Gene Lees writes, "Stan Getz was once asked his idea of the perfect
tenor saxophone soloist. His answer was, 'My technique, Al Cohn's ideas,
and Zoot's time.'
The fulfillment of that ideal may well be embodied in thirty-year-old Harry Allen. BMG recording artist Harry Allen has eighteen recordings to his name, and is about to record his sixth for BMG/RCA Victor.
Three of Harry's CDs have won Gold Disc Awards from Japan's Swing Journal Magazine, and his CD Tenors Anyone? won both the Gold Disc Award and the New Star Award. His recordings have made the top ten list for favorite new releases in Swing Journal Magazine's reader's poll and Jazz Journal International's critic's poll for 1997, and Eu Nao Quero Dancar (I Wont Dance), the third Gold Disc Award winner, was voted second for 1998 album of the year by Swing Journal Magazine's reader's poll.
Harry has performed at jazz festivals and clubs worldwide, frequently touring the United States, Europe, and the Far East. He has performed with Rosemary Clooney, Flip Phillips, Scott Hamilton, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Kenny Burrell, John Pizzarelli, Bucky Pizzarelli, Gus Johnson, Jeff Hamilton, Terry Gibbs, Warren Vache, and has recorded with Johnny Mandel, Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Barron, Dave McKenna, Dori Caymmi, Larry Goldings, George Mraz, Jake Hanna, Lewis Nash, and Al Foster, among others.
Harry is featured on many of John Pizzarelli's recordings including the soundtrack and an on-screen cameo in the feature film The Out of Towners starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. He has also done a series of commercials staring Robert Goulet for ESPN. Harry was born in Washington D.C. in 1966, and was raised in Los Angeles, CA and Burrillville, Rl. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music in 1988 from Rutgers University in New Jersey, where he currently resides.
