by Scott YanowHenry Butler, who had recorded a pair of post-bop sets for MCA\u002FImpulse, switches to New Orleans R&B on this spirited program, cut live at Tipitina's in New Orleans. Assisted by guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist Chris Severin, drummer Herman Jackson, and the synthesizer of Michael Goods, Butler puts on a fine show. He plays and sings (in a gospel-ish baritone voice) a variety of originals, plus Leonard Bernstein's Somewhere, Goin' Down Slow, and Professor Longhair's Tipitina's and Mardi Gras in New Orleans.