You're invited to join us when a small group of guests—a total of 30—enjoy the music of saxophonist Harry Allen and his
Trio in a special ticketed jazz event in the “speakeasy style” Parlor
of Hailey's Harp & Pub at 15 Station Place, Metuchen NJ,
on the evening of Wednesday, July 20th. This special event
takes place during Restaurant Week in Metuchen. Hailey’s Harp and Pub will have specials on
their menu in honor of restaurant week!
Harry Allen is a
world recognized tenor saxophonist who studied music at Rutgers in New
Brunswick, NJ in the mid 80’s and spent plenty of time honing his jazz
saxophone chops at Metuchen’s own The Cornerstone restaurant at New and
Pearl streets, which became well recognized as “THE” jazz club in
Central Jersey. Harry recalls getting his start in the mid 80’s with
“sitting in” (being invited to join in and play) by legendary jazz
guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli whose son John was also performing
on guitar.
Since graduating from Rutgers with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music
in 1988, Harry has performed at jazz festivals and clubs worldwide,
frequently touring the United States, Europe and Asia. He has
performed with many of the giants of this music, including Ray Brown,
Hank Jones, Frank Wess, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Rosemary Clooney, Kenny
Burrell, Jeff Hamilton, Terry Gibbs, Warren Vache and Scott Hamilton –
just to name a few. Harry has won numerous awards. Most
recently, he was inducted into the Jazz Monsters Hall of Fame at
SOKA University of America in California.
Harry Allen has recorded over 70 CDs as a leader and many more as a
sideman. In 2020, his CD Under a Blanket of Blue with
guitarist Dave Blenkhorn, recorded remotely during the pandemic and
mixed and mastered by Harry was a top three finalist for France’s
Acadamie du Jazz’s Prix du Jazz Classique. Three of Harry's CDs have
won Gold Disc Awards from Japan's Swing Journal,
and his CD Tenors Anyone? won both the Gold Disc Award and the New
Star Award.
Harry has recorded with Tony Bennett, Johnny Mandel, Ray Brown, Tommy
Flanagan, James Taylor, Sheryl Crow, Kenny Barron, Dave McKenna, Dori
Caymmi, Larry Goldings, George Mraz, Jake Hanna, 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 for ESPN starring Robert Goulet.
And a quote from Martin McFie of All About
Jazz: “Harry Allen sounds like Harry Allen…His technique is as close to
perfect as a swing tenor saxophone can get. Clear and clean, minimal
and traditional, Allen plays mellow in the higher register, never
forcing or splitting notes. He has an intensity of talent recognized
and respected by a list of jazz men from a place up above the top
shelf.”
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