Harry was born in a suburb of New York City where he first began listening to jazz and old Fred Astaire recordings at home. As a teenager he taught himself to sing a Louis Armstrong trumpet solo from a track of “Ain’t Misbehavin'”. He went to Swarthmore College where he sang with an acapella group and received a B.A. in Philosophy. He has studied jazz improvisation since 1987, first with Liz Gorrill, then in workshops with Sheila Jordan and currently with Connie Crothers. His musical influences include Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Nat “King” Cole and Roy Eldridge. He had something of a revelation concerning improvisation while listening to one of Charlie Parker’s tracks of “Embracable You” and has been “Havin’ a Ball” with jazz singing ever since. He made his debut in a concert at the Greenwich House Music School on Barrow Street in New York City on Flag Day 1991. He lives in Greenwich Village, New York.