Harry James Angus
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Harry James Angus (Born 11th June, 1982 Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian singer-songwriter and trumpet player. He is one of the lead vocalists in the Melbourne band The Cat Empire along with Felix Riebl. He joined the group in early 2000.
Harry has been playing trumpet since the age of twelve and learnt to scat from listening to the Jazz greats. He went to school at McKinnon Secondary College in Melbourne before studying at the Victorian College of the Arts. In 2006 he twice appeared as a panelist on the ABC Australian Music Quiz show Spicks and Specks. Harry is also part of The Conglomerate, a four-piece Melbourne band.
Harry's current solo project, Jackson Jackson, is a partnership with Jan Skubiszewski (Producer; Phrase, & Composer; Two Hands [APRA award winner], The Rage In Placid Lake, Last Man Standing). "JACKSON JACKSON AND THE NEW APOCALYPSO BEAT" features Melbourne trio "The Genie " (comprised of Ollie McGill on keyboards and keytar, Ryan Monro on bass and Will Hull-Brown on drums). His backing singers are known as 'The Jackson Jackson 5'. Jackson Jackson are signed to EMI and their debut album "The Fire is on the Bird" comes out in late March.
Jackson Jackson played shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in mid-March 2007 as part of their "Sneak Preview" tour.
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