John Russell 'Jack' Parnell (born 6 August 1923) is an English bandleader and musician. He was born into a theatrical family in London. His father Russ Carr was a music hall artist, before becoming a theatrical agent. His uncle Val Parnell was the General Manager of the London Palladium. Parnell was educated at the Brighton & Hove Grammar School and studied the piano from the age of five. He studied drums for a year with Max Abrams. Wikipedia
Jack Parnell (b. 1923) served as the conductor for The Muppet Show orchestra for the entire run of the series. A longtime drummer and part of the "big band" movement in England in the 1940s, Parnell set up his own group, the Jack Parnell Orchestra, in 1 muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Jack_Parnell
After many successful years on drums with the Ted Heath band, Jack Parnell formed a small band in 1951 to play in the London West End show Fancy Free. www.jazzprofessional.com/big_band_profiles/Parnell.htm
To many, the name Jack Parnell is synonymous with television music. In the quarter of a century that he spent with ATV, he supplied the music for everything from Sunday Night at the London Palladium and This is Tom Jones to The Muppet Show , as well as w www.transdiffusion.org/emc/soundson/jack_parnell.php
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