey Glover, Greg Thomas of George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic, and Maurice “Mobetta” Brown.

Life & Work

Bio: Trombonist COREY HENRY has what many musicians would consider the ideal upbringing: Raised in the neighborhood of Treme, the birthplace of jazz and a stone’s throw away from Congo Square, surrounded and nurtured by some of the most important musicians in New Orleans history.

TREME: THE BIGGEST INSPIRATION
Born in July 1975, Henry grew up on Barracks Street just down from Little People’s Club, once a popular spot for second line parade stops in the Treme. Henry was the third child in a family of five boys and two girls. His grandfather Chester Jones played bass drum in a traditional jazz band at Preservation Hall. His uncle is Benny Jones of the world-renowned Treme Brass Band. “Being in Treme was my biggest inspiration, being around all that music at once. We always had brass bands playing – the Pinstripes, Olympia, the Dirty Dozen. I’d go outside and they’d be playing a party or doing a second line. I got inspired by that and of course it’s in my family, my uncle and grandfather.”

As a result of this musical environment, Henry didn’t learn his craft in the school band the way many other brass band musicians in New Orleans do. Treme was his music classroom; family members and neighbors on every block were his teachers. “I always had people like Tuba Fats giving me tips on what I needed to do during gigs; Freddie Kemp, sax player with Fats Domino; also Stackman, Frederick Shepard, Roderick Lewis. They all lived in the neighborhood and played with the Treme Brass Band.”

Henry started on the snare drum but switched over to the trombone at the age of 10. When he turned 16, his uncle Benny hired him to play with the Treme Brass Band. “He just threw me in the mix with all those bad musicians, said ‘This is how you gon’ learn. Just go for it.’ So I learned doing it live, not during rehearsals. It was like learning on the job.” Showing him the ropes along with his uncle was trumpeter Kermit Ruffins. “They put me with a lot of musicians who were phenomenal, taught me a lot about stage presence, how to conduct yourself, coming to gigs on time.” He counts legendary trombonists Keith ‘Wolf’ Anderson and Revert Andrews as mentors who helped him develop his unique sound. “It was these two different musicians showing me things and me listening and practicing and just researching, being hungry and eager to learn.”

With “Lapeitah,” his national debut from Louisiana Red Hot Records, Henry reveals a signature playing style and the ability to lead a band with his own muscular voice and his trombone blasting through the room like a fast-coming train, fueled further by the crowd’s energy that he inspires.

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

Henry was the trombonist on Rebirth Brass Band’s “Rebirth of New Orleans” that won the Grammy for Best Regional Roots Album in 2012.

Henry’s talents as a musician have been recognized by his peers and the public, winning these Offbeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards:

Best Emerging Artist, 2013
Best Trombonist, 2016

In 2019, Corey Henry & the Treme Funktet won Gambit Magazine’s Best of the Big Easy Award for Best Funk Band.

The New York Times listed Corey Henry & the Treme Funktet as one of 13 standout sets at the 2019 New Orleans Jazz Fest.

Most recently, Corey Henry won the 2019 Spirit of Satchmo Music Award sponsored by French Quarter Festivals, Inc. for his commitment to preserving and honoring Louis Armstrong’s legacy through his performance.

Contact Information

Email: tremefunktet6@gmail.com
Telephone: +1 504.919.7252
Record Company: Louisiana Red Hot Records
2117 Veterans Blvd. #336
Metairie, LA 70002

ABOUT LOUISIANA RED HOT RECORDS
Offbeat Magazine’s 2015 and 2018 Record Label of the Year and home to Louisiana super groups like Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk and Honey Island Swamp Band, Louisiana Red Hot Records is a leader among Southern independent labels in marketing and worldwide distribution. Louisiana Red Hot has emerged from the near-total destruction of its facilities by Hurricane Katrina to become the only label in the Deep South partnered with Entertainment One, the world’s #1 independent distributor of music and video. For over 20 years, Louisiana Red Hot Records has specialized in providing the world with a richly varied catalog of more than 200 albums by a brilliant array of Pelican State blues, jazz, rock, R&B, Cajun and zydeco artists. The company continues to represent the best of the past and future of music made in and inspired by the profound and incomparable Louisiana musical heritage.