Introduction:
Since starting to play at the age of four Harry has set about proving that he can do 'absolutely anything on piano'. Quite simply, he does things with the instrument that you've never heard before, switching between jazz, cabaret and classical in a manner that hasn't been seen in this country since the heyday of Dudley Moore.
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About Harry...
Since starting to play at the age of four Harry has set about proving that he can do 'absolutely anything on piano'. Quite simply, he does things with the instrument that you've never heard before, switching between jazz, cabaret and classical in a manner that hasn't been seen in this country since the heyday of Dudley Moore.
Very few artists can command respect in such differing fields, but Harry has such an extraordinary talent that as well as running a 20 piece dance band by the age of nineteen and appearing with a who's who of British jazz musicians culminating with a night at Ronnie Scotts last year, he has also accompanied just about everybody in the business from Inglebert Humperndink and Charlotte Church to David Bowie and James Belushi via Elvis Costello and opera star Sir Willard White as well as being musical director for top of the bill acts at the Moulin Rouge in his early twenties and going on to direct acts as diverse as Rick Astley, Phill Jupitus, Max Bygraves, The Opera Babes, Fay Presto and literally scores of others.
He appeared recently on BBC Radio 3 taking requests from a live audience to play any tune in the style of the composer of their choice to rapturous acclaim and prompted the comment from astonished presenter Brian Kaye 'How does he do it?' After a recent sell-out concert celebrating the best of British pianistic talent where Harry was asked to perform, the international star concert pianist Martin Roscoe noted 'You practise all your life and you think you can play the piano and then you hear Harry'. Even in the field of pop music Harry has been recognised playing on the latest Simply Red and Emma Bunton albums.
He began as resident pianist in Soho's Groucho club where he was quickly spotted and given his own show on BBC Radio 2, he moved on to become the resident pianist on Channel 4's Big Breakfast for 5 years and to run the nine-piece band on Johnny Vaughan Tonight on BBC1 for three series. He put together his one-man show along with the release of an album 'In the Wrong Key' in the late nineties and was lauded by the British Press as 'The New Victor Borge' and by Jonathan Ross as 'the best damn pianist in the civilised world'
The show has now been seen in all six continents, and was recently chosen to appear on the maiden voyage of the Queen Mary 2 alongside Shirley Bassey and has sold out venues everywhere from Pizza on the Park five times to the 2000 seater Portsmouth Guildhall. 'Spellbinding...staggering virtuosity' said the Sunday Times and 'A National treasure' added the Scotsman' You have never ever heard the piano played like this before!