Nicole Henry - "Use Me" (Bill Withers) Live at the KL International Jazz Day

[@pjl4562]

I have listened multiple times… bass and drummer interaction is off the chain

[@jackklugman9502]

I juust stumbled upon this outstanding performance. Both vocal and instrumental. Ten years later, it doesn't skip a beat.

[@hawkrider88]

She's in Atlanta later this summer and fall.....I'll be there!!

[@TheEricfrazier]

Nicole performs in rare form every time she is on the stage. This concert is an exhilarating and welcome illustration! Great show!!

[@NicoleHenryMusic]

Eric Frazier Jazz Eric!! Thank you so much for your kindest compliment. I bet like you, I am missing the audiences and the stages quite deeply. I feel like a different person. But I must say the live-streaming gives a certain level of fulfillment I didn’t expect. It feels connected...thank God. 😌 hope you sing for you soon again. I always appreciate seeing you in the audience!

[@karenrossgrant6759]

Loved the performance of Nicole Henry on a Bill Withers favorite “Use Me.” She gave it her all and so did her band! Powerful! Kay Ross Grant

[@livelovelivelovelive]

I'm not much of a regionalist, but this makes me proud to be a Miamian.

[@NicoleHenryMusic]

LOL- Love it!!!!!!!!! (thanks :)

[@TheEricfrazier]

Nicole you are the gift that keeps on giving! Continue your beauty and let it light the world with love and hope for better times. Let your gifts replenish your soul and know that though things are virtual, we as your audience watch and applause every note you sing! Namaste my sister!

[@NicoleHenryMusic]

Such beautiful words! Thank you so much!

[@CaliPuffMom]

WOW WOW WOW NIcole you are an amazing vocalist!

[@JohnnyChablis]

Awesome!!

[@colintavui7149]

Wow, beautiful jam, so much skill and energy, thank you so much 😍

[@angelrubio9368]

Good very good , a lot of feeling and rythm

[@JP51ism]

Wow! Nicole & Co. puts the KL in Kuala Lumpur!

[@NicoleHenryMusic]

Love it...thank you!

[@JP51ism]

@@NicoleHenryMusic Hi, I've written more below. This was really a great performance all around; your talent & that of your colleagues shines through. I met Bill Withers many years ago in NYC & his subtlety was literally a thing I thought of later when I had time to reflect. You're very expressive & yet don't smother that subtle touch of inflection in his delivery... a real bravura performance.

[@NicoleHenryMusic]

Thx you for your kind words!

[@SkonrokkenTV]

Yeaaahhh! I dig it! Great music..reminds me of Chuck Brown! Thanks for the upload!

[@pecunia12HH]

That drummer

[@NicoleHenryMusic]

Sick right...?! David Chiverton. Check out his: ChivertoneSessions on Instagram...(you should find him under Dave or David Chiverton)

[@briansrensen8204]

@@NicoleHenryMusic Got it. Thanks so much.. He's so musical and reflective. I am a drummer myself..well not really after seeing this. Mind blowing performance by all of you.

[@NicoleHenryMusic]

Brian Sørensen 😄😄😄 No. Chiv can make any ‘drummer’ feel inadequate...I’m certain you know what you’re doing...in YOUR way 😋. I’ll make sure I let David know you enjoyed his playing. And thanks again. I definitely miss playing with my band during this pandemic. But it could always be worse

[@briansrensen8204]

@@NicoleHenryMusic Please do. Lol. You're such a gem. I'll be there once you get back on stage. Hopefully sooner than later. Here in Denmark everything is now opened up again. You''ll be back to normal soon. Best wishes until then.

[@angelrubio9368]

I would like Nicole to make a version of a bluesy song, You made my love grow cold, i play it and sing it quite often... she will surely improve my version

[@NicoleHenryMusic]

I LOVE THAT SONG!!! I think I sang it once, about 5-6 years ago. Dinah...!! I wanna say I heard Ernestine Anderson sing it too...but I'm tired and not sure if I'm thinking right :)...thanks for the request/suggestion. I need to revisit that song. FOR SURE!! Have you recorded it?

[@thewonderdawg]

Nicole, I want to make music with you. .. Your voice, your songwriting, your everything .. . Thank you.

[@SkonrokkenTV]

Like the DC version of Mayra Andrade...smoking hot talented woman with a band that's tight...(ok maybe Chuck Brown wasn't that sexy, but his music was!)...best of luck!

[@Phoenixspin]

I've been used before and it didn't feel that good.

[@donaldcurry9472]

That Sista needs to leave that song alone. Don't do that to Bill. R.I.P to the one & only Bill Withers. Ya stop lying to this woman.

[@briansrensen8204]

He would have loved this.

[@donaldcurry9472]

@@briansrensen8204 that's what you believe. I'm sure if she recorded this song back in 71-72 it would've been a hit. I'm sure the Easter Bunny is real to.

[@JP51ism]

@@donaldcurry9472 I'm not that easily swayed by "covers"; they often offer little on the original, either staying too close or straying too far, neither adding anything, in any way, of even being an "homage" but this is different & yes, if only it's a woman's iteration of the notion of "using" but her intonation is dynamic; the "line readings" are given a shading you don't hear - though Bill Withers had it. It is a great performance also in that the other musicians are allowed to shine - & they are all stellar - & NH doesn't overwhelm them, nor they her & she's literally sharing the stage the way a good artist does. I think Bill Withers would have loved this; I met him in the Village & spoke with him one NYC day long ago - when that & a less expensive fare would get you on the subway.

[@briansrensen8204]

@@donaldcurry9472 who cares if it would have been a hit or not. Most hits suck anyways. I don't get your point. This is a modern, jazzy interpretation of a great soul classic which I many others find inspiring and have great pleasure listening to. What's the problem? I don't think Bill would see one. Nothing is lost from his version.

[@donaldcurry9472]

@@JP51ism I get your worthless point. I mean, "I thinks she needs to leave that song alone. Point dam blank. You like it. To each his own.