Harry Parry

b. 1912, Bangor, Wales, d. 12 October 1956, London, England. As a young child Parry played various instruments, including cornet, drums and violin, before deciding on the clarinet and alto saxophone while still in his mid-teens. At the age of 20 he went to London to work in dance bands but soon formed his own group, a sextet that became enormously popular owing to frequent broadcasts on the BBC's Radio Rhythm Club series. Among noted British musicians, Parry's sextet included at various times vibraphonist Roy Marsh, pianists George Shearing and Tommy Pollard and trumpeters Dav...