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2001-09-01 by midi.magic@ic24.net
Hi All I have a PianoSoft disk from Yamaha Called "A Night At The Groucho Club" Number EMS PS 003. Does anybody know who is playing? Has he/she made any more? The disk is a real show piece. Better then the usual Yamaha standard. I can not find it in any catalogue here in the UK or, in the US catalogue. I need some more of this, as it is GREAT. Midi Magic
2001-09-02 by Aaron.Zornes@metagroup.com
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all as Harry, was born
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and at 11 won a
scholarship to the ILEA
weekend music college in playing piano
Pimlico, where he
studied under Peter
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Later at Latymer
Upper Boys School
QUOTES he was taught by
Peter Jacobsen and
at 18 left to read
"Harry is a man of music at Sheffield
steely nerve and University where
silky touch, a he studied with
wonderful player for Peter Hill and
the big occasion and John Irving - no,
a damn fine musical not that John
head." Irving, the other
Elvis Costello one.
After graduating
with honours he
attended Leeds
Jazz College and
"The best damn then went on to
pianist in the play in the jazz
civilised world." bars and clubs of
Jonathan Ross Les Halles in
Paris for 18
months, including
a stint at Maxims.
Returning to
"Prepare to be London he played
dazzled by this in what seemed
charming man's like every hotel
versatility, there and restaurant in
is nothing he cannot the West End,
do." notably the
Liza Tarbuck Dorchester Hotel
and Braganza
Restaurant and as
his reputation
grew he finally
secured the gig he
"His phenomenal really wanted -
talent, unobtrusive resident pianist
charm and wit are a at The Groucho
delight." Club, the hang-out
Stephen Fry of just about
every film star,
actor and producer
who happened to be
in town.
"The new Victor
Borge." From his contacts
Derek Briggs at The Groucho
Gloucester Echo Club, Harry became
Musical Director
of Debbie de
Coudreaux who was
topping the bill
at the Moulin
"Harry is a National Rouge in Paris at
treasure." the time. He
Judi Herman appeared on Wogan
The Scotsman with her and also
on '100 Years of
the Moulin Rouge'
- a feature run by
NBC television in
America where his
"An uncanny ability orchestral
to play any tune in arrangements were
any style." heardb on the same
Reggie Nadelson bill as Ella
Independent Fitzgerald, which
pleased him a
great deal.
Back home he had
"Spellbinding! also been spotted
Staggering in The Groucho
virtuosity." Club by a radio
Paul Golding producer, John
Sunday Times Langridge, who
gave him a weekly
slot on the
Richard Baker
programme '
Melodies for You'
on BBC Radio 2.
This was the first
airing of his "
Neighbours" theme
in the style of
Rachmaninov and "
Match of the Day"
as a Strauss waltz
. (You can hear
these wonderful
pieces on his CD "
In The Wrong Key",
available in the
superstore). He
was so well
received that he
was given two solo
slots of 15
minutes each on
BBC radio called '
At the Piano' with
Paul Harris.
Meanwhile the
Groucho
celebrities were
falling over each
other to use
Harry. He was
requested to play
at cast parties
for films (Last
Exit to Brooklyn),
launch parties for
books (Stephen
Fry's 'The Liar'
and 'The
Hippopotamus') and
he even taught
Beau Bridges how
to fake an
arpeggio before
his performance in
The Fabulous Baker
Boys.
Better still, his
composing and
arranging skills
were proving
useful. He was
asked to write
syllabus music for
the Royal Academy
of Dancing and
compose jingles
for the Soho
advertising
company Ronnie
Bond Music. He ran
successful
international
campaigns with
original jingles
including
Mastercard, Douwe
Egberts and
Lucozade. He also
arranged two of
the most
irritating jingles
of all time - "
Tasty, Tasty" and
"Do It All", the
latter incredibly
for a 60-piece
orchestra in the
style of Wagner
for a one-off
advertisement.
Television scores
followed for BBC
2's 40-minute
documentary series
'Magic' and for
Channel 4's '
Secret Lives'
series on Enid
Blyton. He also
wrote the theme
music for 'How Was
It For You?' - a
holiday series on
Channel 5 and '
Sextasy' on UK
Living (don't ask
about the last
one...).
Harry reluctantly
left The Groucho
Club in 1995 as
his writing
commitments were
becoming too heavy
to sustain a
nightly playing
engagement. He was
promptly asked by
Yamaha to arrange
and record their
XG jazz piano trio
library, a small
matter of 350
songs. The fruits
of his labours are
available on this
website as
individual MIDI
files or titles in
the "XG For Piano"
series. Yamaha
went on to ask
Harry to become
the official
endorsee of their
new 'Grantouch'
piano and sent him
all over the UK on
two 30-date
concert tours.
During this time
he also recorded
his CD "In The
Wrong Key" and
first began to
think of
concocting a solo
show in the
tradition of
Victor Borge.
Harry can be seen
on Channel 4's '
The Big Breakfast'
where he is the
resident pianist,
accompanying
everyone from All
Saints to
Engelbert
Humperdinck and
Rolf Harris or if
that's too early
then every weekday
evening as leader
of the house band
on UK Living's '
Sextasy'. He has
been also featured
quite a few times
recently on Open
House with Opera
star Willard White
, James Belushi,
Brian Conley and
the lady Gloria
herself. Harry
also appears
occasionally on
Gaytime TV on BBC2
(don't even ask)
and TFI Friday
where he was last
found accompanying
Jerry Springer
singing Elvis
songs... all
quality
television, you
understand.
Aside from all
that nonsense he
also plays to the
classical crowd
who appreciate
Beethoven's '
Moonlight Sonata'
mixed with Cole
Porter's 'Night
and Day', Irving
Berlin's 'Cheek to
Cheek' in the
style of Mahler
and the
mini-lectures: "
How Mozart would
have arranged
Happy Birthday"
and "The Great
Radio 3 versus
Classic FM debate
". Harry has been
immersed in
classical piano
for as long as he
can remember. He
passed RSM Grade
VIII at the age of
15 and played his
first concerto the
same year. His
technique has been
variously
described as "
formidable", "
staggeringly
virtuosic" and "
phenomenal",
however one
journalist noted
that "if Harry had
espoused the
concert platform
we would have
undoubtedly had
another great
pianist, but we
would have lost
his unique ability
to entertain".
Harry has just
finished recording
a jazz album with
the amazing Simon
Bates on saxophone
(see the 'Simon
Says' section of
this site) and two
of the finest
rhythm section
players in the UK
- Mick Hutton on
bass and Tristan
Maillot on the
drums.
He currently lives
in North London
with his beautiful
wife (no children
yet, thanks for
asking, Mum). His
interests include
playing football
for the Tornados
(a bunch of
thirtysomethings
who are more like
gentle breezes
these days),
setting and
solving cryptic
crosswords and
strenuously
denying that he's
that bloke who
plays the piano on
'Sextasy'.
"So am I actually
any good? Well,
make sure you have
MIDRADIO
installed, and
then listen to
these three short
clips to make your
own mind up."
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Hi All
I have a PianoSoft disk from Yamaha Called "A Night At The
Groucho
Club" Number EMS PS 003.
Does anybody know who is playing? Has he/she made any more?
The disk is a real show piece. Better then the usual Yamaha
standard.
I can not find it in any catalogue here in the UK or, in the US
catalogue.
I need some more of this, as it is GREAT.
Midi Magic
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Hi All
I have a PianoSoft disk from Yamaha Called "A Night At The
Groucho
Club" Number EMS PS 003.
Does anybody know who is playing? Has he/she made any more?
The disk is a real show piece. Better then the usual Yamaha
standard.
I can not find it in any catalogue here in the UK or, in the US
catalogue.
I need some more of this, as it is GREAT.
Midi Magic
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