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Henry Hey

piano|keyboard|producer|composer|arranger

About Me

I'm a NYC-based pianist/keyboard player, composer, producer and arranger. Historically I have, and continue to, play a lot of jazz. I did a solo record Nineteen-Eight Records with my trio, and I freelance with a number of jazz artists -- both on recordings and on tour. I also do a fair amount of production in the non-jazz market including songwriting, composing and other session work. In the last few years I also toured extensively with Rod Stewart (among other things)

Thanks for stopping by and make sure to also visit Rudder

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/8/2005
Band Website: henryhey.com
Band Members: I'm fortunate to play with a lot of great musicians and to work with a lot of great producers and arranger.

My own trio consists of John Hebert on bass and Jochen Rueckert on drums.

Rudder , a band which is shared writing and leadership, has Chris Cheek on Saxophones, Tim Lefebvre on Bass, and Keith Carlock on Drums.

I often work with Tim Lefebvre and Zach Danziger in a number of capacities - we have a new project in development now.


In addition to these people, I have and (in many cases) continue to work with Andy Middleton, Owen Howard, Seamus Blake, Joe Locke, Monday Michiru, Alex Sipiagin, Billy Kilson, Tim Garland, Bill Bruford, Jeff Watts, Art Hays, Brian Delaney, David Holmes, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Chris Mihn Doky,Dean Brown, Nick Moroch, George Colligan, Anthony Molinaro, Jim Beard, Danny Sadownick, Scott Colley, James Genus, John Herrington, Dave Leibman, Matt Pennman, Boris Kozlov, Chris Karlic, Steve Wilson, Mingus Big Band, Carolyn Leonhart, Ed Howard, John Hart, Jeff Golub, Chuck Loeb, Victor Bailey, Mike Pope, David Mann, David Binney, Ben Wittman, Anton Fig, Dino Govoni, Shawn Pelton, Dan Rieser, Ali Dee, Clarence Penn, Adam Rogers, Bill Evans, Harry Belafonte, Blood Sweat and Tears, P.M. Dawn, Richard Perry, Phil Ramone, Walter Becker, Bob Belden Rob Mattheson and others.
Influences: ravel,a tribe called quest,vince mendoza,dr. teeth,bach,beatles,wayne shorter,dvorak,bjork,buddy miles,carl stalling,nelson riddle,hank williams,jim beard,hermeto pascoal,the roots,donny hathaway,prince,enoch light,squarepusher,rosa passos,salif keita,stevie wonder,takemitsu,berlioz,rachmaninoff,the neptunes,boomish,quincy jones, AND several world-class musicians on my friend list -- look for yourself.
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Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Stringy Haired Alchemist does Japanese House music

I've been out touring a little with Rudder. We played in LA to a very nice house -- even in spite of an Arkworthy rainstorm (which is usually a groovekiller out in the land of happy sunshine). To to...
Posted by Henry Hey on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:30:00 PST

Touring Japan, food, water, plastic

I just got back from a 16 day tour in Japan with singer Monday Michiru and trumpeter Alex Sipiagin. This is my third time in Japan with those two (7th time to Japan overall) and it was a nice time as...
Posted by Henry Hey on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:29:00 PST

July. . . Sailing, Soundtrack stuff and Japan

Wow. . we are in the midst of summer now. I've been working with my friend Art Hays on some music for Bondi Digital. Bondi has created a DVD database collection for New Yorker Magazine (you can see ...
Posted by Henry Hey on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:11:00 PST

Blog .1 - 2007

Hello. . Here goes my first blog. 2007 has been an interesting year so far. The amazing thing about New York City is that it is possible to have pretty drastic life and career changes from year to y...
Posted by Henry Hey on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:21:00 PST