Cory Henry

Cory Alexander Henry (born February 27, 1987) is an American jazz organist, pianist, gospel musician, and producer. A former member of Snarky Puppy, Henry launched his solo artist career in 2018 with Art of Love, his first independent release. In 2020, he released his sophomore full-length project, called Something to Say, which included the Marc E. Bassy-written track "No Guns". That same year he released Art of Love Live and Christmas with You, both under Culture Collective management and records.

Henry was selected by Quincy Jones to headline his curated Soundtrack of America series opening of The Shed in NYC. On August 5, 2021, Beats Electronics premiered a commercial featuring athlete Sha'Carri Richardson featuring the track "Run to Glory", which was co-produced and written by Henry, Kanye West and Dr. Dre. Henry was later credited as a producer and composer for the song "24" from West's tenth studio album, Donda.

Early life Henry was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he was playing both the piano and B3 organ at two years old. He played a show at the Apollo Theater when he was six.

Career His musical touring began in 2006, and he has since toured with many mainstream artists, including Bruce Springsteen, Michael McDonald, P. Diddy, Boyz II Men, Kenny Garrett, and The Roots, and gospel artists, among them Israel Houghton, Donnie McClurkin, Kirk Franklin, and Yolanda Adams. His second album, a live recording, The Revival, was released on March 18, 2016, by GroundUp Music. The album charted on the Top Gospel Albums and Top Jazz Albums, where it peaked at number five and number two respectively.

In 2018, Henry left Snarky Puppy to launch his solo career. On April 13, 2018, Henry released his debut single, "Trade It All", with his band The Funk Apostles. Three months later, on July 13, 2018, Henry released Art of Love, his first album with The Funk Apostles. Henry has frequently collaborated with Vulfpeck. On October 31, 2020, Henry released his sophomore full-length record, called Something to Say. In October 2019, Henry taught a songwriting workshop at the Brown Arts Institute at Brown University.

Throughout 2020 and 2021, Henry released three personal projects and was featured as a writer and performer on multiple other releases, including Imagine Dragons' "Cutthroat" and "Follow You", Jazmine Sullivan's "First Noel", and Marc E. Bassy's "Free Like Me". He appeared on Kanye West's album Donda, playing organ on "24" (a.k.a. "Run to Glory"). On September 10, 2021, Henry performed the national anthem with Michelle Williams at the National Football League's season opener in Tampa Bay, Florida.

On September 17, 2021, Henry released his third solo album, Best of Me, featuring Henry performing on vocals, Hammond B3 organ, Moog synthesizer, and Harpejji. According to Henry, the album is "a collection of songs written and inspired by [his] musical heroes," with influences including Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, P-Funk, and James Brown.

On December 25, 2021, Henry was featured on Frank Ocean's 9-minute untitled song release on his Beats 1 radio show Blonded Radio. He is also featured as a credited writer and performer on the song "G3 N15" from Spanish singer Rosalía's 2022 album Motomami.

On July 2, 2022, Henry was featured again with Imagine Dragons in "Continual".

In 2022, Henry released a studio album, Operation Funk, which he followed up with a live version of the album later in the year.

On September 6, 2022, Henry announced on Twitter that he would be retiring from the music business in the near future so he can concentrate on playing music for his own enjoyment rather than financial reasons.

On October 31, 2025, Henry performed as a guest with Billy Strings and his band at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, Maryland, in the band's annual Halloween-themed concert, alongside various other musical guests.

Discography + List of selected albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positionsUSGosUSJazzUSHeatFirst Steps Released: July 21, 2014

CD, digital download — 5 30 The Revival Released: March 18, 2016

CD, digital download 5 2 —Art of Love Released: July 13, 2018 Label: Henry House Entertainment digital download, vinyl disc — — —Art of Love (Live in LA) Released: July 13, 2018

digital downloadSomething to Say Released: October 30, 2020

digital download, vinyl disc — — —Christmas With You Released: December 11, 2020

digital download — — —Best of Me Released: September 17, 2021

digital download — — —Operation Funk Released: July 15, 2022

digital download — — —Church Released: February 25, 2024

digital download — — — Grammy Awards

Something to Say Best Progressive R&B Album New Light Best Progressive R&B Album Donda Album of The Year Donda Best Rap Album 2023 Operation Funk Best Progressive R&B Album 2024 Live at the Piano Best Alternative Jazz Album 2025 Church Best Roots Gospel Album