Henry Butler performs his tribute 'L 'esprit de James' at Mendocino College in the Center Theater on March 27th 2009, for the 10th Artist in Residence concert.
Butler is a national treasure. I saw him a couple times in the late 80s and was blown away by the breadth of his knowledge of piano and his on the fly improvisational skills -- which seem to border on real time composition...
Wow! You have truly captured Booker...that elusive, hurt, gentle and often, sometimes so annoyingly right spirit! RIP, sweet James...
MultiKZB 1 month ago
Butler is a national treasure. I saw him a couple times in the late 80s and was blown away by the breadth of his knowledge of piano and his on the fly improvisational skills -- which seem to border on real time composition...
norm100066 2 years ago
I first heard this on the Vu Du Menz album - still one of my favorites.
hrothgleas 2 years ago