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Film, Video Pianist, Vocalist and Composer Henry Butler Discusses Teaching and Performing Rhythm & Blues and Jazz

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Title

  • Pianist, Vocalist and Composer Henry Butler Discusses Teaching and Performing Rhythm & Blues and Jazz

Summary

  • Pianist, vocalist and composer Henry Butler discusses his life of teaching and performing rhythm and blues and jazz. He performs selected pieces on the piano that were influenced by his native New Orleans. Butler also shares his experience of losing his home from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Interviewing Butler is the Library's Larry Appelbaum.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Music Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2007-11-01.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Performing Arts, Music

Notes

  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Henry Butler.
  • -  Recorded on 2007-11-01.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688137

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. Pianist, Vocalist and Composer Henry Butler Discusses Teaching and Performing Rhythm & Blues and Jazz. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-01, 2007. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021688137/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Music Division, S. B. (2007) Pianist, Vocalist and Composer Henry Butler Discusses Teaching and Performing Rhythm & Blues and Jazz. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-01. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021688137/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. Pianist, Vocalist and Composer Henry Butler Discusses Teaching and Performing Rhythm & Blues and Jazz. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-01, 2007. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021688137/>.