Henry Coker (December 24, 1919 – November 23, 1979)[1] was an American jazz trombonist.
[1] After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Coker returned to California, playing with Benny Carter (1944–46), Illinois Jacquet (1945), Eddie Heywood (1946–47), and Charles Mingus (late 1940s).
After his recovery he worked with Sonny Rollins and then joined Count Basie's band, playing and recording with him from 1952 to 1963.
[1] He worked freelance and in film and television studios in the mid-1970s, returning to Basie briefly in 1973 and Charles in 1976.
Coker appeared on J.J. Johnson's Trombones Incorporated session featuring ten trombonists.