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Name
  
Harry Parry


Role
  
Clarinetist

Harry Parry Harry Parry

Died
  
October 18, 1956, London, United Kingdom

Albums
  
The Radio Rhythm Club, Crazy Rhythm

Similar People
  
Vic Lewis, Lauderic Caton, Cyril Noir, Kenny Baker, Nat Gonella

Harry parry and his band issue title is hot dogs 1942


Harry Owen Parry (22 January 1912 – 18 October 1956) was a Welsh jazz clarinetist and bandleader.

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Parry was born in Bangor, Wales. He played cornet, tenor horn, flugelhorn, drums, and violin as a child, and began on clarinet and saxophone in 1927. After moving to London in 1932, he played with several dance bands, including Percival Mackey's, then led his own six-piece unit. He was engaged at the St. Regis Hotel in 1940 when he was selected by the BBC to lead the band for their Radio Rhythm Club show. He then proceeded to record over 100 titles for Parlophone Records with his sextet, which included George Shearing and Doreen Villiers as members.

Following World War II Parry worked extensively for radio and television, including as a disc jockey. He toured worldwide as a bandleader in the late 1940s and 1950s, including in the Middle East and India. Parry was stylistically indebted to Benny Goodman, a comparison not lost on contemporary critics. He died in London.

Harry parry and his sextet 1947


Biography

  • Clarrie Henry, "Harry Parry". Grove Jazz online.
  • Gwilym Arthur Jones, PARRY, OWEN HENRY (HARRY PARRY; 1912-1956), jazz musician, Dictionary of Welsh Biography
  • References

    Harry Parry Wikipedia


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