Harry Lightfoot

Harry Lightfoot is a British jazz musician, bandleader and composer. In recent years, Harry has emerged as an impressive talent in the British TV and film music industry.

Early career

Harry played music from an early age, teaching himself the piano and saxophone. He studied clarinet with Steve Morris and Keith Slade and his aspiration to work as a session musician led him to study jazz at the Birmingham Conservatoire. Studying saxophone with Julian Siegel and Jean Toussaint, Harry emerged as a formidable improviser. He rapidly developed his own style, forging hard-bop lines with a cleaner pop vocabulary. Over the years, the early influences of Cannonball Adderley and Michael Brecker gradually gave way to a more pop-based style of improvisation.

Farleigh/The Paris 1940's

Whilst in Birmingham, Harry met like-minded musicians Pete Robertson (I Blame Coco), Martyn Spencer and Joe Archer. They formed the pop band Farleigh and were signed by Accorder Music publishing in 2009. This led to their debut EP with Jez Coad, producer of Jim Kerr's (Simple Minds) New album. Joined by singer Thom Kirkpatrick (This Beautiful Noise), the band established The Paris 1940's in early 2010. This marked a return to a more jazz-influenced pop, turning heads with their covers of Oasis, Motörhead and Lady Gaga.

TV and film

After leaving college, Harry worked as a session musician for the BBC and ITV and recorded Miprojekt with Julian Marc Stringle. He opened The Store Studio in 2005, where he works as a composer for TV and film.