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Tommy Reilly | |
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Birth name | Thomas Rundle Reilly |
Born | Guelph, Ontario, Canada | August 21, 1919
Died | September 25, 2000 Frensham, Surrey, England | (aged 81)
Genres | Jazz, classical, popular |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, teacher |
Instrument | Harmonica |
Years active | 1940s–1990s |
Thomas Rundle Reilly MBE (August 21, 1919 – September 25, 2000) was a Canadian-born harmonica player, predominantly based in England. He began studying violin at eight and began playing harmonica at aged eleven as a member of his father's band. In the 1940s, he began parallel careers as a concert soloist and recitalist, a popular radio and TV performer, and a studio musician-composer.