Corey Henry

Corey Henry is an American trombonist, composer, producer, singer and songwriter born in New Orleans, Louisiana.^[1] He was raised in the Treme neighborhood near New Orleans' historic Congo Square.^[2] Henry began playing drums as a child, but switched to trombone at age 10, learning from his family members including Uncle Benny Jones, Sr.^[3] in the Treme Brass Band.^[4]

Corey Henry
Henry at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 2025
Background information
Born	(1975-07-14) July 14, 1975 (age 49) New Orleans, Louisiana
Genres	Funk Brass
Occupation(s)	Trombonist, singer-songwriter
Instruments	Trombone Vocals
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Louisiana Red Hot Records
Website	https://www.coreyhenrytremefunktet.com/

Musical career

Henry joined the NEA award-winning Treme Brass Band^[5] at age 16, alongside his mentor Kermit Ruffins. He eventually inherited Ruffins' weekly Thursday night residence^[6] at Vaughan's Lounge in New Orleans.^[7] In the late 1990s, Henry founded the Lil Rascals Brass Band.^[8]

Henry was trombonist on Kermit Ruffins: The Barbecue Swingers Live^[9] in 1998, and Ruffins' 2001 album Swing This.^[10] 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^[11] 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^[12] with Galactic and Trombone Shorty, featured on the Now You See Me soundtrack.

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

Recording

In 2011, Henry formed the Treme Funktet^[13] and he released his first album Lapeitah^[14] 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.

Dr. John and Corey Henry New Year's Eve 2015 Tipitinas

The band was selected by the New York Times^[15] 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^[16] 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,^[17] and they performed on Lil Wayne's Playoff theme for the College Football Championship.^[18]

Henry released the single "Footwork"^[19] in 2023, after founding the NOLA Footwork Music Festival^[20] in 2021 to celebrate second line culture.^[21] The band debuted album Corey Henry and the Treme Funktet Live at Vaughan's^[22] in 2025 days before their Jazz Fest set.^[23] They followed up with a video for single "Treme Lyfe"^[24] from the live album described as "horns blaring, guitars wailing and drums just tearing the place up." ^[25]

Henry's daughter Jazz plays trumpet with the all-female brass band The Pinettes, and was a guest artist on his "NOLA Footwork" single.^[26]

Albums

Lapeitah^[27] (2016) [Louisiana Red Hot Records]

Corey Henry and the Treme Funktet Live at Vaughan's^[28] (2025) [Louisiana Red Hot Records]

SINGLES

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