Harry Parry

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Harry Parry

voc, sax, vn, dr, 1912-1956 GB, Bangor, Gwynedd
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Harry Owen Parry

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

Instruments

Vocals
Saxophone
Violin
Drums

Genres

Jazz
Blues

Plays With

Harry Parry And His Radio Rhythm Club Sextet

Harry Parry And His Sextet

Band Members

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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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