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Henry Butler, Steven Bernstein, and the Hot 9 perform at Jazz Fest 2014 on Day 6. Photo by Golden Richard III.

“I got it … and I’m overcoming it”: What’s Next for Henry Butler

February 8, 2017 by: Geraldine Wyckoff

"My physical energy is still good,” says piano and vocal genius Henry Butler, who continues to work and compose despite his serious diagnosis of metastatic colon cancer that has spread to his liver. “My mental energy gets a little frayed sometimes just thinking about the unknown—like what might happen next.”

With this news, it might have come as a surprise—though certainly a pleasant one—that Butler would perform a bene...

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