Taurey Butler

Taurey Butler is a phenomenal jazz pianist of the highest calibre. Hailing from East Orange, New Jersey, he has played in numerous cities across the world from Hong Kong to New York and now makes his home in Montréal. Taurey’s debut self-titled recording on the Justin Time label was released in November 2011 to resounding critical acclaim.

He emerges as a fully-formed master of hard-driving swing with a deep feeling for the blues and ballads. It’s easy to get lost in the fire and funk, the sweetness and swing, of Taurey Butler. But you can also follow the light that his music emanates.

His follow up trio recording is a genuine, creative deepness of effort, and is selflessly shared.  One Of The Others, (October 2022) delivers the real Taurey in a musical representation of who he is, and what he feels, a suite of truly personal and personalized tracks.  One Of The Others is also one of the tracks on the album and like a title or heading it is an expression of the thoughts and musings presented throughout about being an outsider in a new and strange, but immediately, not so strange land.  With Wali Muhammad on drums and Morgan Moore on bass, Butler tells us his story through eleven songs some authored and some re-imagined and authored. Listen to this music and travel the Taurey Butler migration from his then to his now.