Corey Henry

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Corey Henry

| image = CoreyHenry.jpg

| caption = Henry at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 2025

| birth_name =

| alt = Corey Henry on trombone.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|07|14}}

| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana

| occupation = Trombonist, singer-songwriter

| years_active = 1985–present

| instrument = {{flatlist|

Trombone
Vocals

}}

| genre = {{flatlist|

Funk
Brass

}}

| label = Louisiana Red Hot Records

| website = https://www.coreyhenrytremefunktet.com/

}}

Corey Henry is an American trombonist, composer, producer, singer and songwriter born in New Orleans, Louisiana.{{Cite web |title=Corey Henry |url=https://www.neworleans.com/listing/corey-henry/46341/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=www.neworleans.com |language=en-us}} He was raised in the Treme neighborhood near New Orleans' historic Congo Square.{{Cite web |title=Corey Henry {{!}} Kennedy Center |url=https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/h/ha-hn/corey-henry/ |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=The Kennedy Center |language=en}} Henry began playing drums as a child, but switched to trombone at age 10, learning from his family members including Uncle Benny Jones, Sr.{{Cite web |last=Reckdahl |first=Katy |date=2023-05-04 |title=Drumming for Treme Brass Band or driving his famous orange truck, Benny Jones Sr. is hard to miss |url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/drumming-for-treme-brass-band-or-driving-his-famous-orange-truck-benny-jones-sr-is/article_cec1bfe2-e9da-11ed-ac1c-db40cc19cc0e.html |access-date=2025-06-23 |website=NOLA.com |language=en}} in the Treme Brass Band.{{Cite news |last=Reckdahl |first=Katy |date=2017-05-01 |title=Trombone player Corey Henry works to continue live music scene in Tremé |url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/trombone-player-corey-henry-works-to-continue-live-music-scene-in-trem/article_f5489973-3ddc-5e29-9e84-ecd7bf28cdae.html |newspaper=New Orleans Advocate|access-date=2025-06-18 |via=NOLA.com |language=en}}

Musical career

Henry joined the NEA award-winning Treme Brass Band{{Cite web |title=American Routes Shortcuts: Treme Brass Band |url=https://www.wwno.org/show/american-routes/2024-07-05/american-routes-shortcuts-treme-brass-band |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=WWNO |language=en}} at age 16, alongside his mentor Kermit Ruffins. He eventually inherited Ruffins' weekly Thursday night residence{{Cite news |last=Spera |first=Keith |date=2013-09-11 |title=Kermit Ruffins has retired from his weekly Thursday gig at Vaughan's |url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/kermit-ruffins-has-retired-from-his-weekly-thursday-gig-at-vaughans/article_86396ae1-9906-5a66-ab35-9d9d69840eba.html |newspaper=The Times-Picayune |access-date=2025-06-22 |via=NOLA.com |language=en}} at Vaughan's Lounge in New Orleans.{{Cite web |date=2016-06-29 |title=Treme Funk: Corey Henry's Universe |url=https://www.offbeat.com/articles/treme-funk-corey-henrys-universe/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=OffBeat Magazine |language=en-US}} In the late 1990s, Henry founded the Lil Rascals Brass Band.{{Cite web |title=Corey Henry |url=https://www.wwoz.org/file/corey-henry |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=WWOZ New Orleans 90.7 FM |language=en}}

Henry was trombonist on Kermit Ruffins: The Barbecue Swingers Live{{Cite web |last=Wyckoff |first=Geraldine |date=2019-04-25 |title=Kermit Ruffins: The Barbecue Swingers Live |url=https://jazztimes.com/archives/kermit-ruffins-the-barbecue-swingers-live/ |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=JazzTimes |language=en-US}} in 1998, and Ruffins' 2001 album Swing This.{{Cite web |last=Jazz |first=All About |date=2001-09-01 |title=Kermit Ruffins: The Barbecue Swingers Live / Swing This / 1533 St. Philip Street album review @ All About Jazz |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-barbecue-swingers-live-swing-this-1533-st-philip-street-kermit-ruffins-basin-street-records-review-by-c-michael-bailey/ |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=All About Jazz |language=en}} He was on Widespread Panic's 1999 album 'Til The Medicine Takes.

After 2005's Hurricane Katrina, Henry joined Rebirth Brass Band, and won a 2012 Grammy{{Cite web |title=Corey Henry {{!}} Artist {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://grammy.com/artists/corey-henry/9607 |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=grammy.com}} in Best Regional Roots Music Album (the first year for the category) for playing on Rebirth of New Orleans album. He then joined the Tipitina's based funk-jazz band Galactic, performing on their albums The Other Side of Midnight in 2010, Ya-Ka-May in 2012, Into The Deep in 2015, and on the 2010 album and song Cineramascope{{cite web | url=https://www.anti.com/releases/ya-ka-may/tracks/cineramascope-featuring-trombone-shorty-and-corey-henry/ | title='Cineramascope (Featuring Trombone Shorty and Corey Henry)' from Ya-Ka-May (Deluxe Edition) by Galactic }} with Galactic and Trombone Shorty, featured on the Now You See Me soundtrack.

File:Galactic with Corey Henry, very last show, Jan. 20, 2016.jpg

Recording

In 2011, Henry formed the Treme Funktet{{Cite web |title=American Routes Shortcuts: Corey Henry |author= |url=https://www.wwno.org/show/american-routes/2025-02-21/american-routes-shortcuts-corey-henry |date=February 21, 2025 |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=WWNO |language=en}} and he released his first album Lapeitah{{Cite web |last=Pittman |first=Nick |date=2017-03-15 |title=On the Record: Corey Henry, 'Lapeitah' |url=https://theind.com/articles/24724/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=theind.com |language=en}} on Louisiana Red Hot Records in 2016. Members have included guitarist June Yamagishi, Manus Tilton on bass, Walter Lundy on drums, Antonio Gambrell on trumpet, Beck Burger on keyboard, and Donald Surtain on violin.

File:Dr. John and Corey Henry New Year's Eve 2015 Tipitinas.jpg and Corey Henry New Year's Eve 2015 Tipitinas|left|border]]

The band was selected by the New York Times{{Cite news |last=Pareles |first=Jon |date=2019-04-29 |title=13 Standout Sets at a Milestone New Orleans Jazz Fest |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/arts/music/new-orleans-jazz-fest-best.html |access-date=2025-06-18 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} as a standout set at the 2019 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. That year, Henry was presented with the Spirit of Satchmo Music Award at the Satchmo Summerfest, performed on NCIS: New Orleans{{Citation |last=Zinberg |first=Michael |title=Requital |date=2019-12-17 |work=NCIS: New Orleans |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11377726/ |access-date=2025-06-23 |others=Scott Bakula, Vanessa Ferlito, Necar Zadegan}} as himself, and won Best Trombonist by OffBeat magazine.

Corey "Boe Money" Henry and the Treme Funktet were named Gambit's 2020 Big Easy Award winners for Best Funk Band,{{Cite web |date=2020-11-02 |title=Big Easy Awards 2020: See all of the year's winners in music, theater and the classical arts |url=https://www.nola.com/gambit/news/the_latest/big-easy-awards-2020-see-all-of-the-years-winners-in-music-theater-and-the/article_c4a70d6c-17c5-11eb-9eb9-a7958b59a0b5.html |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=NOLA.com |language=en}} and they performed on Lil Wayne's Playoff theme for the College Football Championship.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mYUCRP6_WI |title=Lil Wayne - "Playoff" feat. Poppy H, Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet (Full Version) |date=2020-01-13 |last=Lil Wayne |access-date=2025-06-19 |via=YouTube}}

Henry released the single "Footwork"{{Cite web |date=2023-02-17 |title=Trombonist Corey Henry Previews Album With Release of Title Track 'Footwork' |url=https://www.americanbluesscene.com/2023/02/trombonist-corey-henry-previews-album-with-release-of-title-track-footwork/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=American Blues Scene |language=en-US}} in 2023, after founding the [https://www.nolafootworkmusicfestival.com/ NOLA Footwork Music Festival]{{Cite web |date=2025-05-25 |title=New Orleans events in summer 2025: ESSENCE, NOWFE, Tales of the Cocktail and more |url=https://www.nola.com/gambit/events/summer-2025-events-in-new-orleans-essence-nowfe-and-more/article_1387605b-a31d-4629-9cf1-da3031f95011.html |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=NOLA.com |language=en}} in 2021 to celebrate second line culture.{{Cite web |title=Corey Henry's NOLA Footwork Music Festival Unveils Expanded Second Line Celebration at Broadside NOLA on May 31 |url=https://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/corey-henrys-nola-footwork-music-festival-unveils-expanded-second-line-celebration |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=Grateful Web |language=en}} The band debuted album Corey Henry and the Treme Funktet Live at Vaughan's{{Cite news |title=Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet Announce New Album Out April 25 |url=https://www.offbeat.com/news/corey-henry-the-treme-funktet-announce-new-album-out-april-25/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |work=OffBeat Magazine |language=en-US}} in 2025 days before their Jazz Fest set.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-28 |title=New Orleans Jazz Fest 2025: Music to see Thursday, May 1 |url=https://www.nola.com/gambit/events/jazz_fest/new-orleans-jazz-fest-2025-music-to-see-thursday-may-1/article_78bcb6e2-72e0-477c-84b9-b489fefd72b2.html |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=NOLA.com |language=en}} They followed up with a video for single "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhr5tevIO9s Treme Lyfe]"{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=OffBeat |date=2025-05-21 |title=Watch: Corey Henry & the Treme Funktet Deliver a NOLA-Centric Video |url=https://www.offbeat.com/news/watch-corey-henry-the-treme-funktet-deliver-a-nola-centric-video/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=OffBeat Magazine |language=en-US}} from the live album described as "horns blaring, guitars wailing and drums just tearing the place up." {{Cite web |title=New Music From New Orleans: May, 2025 |url=https://www.outalldaynola.com/new-music-from-new-orleans-may-2025.html |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=Out All Day: New Orleans |language=en}}

Henry's daughter Jazz plays trumpet with the all-female brass band The Pinettes, and was a guest artist on his "NOLA Footwork" single.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-29 |title=Happy Father's Day: Carrying on the Music with Corey Henry, Kid Chocolate and Sunpie Barnes |url=https://www.offbeat.com/articles/happy-fathers-day-carrying-on-the-music-with-corey-henry-kid-chocolate-and-sunpie-barnes/ |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=OffBeat Magazine |language=en-US}}

Albums

Lapeitah{{cite web | url=https://www.louisianaredhotrecords.com/coreyhenry | title=Corey Henry }} (2016) [Louisiana Red Hot Records]

Corey Henry and the Treme Funktet Live at Vaughan's{{cite web | url=https://music.apple.com/il/album/corey-henry-the-treme-funktet-live-at-vaughans-feat/1802078927 | title=Corey Henry & the Treme Funktet Live at Vaughan's (Feat. The Treme Funktet) by Corey Henry on Apple Music }} (2025) [Louisiana Red Hot Records]

SINGLES

"Footwork" (2023) [Louisiana Red Hot Records]