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Steve Parry

Big Bands Are Back! (They never really went away)

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Steve Parry And The Big Band From Hell, based in the north of England, was formed as a college project back in 1994 as a vehicle for trumpet player Steve Parry to play drums in a big band. After disbanding in 1996 (when Steve got a 6 month tour with the Official Tribute To The Blues Brothers that lasted 9 years and earned him the post of musical director after 5 months...) the band reformed again in 2004 at the request of 2 former band members (trombonist Kevin Holbrough and trumpeter Bryan Davis).
The Big Band From Hell has an aggressive take on jazz and Steve's purpose for the band is to make it musically interesting as well as having that feelgood factor that non-musicians will understand. The music consists of compositions/arrangements by Steve as well as charts from the library of Buddy Rich. The outcome of all this is a band with all the energy and fire of a rock 'n' roll gig but with some great, sophisticated harmonies and ensemble playing.
The band has some teriffic soloists too. Among the people to have played with the band are some of the best musicians in the north of England; Mark Chandler (trp), Simon Nixon (trp), Kevin Holbrough (tbn), Joel Purnell (alto), Jim Corry (alto), Tony Burkill (tnr), Rod Mason (tnr), Paul Corry (bar).
The tracks you are listening to now are a combination of Steve's first release on the GLP label (It All Starts Here and Big Mama), unmastered pre-release tracks from the forthcoming debut album 'The Organ Quintet Recordings' and a live recording of the Big Band From Hell. On all tracks (with the exception of the live recording) all instruments are played by Steve Parry.
The Big Band From Hell have up-coming gigs and you'll be able to find out where & when right here as soon as details become available.
Single "It All Starts Here" now available on iTunes
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Member Since: 7/31/2006
Band Website: steveparrymusic.com
Band Members: All instruments on Big Mama and It All Starts Here played by Steve Parry!

Steve's tracks are now available on the GLP Jazz compilation.........

GLP JAZZ
OUT NOW - GLP Jazz - A compilation of some of the finest new Jazz from some of the best new UK musicians on GLP's catalogue. Featuring "Big Mama" and "It All Starts Here" from Steve Parry. Available now from:
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Also available from Emusic
SONY Connect
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Napster

CD version available now direct from GLP £9.99 GBP - Secure payment with Paypal. As a special introductory offer we will mail copies worldwide at no extra cost. Also available from Amazon and CD Baby.
Influences: Buddy Rich, Duke Ellington, The Beatles, Count Basie, Maynard Ferguson, Genesis, James Morrison (the Australian jazzer, NOT the new up-and-coming singer/songwriter), Dizzy Gillespie, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Cat Stevens, John LaBarbera, Herbie Hancock, Don Menza, Don Piestrup, Stan Kenton, Toshiko Akiyoshi, The Eagles, Ernie Wilkins, Neil Hefti, Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Dexter Gordon, Quincy Jones (the list goes on..!)

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Sounds Like: Tracks are available to download now on Virgin Digital and HMV Digital.
Also available from iTunes.
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Record Label: GLP ( Groove Laboratory Productions )
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

At Last - New Recordings

So, it's taken me about 2 years to get to this stage but I can actually say, as of about a week ago, that I've finished recording & mixing my very own album. I say it's taken me 2 years; it's ...
Posted by Steve Parry on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:46:00 PST

BBFH Vids

Just uploaded some videos of the Big Band From Hell at one of the recent High School gigs we did. Check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8dduoZuAtg&feature=user http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
Posted by Steve Parry on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:24:00 PST

BBFH In Schools

Well, what can I say? The three gigs we did in schools in Birkenhead this week were, apart from being the most knackering days (especially the Wednesday where we had two schools then I had a rehearsal...
Posted by Steve Parry on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:19:00 PST

Kids & Music

On the 18th & 19th of March, Steve Parry and the Big Band From Hell will be performing at 3 schools in Birkenhead on the Wirral. The idea is to get kids interested in taking up learning a musical inst...
Posted by Steve Parry on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:01:00 PST

More Download stores

My debut single is now available from;as well as Music Now and                 Musicload     &nb...
Posted by Steve Parry on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:11:00 PST

New single now available from Emusic and Yahoo

You can now download my new single "It All Starts Here" which also includes the track "Big Mama" from Emusic and also YAHOO MUSIC...
Posted by Steve Parry on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:51:00 PST

New single out now!

My New single "It All Starts Here" is out today on the download stores HMV Digital and Virgin Digital.        &nbs p;       &n...
Posted by Steve Parry on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 05:28:00 PST

My debut single out today on iTunes!

"It All Starts Here" released on iTunes today! ...
Posted by Steve Parry on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:32:00 PST