the johnny parry trio:
Johnny’s debut 'Break your Little Heart' (2004) was made in Toronto, Canada.
Johnny wandered the streets and clubs of the city until he found a collection
of the finest underground musicians to perform on the record. The project was written and recorded within weeks before taken back to the UK to be finished.
When released, The Johnny Parry Trio was formed to reinterpret the songs for
live shows.
The Johnny Parry Trio are a piano trio. As Johnny growls and whispers over his piano, Ben Milway plays his drums like a one-man orchestral percussion section and Dave Lynch manages to make his fretless bass twist between burlesque jazz, to the effect of melodic cello. All this is coupled live with short films made by Andy Holden, an artist who in the last 12 months has exhibited in Frankfurt, Berlin, Amsterdam, Vienna, Toronto, Zürich and London.
The second album ‘Songs without a Purpose’ (2007) explores a different side of 'Johnny craft'. Hundreds of pages of scrutinized manuscript were brought to the studio to be played by the trio and a small chamber orchestra. Featuring the Omi-mushka string quartet, the Jazzuits brass and woodwind section, and layers of often operatic backing vocals.
press:
“Songs Without A Purpose is one of the most beautiful records ever made.”
- (Daily Vault, 2007)
"Bizarre? Definitely. Beautiful? Absolutely."
- (The Big Takeover, 2007)
"drama that would bring an opera house to its feet."
- (disclaimer, 2007)
website:
www.johnnyparry.com
Johnny’s debut 'Break your Little Heart' (2004) was made in Toronto, Canada.
Johnny wandered the streets and clubs of the city until he found a collection
of the finest underground musicians to perform on the record. The project was written and recorded within weeks before taken back to the UK to be finished.
When released, The Johnny Parry Trio was formed to reinterpret the songs for
live shows.
The Johnny Parry Trio are a piano trio. As Johnny growls and whispers over his piano, Ben Milway plays his drums like a one-man orchestral percussion section and Dave Lynch manages to make his fretless bass twist between burlesque jazz, to the effect of melodic cello. All this is coupled live with short films made by Andy Holden, an artist who in the last 12 months has exhibited in Frankfurt, Berlin, Amsterdam, Vienna, Toronto, Zürich and London.
The second album ‘Songs without a Purpose’ (2007) explores a different side of 'Johnny craft'. Hundreds of pages of scrutinized manuscript were brought to the studio to be played by the trio and a small chamber orchestra. Featuring the Omi-mushka string quartet, the Jazzuits brass and woodwind section, and layers of often operatic backing vocals.
press:
“Songs Without A Purpose is one of the most beautiful records ever made.”
- (Daily Vault, 2007)
"Bizarre? Definitely. Beautiful? Absolutely."
- (The Big Takeover, 2007)
"drama that would bring an opera house to its feet."
- (disclaimer, 2007)
website:
www.johnnyparry.com
photo:
(l-r) dave lynch, ben milway, & johnny parry
(l-r) dave lynch, ben milway, & johnny parry