After returning from a 9-month tour of Calcutta, India, with the Ashley Kozak Quartet, he spent four years with the Dick Morrissey Quartet,[1] where he both wrote and arranged material for their subsequent four albums.
He is credited with the arrangements used for Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Works Vol. 1 (1977). In 1981, he again arranged for Annie Ross and Georgie Fame in a collaboration on what was to be Hoagy Carmichael's last recording, In Hoagland.
He died on 12 March 1990 in Lambeth, London, at the age of 60. In 2001, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra released an album in his honour entitled Portraits: The Music of Harry South. In 2017 Rhythm and Blues Records released a four CD set titled Harry South: The Songbook, with over sixty of his compositions played by various groups, some of which he played in. Included are early tracks with Tubby Hayes and nearly 40 sides by The Harry South Big Band, dating from 1960 to 1975.[5] A further 4 CD set (taken from tapes of BBC broadcasts in the 1960s) followed two years later.[6]
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Presenting the Harry South Big Band (Mercury, 1966)[2]
harry, south, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, july, 2020, l. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Harry South news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Harry Percy South 7 September 1929 12 March 1990 was an English jazz pianist composer and arranger who moved into work for film and television Harry SouthBirth nameHarry Percy SouthBorn 1929 09 07 7 September 1929Fulham London EnglandDied12 March 1990 1990 03 12 aged 60 Lambeth LondonGenresJazzOccupation s Musician composer arrangerInstrument s PianoYears active1950 1990 Contents 1 Career 2 Discography 3 References 4 External linksCareer editSouth was born in Fulham London He came to prominence in the 1950s playing with Joe Harriott Dizzy Reece Tony Crombie and Tubby Hayes In 1954 he was in the Tony Crombie Orchestra with Dizzy Reece Les Condon trumpet Joe Temperley Sammy Walker tenor sax Lennie Dawes baritone sax and Ashley Kozak bass After returning from a 9 month tour of Calcutta India with the Ashley Kozak Quartet he spent four years with the Dick Morrissey Quartet 1 where he both wrote and arranged material for their subsequent four albums He formed the Harry South Big Band in 1966 with Dick Morrissey Phil Seamen Keith Christie Ronnie Scott and Ian Carr and recorded an album Presenting the Harry South Big Band for Mercury Records in 1966 2 3 In the mid 1960s he began working with British rhythm amp blues singer and organist Georgie Fame 1 recording the album Sound Venture At that time he was also composing and arranging for Humphrey Lyttelton Buddy Rich Sarah Vaughan and Jimmy Witherspoon He worked as musical director for Annie Ross 4 He branched out into session work writing themes for television and music libraries including the themes for The Sweeney The Chinese Detective the BBC comedy series Give Us a Break starring Robert Lindsay and Paul McGann and the 1984 TV miniseries Charlie starring David Warner He wrote the scores for the Pete Walker films The Big Switch 1968 School for Sex 1969 and Four Dimensions of Greta 1972 He is credited with the arrangements used for Emerson Lake amp Palmer s Works Vol 1 1977 In 1981 he again arranged for Annie Ross and Georgie Fame in a collaboration on what was to be Hoagy Carmichael s last recording In Hoagland He died on 12 March 1990 in Lambeth London at the age of 60 In 2001 the National Youth Jazz Orchestra released an album in his honour entitled Portraits The Music of Harry South In 2017 Rhythm and Blues Records released a four CD set titled Harry South The Songbook with over sixty of his compositions played by various groups some of which he played in Included are early tracks with Tubby Hayes and nearly 40 sides by The Harry South Big Band dating from 1960 to 1975 5 A further 4 CD set taken from tapes of BBC broadcasts in the 1960s followed two years later 6 Discography editPresenting the Harry South Big Band Mercury 1966 2 With Dick Morrissey Have You Heard 77 Records 1963 Storm Warning Mercury 1966 Here and Now and Sounding Good Mercury 1967 There and Back Ronnie Scott s Jazz House 1997 The Lost 77 Recordings Jazzhus 2011 Live Storm Warning Manchester 1966 Jazzhus 2011 With others Vic Ash The Quintet amp Jazz Five Studio amp Live Recordings 1959 1961 Acrobat 2014 Hoagy Carmichael Georgie Fame Annie Ross In Hoagland 1981 Tony Crombie Tony Crombie and His Orchestra Decca 1954 Jimmy Deuchar Pal Jimmy Tempo 1958 Georgie Fame Sound Venture 1966 Joe Harriott Southern Horizons Jazzland 1960 Tubby Hayes Little Giant of Jazz Imperial 1957 Phil Seamen Phil Seamen Story Decibel 1972 Sonny Stitt Sonny s Blues Live at Ronnie Scott s Club Ronnie Scott s Jazz House 1995 Jimmy Witherspoon Spoon Sings n Swings Fontana 1966 References edit a b Harry South at David Taylor s British Bebop website Archived 2007 09 30 at the Wayback Machine a b Presenting the Harry South Big Band 1966 track list and personnel Harry South discography Harry South Biography www allmusic com Retrieved 27 May 2020 Rhythm amp Blues Records Harry South The Songbook 4CD Rhythm amp Blues Records Harry South Further South 4CDExternal links editHarry South discography at Discogs nbsp Harry South at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harry South amp oldid 1169623947, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
