Raye Jones Avery

Harry Butch Reed

Harry Butch Reed started playing drums at a very early age , was educated at the Settlement Music Schoo in Philadelphial, and through private instruction with Carl Mottola and Skeets Marsh. He has toured with several well known musicians including John Blake, The Onus, The Andrew Neu Group and The Electric Mingus Project. He has also been a member of the Philadelphia Clef Club Jazz Big Band and the Don Wilson Big Band.

His percussion skills have been showcased at The Berks Jazz Festival, Trenton Jazz Festival, Lancaster, Lebanon and Bethlehem Pa Jazz Festivals. Reed has performed with jazz notables Larry McKenna, John Swana, Tony Micelli, Gerald Veasley, and many others. Butch has been a member of various performing groups including Soul Fuego, Lynn Riley & The World Mix, Electric Mingus Project, Andrew Neu Group and Manifest III. He can be heard on the recording projects of Mike Boone, Gerald Veasley, Shawn Qaissaunee, Pearl Williams, The Onus, and Electric Mingus Project.