{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Vincent Henry | birth_name = Vincent Clyde Henry | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1953|11}} | birth_place = New York, New York, U.S. | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | occupation = Multi-instrumentalist | instruments = Saxophone, guitar, clarinet, flute, keyboards, bass guitar, harmonica, vocals | genre = Jazz, R&B | years_active = 1970s-present }} '''Vincent Clyde Henry''' (born November 1953) is an American saxophonist and guitarist who plays jazz and R&B, and was also a member of the Italian-American post-disco group ''Change'' during the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web | title = Vincent Henry | website = Discogs | url = https://www.discogs.com/artist/221266-Vincent-Henry?srsltid=AfmBOoqlCwVCYn16pX78C9qpG6NgH-oesAiaEblPyV5eLogUBV8CJnrJ | access-date = March 9, 2025}}</ref>
==Biography==
===Early life=== Henry was born in New York, New York and grew up in Harlem. He started venturing out to concerts and clubs on his own when he was 14 years old.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150611065003/http://www.thejazznetworkworldwide.com/profile/VincentHenry Vincent Henry's Page - The Jazz Network Worldwide], as reflected in the Internet Archive, retrieved May 11, 2021</ref>
===Music career=== Henry was a member of the Italian-American disco/R&B group ''Change'' from 1982 to 1985;<ref>{{cite web | title = Change | website = Discogs | url = https://www.discogs.com/artist/17967-Change?srsltid=AfmBOoooYp0x5TRuU7Vty8-hbFANZc8B4RZOM8T11eelcQC9SytcorN- | access-date = March 9, 2025}}</ref> he also played with R&B singer Johnny Kemp on his 1987 album ''Secrets of Flying'', including taking a significant role shaping the R&B top five hit "Dancin' with Myself" (which was the follow-up to the album's massive first hit "Just Got Paid").<ref>{{cite web | title = Johnny Kemp - Secrets of Flying | website = Discogs | url = https://www.discogs.com/release/2531393-Johnny-Kemp-Secrets-Of-Flying?srsltid=AfmBOorRjh_Jqde6MjJYYeFpyOyggh_G7viI-ARZuf8iwEgTi4-raZc1 | access-date = March 9, 2025}}</ref> In 1990, Henry released his debut album ''Vincent'', under the Jive Records label; the album also featured the single "Make It Like It Was".<ref>{{cite web | title = Vincent Henry - Vincent | website = Discogs | url = https://www.discogs.com/release/6970708-Vincent-Henry-Vincent?srsltid=AfmBOop-blIUSvKGwnk088Fn2hUUnf3n-g-TtcCMqimvckonhK7BMBEo | access-date = March 9, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Vincent Henry - Make It Like It Was | website = Discogs | url = https://www.discogs.com/release/1360217-Vincent-Henry-Make-It-Like-It-Was?srsltid=AfmBOorV0OolohExoJH9cEAla45ZcG87U5goAPJF3P0Mrp4L1nMNH1AA | access-date = March 24, 2025}}</ref>
Henry played and recorded music with and for several artists such as Whitney Houston, Freddie Jackson, Glenn Jones, Jonathan Butler, Will Downing, Mary J. Blige, Ice Cube, Alicia Keys, Amy Winehouse and many others.
In the summer of 2008, Henry participated in Tom Waits' ''Glitter and Doom Tour'' of the U.S. and Europe, out of which resulted the album ''Glitter and Doom Live''. In the years that followed, Henry appeared on a few of English actor and singer Hugh Laurie's albums,<ref>Vincent Henry participated in some of the recordings (bonus tracks in the special edition) of the Let Them Talk album, and fully participated in the Didn't It Rain album recordings, and the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuKA7UTaYB8 HUGH LAURIE: LIVE ON THE QUEEN MARY] recording (see also the information in [https://web.archive.org/web/20160704202125/http://hughlaurieblues.com/about.htm Hugh Laurie's Blues - the official Site About section], as reflected in the Internet Archive, retrieved on April 28, 2018)</ref> and he toured all over the world with Laurie, as a regular member of ''The Copper Bottom Band'', playing a whole range of blowing instruments including saxophones, clarinet and harmonica, ever since Laurie started touring and playing concerts as a professional blues musician.<ref>Thus, for about 160 concerts all through 2011-2014. see [https://web.archive.org/web/20160623200735/http://hughlaurieblues.com/live,past.htm?pg=8 Hugh Laurie's Blues - the official Site back Tour listings], as reflected in the Internet Archive, retrieved on April 28, 2018</ref>
Henry's work with Waits and Laurie was noted and highly acclaimed by the music reviews,<ref>see for example: [http://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/tom-waits-glitter-and-doom-live Tom Waits - Glitter And Doom Live - Uncut] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614172125/http://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/tom-waits-glitter-and-doom-live |date=2018-06-14 }} of December 17, 2009, retrieved June 2, 2018; [http://www.ericspitznagel.com/rolling-stone/tom-waits-concert-review/ Tom Waits concert review for Rolling Stone - Eric Spitznagel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614194340/http://www.ericspitznagel.com/rolling-stone/tom-waits-concert-review/ |date=2018-06-14 }}, retrieved June 2, 2018; [https://www.theguardian.com/music/australia-culture-blog/2014/apr/20/hugh-laurie-and-the-copper-bottom-band-review-the-good-times-rolled Hugh Laurie and the Copper Bottom Band review – the good times rolled - The Guardian] (International edition) of April 20, 2014, retrieved June 2, 2018; [https://vancouversun.com/Review+Hugh+Laurie+happily+sings+blues+Vancouver/9861169/story.html Review: Hugh Laurie happily sings the blues in Vancouver] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814003055/http://www.vancouversun.com/review+hugh+laurie+happily+sings+blues+vancouver/9861169/story.html |date=2018-08-14 }} of May 21, 2014, retrieved June 2, 2018</ref> but it was his work, and especially the extensive touring with Laurie, that finally exposed him to and got him discovered by the general audience.<ref>[http://www.musiculture.fr/vincent-henry/ Vincent Henry at the Musiculture website] (French) [https://translate.google.co.il/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=iw&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.musiculture.fr%2Fvincent-henry%2F&edit-text=&act=url English translation via Google Translate]</ref>
In 2021, Henry took part in the creation of the soundtrack music from the motion picture ''The United States vs. Billie Holiday'', and is credited for bass, clarinet, guitar and saxophone playing, plus horn arrangements for most of the tracks in that recording.<ref>see [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-united-states-vs-billie-holiday-andra-day/36016400 the album credits], as published in the Barnes and Noble web site, retrieved May 7, 2021</ref>
==Discography==
'''Albums''' * 1990: ''Vincent'' (Jive Records)
'''Singles''' * 1990: "Make It Like It Was"
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.discogs.com/artist/221266-Vincent-Henry?srsltid=AfmBOoqlCwVCYn16pX78C9qpG6NgH-oesAiaEblPyV5eLogUBV8CJnrJ Vincent Henry at Discogs]
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