Harry Vetro (born August 28, 1995) is a Canadian drummer and composer. He has recording credits with such Canadian jazz players as

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, Steve Wallace and Lina Allemano. In January 2020, Harry was the runner-up for the CJSF 90.1 FM 9th Julian Award of Excellence. Vetro has received multiple grants from

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, and

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(The Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings).

Career

Vetro's band, Harry Vetro's Northern Ranger has been noted by the ''Calgary Herald'' as "some of the top players in Canada, hoare very dedicated to bringing jazz to different communities and really trying to expand the art form.” Northern Ranger's influences range from

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, The Band, and

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and

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. The band released a self-titled album in 2018, which reached the National Jazz charts in Canada. In late 2019, Starbucks discovered Vetro's song "Buffalo Jump" on

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. The song was added to the “Starbucks Jazz” Spotify playlist, and Vetro is the only contemporary Canadian Jazz musician featured on that playlist. Vetro is also a member of the Toronto-band Harrison² (pronounced Harrison Squared) with Harrison Argatoff,

, and Steve Wallace. That group released the album ''Trout in Swimwear'' in 2020; the album received positive reviews from the jazz press. Stuart Broomer of ''The Wholenote Magazine'' stated: "The absence of a chordal instrument opens up the music, encouraging the saxophonists’ dialogue and heightening Wallace and Vetro's presence. It puts Wallace's strong lines in the foreground and adds more room for his sculpted solos; Vetro is a very good drummer, precise and assertive with a keen sense of form."

Discography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vetro, Harry 1995 births Living people Canadian male drummers Canadian male composers Musicians from Mississauga 21st-century Canadian composers 21st-century Canadian drummers 21st-century Canadian male musicians