| Birth: | Jan. 22, 1912 | | Death: | Oct. 18, 1956 | 
Leading British Jazz musician. Welsh-born saxophonist and claranetist Owen Henry Parry formed a group and performed in Llandudno, quickly rising as a prominent name in the world of jazz. He was picked up by the BBC and asked to form a group named 'Harry Parry and the Jazz Sextet.' He travelled with his group, entertaining the troops in WW2. Harry Parry was invited by the BBC to front the band on the "Radio Rhythm Show," and thereafter the Sextet was regularly heard by the BBC listeners. In 1945, the Radio Rhythm Club Sextet appeared in the film What Do We Do Now. Harry went on to record over 100 discs for Parlophone Records, including the 78 rpm disc I've Got You Under My Skin with the Harry Parry Octet, as well as Mood Indigo and Night and Day, with vocals from Dorothee Baronne. (bio by: Kieran Smith)
Search Amazon for Harry Parry | | | Burial:
Golders Green Crematorium
Golders Green
Greater London, England
Plot: Section 2-P |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Kieran Smith
Record added: Jun 05, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 8876791 |
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