Dick Parry

• Name — Dick Parry • Landscape — yes • Birth Name — Richard Parry • Born — 22 December 1942 • Birthplace — Kentford, Suffolk, England • Died — 22 May 2026 • Instrument — * Saxophone • keyboards • Occupation — Musician • Years Active — 1964–2026 • Associated Acts — Pink Floyd David Gilmour The Soul Committee • Illustration — Parry (second from right) playing with Pink Floyd in 1973

Born in Kentford, Suffolk on 22 December 1942, Parry started his career as a saxophonist in the Soul Committee, a band based in Cambridge that was active in the mid-1960s. He was a lifelong friend of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour who played in Jokers Wild, another band in Cambridge. Contrary to some reports, Parry did not play in Jokers Wild. Some years later, Gilmour asked him to play on Pink Floyd studio albums, including The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), and The Division Bell (1994), as well as in every Pink Floyd live performance between 1973 and 1977, and the 1994 world tour. Parry also played additional keyboards during Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts I, VI and IX on Pink Floyd's 1977 In the Flesh Tour. He also toured as part of the Who's brass section on their 1979–1980 tours. Parry played saxophone on "Celestine" for the 1997 album Big Men Cry by Banco de Gaia. He appeared on Gilmour's live dates in 2001 and 2002, one performance of which was released as David Gilmour in Concert. He also played on the 2006 On An Island tour in Europe, the United States and Canada, performing saxophone on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "Wearing the Inside Out", and "Then I Close My Eyes". Shows from the Royal Albert Hall in London, and from the Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland were released as the DVDs Remember That Night and Live in Gdańsk, respectively. Parry also played glass harmonica and additional keyboards on this tour. Parry appeared at the Pink Floyd reunion at Live 8, where he played his saxophone part on "Money". In 2009, he toured Europe and South Africa with the Violent Femmes.

Parry died on 22 May 2026, aged 83.

Dick Parry is recorded with the occupation saxophonist. Classed in the genre progressive rock. Recorded as saxophonist, trumpeter and musician. Christopher Wynn Parry in interview with Michael Ashley-Miller.