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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Dick Parry
| image = David Gilmour, Glasgow dsc00121 (154402273).jpg
| landscape = yes
| caption = Parry (middle) with [[David Gilmour]] in 2006
| birth_name = Richard Parry
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|12|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kentford]], [[Suffolk]], England
| instrument = {{hlist|Saxophone|keyboards}}
| occupation = Musician
| years_active = 1964–present
| associated_acts = [[Pink Floyd]]<br />[[David Gilmour]]<br />The Soul Committee
}}
[[File:DarkSideOfTheMoon1973.jpg|thumb|Parry (second from right) playing with Pink Floyd in 1973]]

'''Richard Parry''' (born 22 December 1942) is an English [[saxophonist]]. He has appeared as a [[session musician]] on various albums, most notably in solo parts on the [[Pink Floyd]] songs "[[Money (Pink Floyd song)|Money]]", "[[Us and Them (song)|Us and Them]]", "[[Shine On You Crazy Diamond]]" and "[[Wearing the Inside Out]]".<ref name=gilmourblog>{{cite web |url=http://www.davidgilmourblog.com/2006/02/dick-parry-on-tour.html |title=Dick Parry on tour |access-date=19 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231032819/http://www.davidgilmourblog.com/2006/02/dick-parry-on-tour.html |archive-date=31 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Grossman|first=Lloyd|title=Dark Side of the Moon – album review|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/dark-side-of-the-moon-19730524|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=24 May 1973|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref> He also played on the [[Bloodstone (band)|Bloodstone]] album ''Riddle of the Sphinx''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5216087-Bloodstone-Riddle-Of-The-Sphinx-El-Misterio-De-La-Esfinge|title=Bloodstone - Riddle Of The Sphinx = El Misterio De La Esfinge|date=26 June 1975|access-date=26 June 2023|website=Discogs.com}}</ref>

==Career==
Born in [[Kentford]], [[Suffolk]], Parry started his career as a saxophonist in The Soul Committee, a mid-1960s band in [[Cambridge]]. He was a friend of [[Pink Floyd]] guitarist [[David Gilmour]]<ref name=gilmourblog/> who played in [[Jokers Wild (band)|Jokers Wild]], another band in Cambridge. Contrary to some reports, Parry did not play in Jokers Wild.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gilmour|first=Peter|date=April 2015|chapter=Jokers Wild|url=http://i-spysydincambridge.com/assets/pdf/ISpy%20booklet%20Edition%206.pdf|title=The Music Scene of 1960s Cambridge|volume=6th Edition|pages=58–59|via=Warren Dosanjh & Mick Brown}}</ref> Some years later, Gilmour asked him to play on Pink Floyd studio albums, including ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]'', ''[[Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album)|Wish You Were Here]]'', and ''[[The Division Bell]]'', as well as in every Pink Floyd live performance between 1973 and 1977, and the 1994 world tour.<ref name="gilmourblog" /> Parry also played additional keyboards during Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts I, VI and IX on Pink Floyd's 1977 [[In the Flesh (Pink Floyd tour)|In the Flesh Tour]]. He also toured as part of [[the Who]]'s [[Brass instrument|brass]] section on their 1979–1980 tours.

He played saxophone on "Celestine" for the 1997 album ''[[Big Men Cry]]'' by [[Banco de Gaia]].

Parry appeared on Gilmour's live dates in 2001 and 2002, one performance of which was released as ''[[David Gilmour in Concert]]''. He also played on the 2006 ''On An Island'' tour in Europe, the United States and Canada, performing saxophone on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "[[Wearing the Inside Out]]", and "[[Then I Close My Eyes]]". Shows from the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in [[London]], and from the [[Gdańsk Shipyard|Shipyard]] in [[Gdańsk]], Poland were released as the DVDs ''[[Remember That Night]]'' and ''[[Live in Gdańsk]]'', respectively.<ref name=gilmourblog/> Parry also played glass harmonica and additional keyboards on this tour.

He appeared at the Pink Floyd reunion at [[Live 8]], where he played his saxophone part on "Money".<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Omnibus| isbn = 978-1-84938-370-7| last = Mabbett| first = Andy| title = Pink Floyd - The Music and the Mystery| location = London| date = 2010}}</ref> In 2009, he toured Europe and South Africa with the [[Violent Femmes]].<ref name=gilmourblog/>

==Selected discography as saxophonist==
* 1970: ''[[J. J. Jackson's Dilemma]]'' – [[J. J. Jackson (singer)|J. J. Jackson]]
* 1970: ''[[...and proud of it!]]'' – J.J. Jackson
* 1971: ''Quiver'' – [[Sutherland Brothers|Quiver]]
* 1971: ''Bring It Back Home'' – [[Mike Vernon (record producer)|Mike Vernon]] with [[Rory Gallagher]] and [[Pete Wingfield]]
* 1972: ''[[Let's Make Up and Be Friendly]]'' – [[Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band]]
* 1972: ''Transatlantic'' – [[Jimmy Dawkins]]
* 1972: ''Mick the Lad'' – [[Mick Grabham]] ([[Procol Harum]])
* 1972: ''London Gumbo'' – [[Lightnin' Slim]]
* 1973: ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' – [[Pink Floyd]] (on "[[Money (Pink Floyd song)|Money]]" and "[[Us and Them (song)|Us and Them]]")
* 1973: ''I'm the Worst Partner I Know'' – [[Brainbox|Kazimierz Lux]]
* 1973: ''Urban Cowboy'' – [[Andy Roberts (musician)|Andy Roberts]] (on the track "Elaine")
* 1974: ''[[First of the Big Bands]]'' – [[Tony Ashton]] and [[Jon Lord]]
* 1974: ''Riddle of the Sphinx'' – [[Bloodstone (band)|Bloodstone]]
* 1975: ''[[Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album)|Wish You Were Here]]'' – Pink Floyd (on "[[Shine On You Crazy Diamond|Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part V)]]")
* 1975: ''[[Mad Dog (album)|Mad Dog]]'' – [[John Entwistle]] ([[The Who]])
* 1975: ''Live 1971–1975'' – [[Les Humphries Singers]]
* 1975: ''Love Is a Five Letter Word'' – [[Jimmy Witherspoon]]
* 1975: ''Fingertips'' – [[Duster Bennett]]
* 1982: ''[[Jinx (Rory Gallagher album)|Jinx]]'' – [[Rory Gallagher]]
* 1993: ''BBC Radio One Live in Concert'' – [[Paice Ashton Lord]]
* 1994: ''[[The Division Bell]]'' – Pink Floyd ("[[Wearing the Inside Out]]")
* 1995: ''[[Pulse (Pink Floyd album)|Pulse]]'' – Pink Floyd
* 1998: ''[[Big Men Cry]]'' – [[Banco de Gaia]] (on the track "Celestine")
* 2002: ''[[David Gilmour in Concert]]'' – David Gilmour ([[Pink Floyd]]) – DVD
*2007: ''[[Remember That Night]]'' - David Gilmour ([[Pink Floyd]]) - DVD (Parry also played additional keyboards)
*2008: ''[[Live in Gdańsk]]'' - David Gilmour ([[Pink Floyd]]) - DVD (Parry also played the glass harmonica and additional keyboards)
* 2008: ''Duchess'' – [[Deborah Bonham]]
* 2023: ''The Dark Side of the Moon Live at Wembley 1974'' – Pink Floyd<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dick-parry-mn0000069308/credits|title=Dick Parry Credits|access-date=3 August 2014 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

==References==
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