Harry Waters is a British Piano and Hammond Organ player. He is the son of Pink Floyd's bass player and lyricist Roger Waters, He started to learn the basics of playing piano from a local piano teacher when he was about eight years old, It wasn't until about five years later however that he really got into playing, when he moved schools and started learning with a teacher who taught him Ragtime, Boogie Woogie and Blues. In his teens he played in many different bands and experimented with differe...
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Harry Waters is a British Piano and Hammond Organ player. He is the son of Pink Floyd's bass player and lyricist Roger Waters, He started to learn the basics of playing piano from a local piano teacher when he was about eight years old, It wasn't until about five years later however that he really got into playing, when he moved schools and started learning with a teacher who taught him Ragtime, Boogie Woogie and Blues. In his teens he played in many different bands and experimented with different styles of music, including Rock, Funk, Pop and Metal, he started listening to Jazz in his early twenties and slowly became more and more interested and influenced by the sound. At the time, he was playing in an originals Rock band called "Hubble Deep Field" and then his change in musical direction started to cause some problems in the band, It was at this time that he was starting to play along to Oscar Petersons Verve and Bill Evans Fantasy Records. Now he is a Jazz musician who has teamed with the likes of Ian Ritchie (saxophone player for Roger Waters), forming the Harry Waters Quartet and In November 2008 the first "Harry Waters Quartet" album was released. He is an avid fan of Phish and The Grateful Dead and has played in several jam band cover bands. Harry is heard in the original recording of Goodbye Blue Sky. The song opens with him saying "Look, mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the sky" before the music starts. Some free demos of Harry's Jazz work are available to download in his official website, www.harrywaters.co.uk. Associated acts: Roger Waters Tour Band Marianne Faithfull Tour Band Ozric Tentacles Tour Band Roger Waters Tour Band
