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On this page: Autobiography, CV, Reviews, Discography
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HARRY S. FULCHER |
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I was born in 1956 and educated in and around London, moving to Devon in 1981. I started learning the piano and the clarinet as a boy, not adding the saxophone until in my twenties. Music was always my first love and obsession but, typically a Gemini, I've dipped into other wildly diverse careers along the way. I studied clarinet with Stuart Allen and John McCaw and later with Stephen Pierce at the London College of Music in Great Malborough Street. While at Chiswick Music Centre my jazz tutors included Alan Wakeman, Stan Sulzmann, Harry Beckett, Don Rendell and other great British players. While a student I took classes with Howard Riley at the Guildhall School of Music and with Phil Wachsmann at the City Literary Institute. These latter tutors encouraged and informed my love of avant-garde and totally improvised music. I was a founding member of The London Musicians Collective and the Alternative Music Orchestra. I was as happy playing alongside Tony Oxley (my favourite drummer!) as playing Brahms. After studying music I heeded my parents advice and took up a career in 'the city' as a broker at Lloyds of London. I had a great time for four years but I was very unhappy not being able to devote myself to music. I quit and moved to Salcombe in Devon which had always been an important place for me. I quickly became involved with a life and a community that I truly loved. For three years I worked for Edward Hannaford, a boat builder who had always been a hero of mine (and subject of my composition "No.6 Boatstore"). I became one of the town's retained firemen for ten years (ending up in charge of the station) and had many odd-jobs while building up a private music teaching practice and getting involved with the West Country gig scene. This led to forming my own jazz groups and freelancing as an instrumentalist. Around 1992 I formed "The Complete DBs" with Kevin Sanders, Dhevdhas Nair and Sean Wilmott. This band was formed to play our original compositions. Of course we couldn't get gigs for love nor money and I retreated to more acoustic line-ups playing standards. At least that kept the friends playing together and thankfully the original concept has now been reborn as "The Limbic System". I started the Limbic System Music Ltd. company to take care of the band's cd releases and business. I am agreed to release improv albums on Leo Records. I am a member of the fierce free-improv group Conspiracy Of Equals, leader of The Levellers' horn section and a cornerstone of Rev Hammer's bands and recordings. I feature in Rev's epic folk/rock-opera "Freeborn John". I play for the latin/salsa/fusion band "Mas Bajo", Sam Richards' various bands (which include occasional Sun Ra tribute nights), The Lewis Riley Big Band and I am a committee member of the Totnes Jazz Collective. I have a project studio at home where I record myself, whoever I may invite and those who wish to pay. I am the house engineer for Leo Records, specialising in digital audio editing and audio restoration. Leo Feigin kindly dubs me "Harry The Magician"! I have engineered and produced albums for Red Dispersion (Slam CD 272), Helen Bradshaw, Edward Hannaford and demos for numerous local bands. I collaborate a great deal with composer/bass player/sculptor/film maker and friend Marcus Vergette, playing/engineering/producing soundtracks and pieces for his many projects. I have made many oral history field recordings of local people for the Salcombe Maritime Museum. Sometimes I can't believe that I am fortunate enough to live with my beloved wife Bobbi, an artist from Los Angeles, in our favourite place, have such close friends, go sailing AND be able to play music to my hearts content. I'm reminded of the Talking Heads lyric: "How did I get here?" |
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In the beginning 1970s 1990s 2000 - 2007 |
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DISCOGRAPHY |
