Henry Hey is an American keyboardist, songwriter, producer, arranger and musical director. He has worked with artists such as David Bowie, Empire of the Sun, Rod Stewart, and George Michael. As a solo artist, he is the co-founder of the jazz fusion band Forq and a member of the band Rudder. Hey has been a producer for a number of artists including Lucy Woodward, Tony Kadleck, Shunzo Ohno, Lisa Lisa. Hey's playing can also be heard on several major motion pictures including Ocean's Twelve, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Hundred-Foot Journey.

Hey's debut recording as a bandleader was the Henry Hey Trio album Watershed, which was released in 2003. In addition to Hey on piano, the album included drummer Jochen Rückert and bassist John Hebert.

Hey later formed the jazz fusion band Rudder with drummer Keith Carlock, bassist Tim Lefebvre, and saxophonist Chris Cheek. The quartet released their self-titled debut album Rudder in 2007 and their follow-up album Matorning in 2009, which was met with some acclaim. Their last release was a live concert DVD in 2011 titled "Live Rockwood Music Hall NYC".

One of Hey's current projects is the jazz fusion band Forq, which he co-founded with Snarky Puppy bassist Michael League. The group has released three albums under League's label GroundUP Music, Forq in 2014, Batch in 2015, and Threq in 2017.

Hey first began working with British singer Rod Stewart as part of the singer's Great American Songbook series. After joining Stewart for a few TV performances, Hey played piano on the second album of the series As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook 2, which was released in 2003. Hey then joined Stewart's band as the musical director and pianist for the Great American Songbook tour and later appeared on Stewart's 2009 album Soulbook.

From 2011 to 2012, Hey served as the musical director and pianist for British singer-songwriter George Michael during his international orchestral Symphonica Tour. Michael's performance from this tour at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England was later released as the live album Symphonica, which included Hey along with producer Phil Ramone. Symphonica was the last album by both Ramone and Michael, who died in 2013 and 2016, respectively.

Hey was asked to play keyboards on British musician David Bowie's 2013 comeback album The Next Day by producer Tony Visconti. The album was later nominated in the 56th Annual Grammy Awards for the "Best Rock Album" category.

In 2014, Bowie asked Hey to serve as musical director, arranger, and keyboardist for the production of Bowie's new musical Lazarus, which included actor Michael C. Hall in the lead role. During this time, Bowie was also secretly receiving cancer treatment and working on his new album Blackstar, whose band included Hey's Rudder bandmate and bassist Tim Lefebvre. Hey assembled the seven-member house band for Lazarus, which included Hey's Forq bandmate and guitarist Chris McQueen, guitarist JJ Appleton, and drummer Brian Delaney of the New York Dolls.