Harry William Waters (born 16 November 1976), sometimes known as Hal Waters, a British

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and

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player, associated with

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and

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

Life

Waters is the son of songwriter and lyricist

Roger Waters George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. In 1965, he co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd as the bassist. Following the departure of the group's main songwriter Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became ...

, who co-founded the rock band

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, and his second wife Carolyne Christie, the niece of the 3rd Marquess of Zetland. He is married to visual artist Richelle Rich. They reside in Los Angeles.

Musical career

A two year old Harry Waters is heard in the original recording of " Goodbye Blue Sky" on Pink Floyd's 1979 album '' The Wall''. The song opens with him saying "Look, mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the sky". Harry and India Waters are credited as "children in the garden" in the liner notes of Roger Waters' 1987 solo album '' Radio KAOS'' Waters joined his father's touring band in 2002, replacing keyboardist Jon Carin on the In the Flesh tour; he later playing alongside Carin since The Dark Side of the Moon Live in 2006. Harry was fired from the band (alongside several other band members) by his father shortly before Christmas 2016. In 2004, he toured with

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and Ozric Tentacles. He is a fan of

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and

The Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in Palo Alto, California, in 1965. Known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music with psyc ...

and has played in several

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cover bands. Waters is also a

musician who has teamed with the likes of Ian Ritchie (saxophone player for Roger Waters), forming the Harry Waters Quartet. Some demos of his jazz work are available to download from Waters' official website. In November 2008, the first Harry Waters Band album was released. On 19 June 2011, Waters played a Pink Floyd song " In the Flesh" (from '' The Wall'') with Primus during the band's concert at the Effenaar in

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. On 17 September 2015, Dean Ween announced on his Facebook page that Harry Waters was the new keyboard player of his namesake group, the Dean Ween Band. He is a member of the band McNally Waters with singer-songwriter Larry John McNally. He has scored for TV and film. In 2022, Waters joined Israeli Pink Floyd tribute band Echoes to perform ''The Wall'' alongside other former members of his father's touring band. In 2023, he joined Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade on their "Summer of Green" touring, playing Pink Floyd's 1977 album ''Animals'' each night. Later in the year, he agreed to perform three shows with English tribute band Brit Floyd.

Discography

* ''Harry Waters Band'' (2008) *''McNally Waters'' (2018) *''Bang Bang'' (2021)

Film scores

* More Human Than Human *The Birth of the Cobra *The Halcyon *The Look *Proxy *Retrospekt

TV Work

*'' Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee'' *''

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'' *'' At Home with Amy Sedaris'' *''Stage Mother'' *''Lose a Stone in 21 Days'' *'' Chelsea'' *'' The Beauty Inside'' *'' The Way Home'' *'' Himalaya with Michael Palin''

Video games

*''Pirate Pop'' - dadako

Harry Waters Band

The lineup is as follows: *Harry Waters: Piano * Yarron Stavi: Bass * Seb Rochford: Drums *

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: Vibraphone * Ian Ritchie: Tenor Saxophone * Alan Barnes: Alto/Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet *Quentin Collins: Trumpet

References

External links

Official site and blog
* Living people English keyboardists 1976 births Roger Waters {{England-musician-stub