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Harry "Butch" Reed
He has toured with several well known musicians including John Blake, The Onus, The Andrew Neu Group and The Electric Mingus Project. He has also been a member of the Philadelphia Clef Club Jazz Big Band and the Don Wilson Big Band.
His percussion skills have been showcased at The Berks Jazz Festival, Trenton Jazz Festival, Lancaster, Lebanon and Bethlehem Pa Jazz Festivals performing with jazz notables Larry McKenna, John Swana, Tony Micelli, Gerald Veasley, and many others.
Butch has been a member of various performing groups including Soul Fuego, Lynn Riley & The World Mix, Electric Mingus Project, Andrew Neu Group and presently Manifest III. He can be heard on the recording projects of Mike Boone, Gerald Veasley, Shawn Qaissaunce, Pearl Williams, The Onus, and Electric Mingus Project. You can also find him on stage providing the foundation for many vocalist like Rosella Clemmons Washington, Ella Ghant, Barbara Mills, Pearl Williams and Sharon Sable to name a few.
When he isn’t performing you can find him teaching at The Maplewood Music Studio or George School. He also gives private lessons to future percussionist.
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Harry "Butch" Reed: 1st Time
by Mark F. Turner
The attributes of exceptional drummers include superb timing, sensitive touch and self-expression of which Harry “Butch" Reed displays on his auspicious debut 1st Time . The Philadelphia-based player is a prime example of a talented musician that's worked to hone his craft over time. In a satisfying program that includes straight-ahead jazz delivered by Reed and equally impressive band members the music yields a wealth of enjoyment. It is one thing to have technique but quite another ...
Continue ReadingPerfection: Harry James in the Late '50s/Early '60s
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Two big bands that knock me out from the late 1950s and early 1960s are the ones led by Count Basie and Harry James. Both could swing the house sideways, but both knew when enough was enough. Basie, of course, invented the concept of just enough, but James's decade-straddling band is often overlooked for the same quality. James's near-stalker passion for Basie is well known ("Two O'Clock Jump) but less known is that during this period, they shared the same ...
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Latest Album By Master Pianist Eric Scott Reed 'Out Late' Now Available Via Smoke Sessions Records
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AMT Public Relations
Master pianist Eric Scott Reed leads an invigorating top-shelf session, capturing the late-night vibrations of New York City Released May 16 via Smoke Sessions Records, Out Late features trumpeter Nicholas Payton, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Joe Farnsworth Out Late Album Release Shows May 16 at Los Angeles County Museum Of Art in Los Angeles & June 25-29, 2025 at Smoke Jazz Club in NYC. Jazz musicians are nocturnal by nature. Almost as essential as time ...
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Smoke Jazz Club Announces June Line-up Of Top Pianists Emmet Cohen, Danilo Perez, And Eric Scott Reed, And More
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AMT Public Relations
Hailed as the “#1 Jazz Club in New York City (SecretNYC),” SMOKE Jazz Club today announced its concert schedule for June 2025. SMOKE is thrilled to welcome back pianist Emmet Cohen leading his fan-favorite trio as well as pianist Eric Scott Reed celebrating his latest album Out Late released on the club’s namesake label. Marking his SMOKE Jazz Club debut is one of the most creative forces in music today — Panama native pianist Danilo Perez bringing his sensational trio ...
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World-renowned Smoke Presents Leading Pianists Vijay Iyer And Eric Reed, Album Release Concert By Trombonist Steve Turre, And More During The Month Of June
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AMT Public Relations
Entering its second quarter century as committed as ever to pure jazz (All About Jazz),” SMOKE Jazz Club continues its 25th anniversary season with another month of today’s leading artists in jazz. June begins with a fan favorite and longtime friend of the club’s: trumpeter Nicholas Payton (May 29-June 2). Returning to SMOKE is MacArthur Genius Vijay Iyer leading his Trio for five nights (June 5-9). Master trombonist Steve Turre celebrates the SMOKE Sessions release of his exciting new album, ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Harry Connick, Jr.
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Harry Connick, Jr.'s birthday today!
Harry Connick, Jr.'s career has been studded with awards and recognition, including several multi-platinum and gold albums, Grammy and Emmy awards, a starring role in a Tony-winning Broadway musical and much more. A true American icon, there are few artists of Harry's stature, and fewer still with such a comprehensive span of the entire realm of entertainment. Harry grew up in New Orleans, and it is here you will find ...
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Interview: Harry Allen
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Harry Allen is often thought of as quiet and aloof. The truth is, the swinging tenor saxophonist is reserved and, based on my many email chats with him, a gentleman and great guy who tends to keep to himself. While you're certainly aware of his swinging style in the Zoot Sims-Paul Gonsalves tradition, you may not be aware that Harry is a superb arranger cut from the same cloth as Sammy Nestico and Nelson Riddle. [Photo above of Harry Allen ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Eric Reed
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Eric Reed's birthday today!
When you think of hard-driving swing, daring expression, sophistication and elegance in artistry, formidable technique and a thunderous sound, there are only a very small handful of contemporary pianists you think of and one of them is most assuredly ERIC REED. But don’t think of him as a just a pianist; Eric is one of his generation’s most advanced thinkers in music. Born in the musically rich city of Philadelphia, PA. ...
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World-Renowned Smoke Jazz Club Begins Spring With Four Of Today’s Leading Pianists, Album Releases By Bobby Watson And Eric Reed, And More Throughout March
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AMT Public Relations
Described as “the most genuine, congenial and best-run jazz club in the city (Huffington Post),” New York’s Smoke Jazz Club presents a stellar line-up of some of jazz’s greatest artists during March. Four leading pianists return to the SMOKE stage: Renee Rosnes (Mar 2-5),Eric Reed celebrating his SMOKE Sessions album release (Mar 9-12), Jacky Terrasson (Mar 16-19), and George Cables (Mar 30-Apr 2). The legendary tenor George Coleman celebrates his 88th birthday with a special one-night-only concert featuring special guest ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Harry Allen
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Harry Allen's birthday today!
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 over twenty recordings to his name. Three of Harry's CDs have won Gold Disc Awards from Japan's Swing Journal Magazine, and his CD Tenors Anyone? ...
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Butch Reed Group In Cheltenham Wed. Oct. 1st!
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Jim Miller
Jazz Bridge First Wednesday Neighborhood Concert Series in Cheltenham presents drummer Harry Butch Reed and his group at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Road, on Wednesday, October 1st. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and show time is 7:30 p.m. Information: 215-517-8337 or visit Jazz Bridge. “Butch Reed is a prime example of a talented musician who’s worked to hone his craft over time, and has all the attributes of an exceptional drummer," wrote musicologist Mark F. ...
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From: Head To The SkyBy Harry "Butch" Reed
