Harry Shields

Harry Shields (June 30, 1899 – January 19, 1971) was an early jazz clarinetist.

Harry Shields was born in uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, the younger brother of noted clarinetist Larry Shields. Harry spent almost his whole career in New Orleans. He played with the bands of Norman Brownlee, Sharkey Bonano, Tom Brown, Johnny Wiggs, and others. Many fellow musicians regarded Harry as superior to his more famous brother, Larry.cite book|accessdate=2008-08-14
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FuZiEChB2qQC&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176&dq=Harry+Shields+clarinet&source=web&ots=9-s805E0iq&sig=rSNzdzDgt7txZClc4zgqJGFpTWA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPA177,M1
author=Rose
title=I Remember Jazz
page=177
year=1987] Johnny Wiggs commented that Harry Shields was the only clarinetist he'd heard who could always play the right note without fail.

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*cite book
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FuZiEChB2qQC&dq=Harry+Shields+clarinet&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0
author=Rose, Al
title=I Remember Jaz Remember Jazz: Six Decades Among the Great Jazzmen
isbn=0807125717
publisher=LSU Press
page=p. 177
year=1987