"Ingham has a warm and generous way with music..his style is based on rhythmic presence and dynamic propulsion" DOWNBEAT
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"One of Britain's best singer-pianists"
LONDON EVENING STANDARD
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"Over and above his impish arpeggios, droll introductions and left-handed singing the thing that fascinates me about Mr. Ingham is his erudition"
JAZZ JOURNAL
"Ingham excelled at propelling the band and getting the best out of a group of outstanding musicians"
LONDON JAZZ NEWS
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HOAGY'S CHILDREN: THE PIANIST-SINGER-SONGWRITERS
A Livestream with Chris Ingham
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7.30pm Friday 29th January 2021
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Tickets at www.headhunterslive.org
An affectionate survey of some musical artists who, with their cultured wry wit and jazz inflection, take their cue from the daddy of all pianist-singer-songwriters, Hoagy Carmichael.
Presenting song and anecdote from behind the piano, Chris Ingham examines the work of Nat Cole, Bobby Troup, Dave Frishberg, Bob Dorough, Blossom Dearie, Mose Allison, Georgie Fame, Alan Price, Billy Joel and Randy Newman, among others.
Five shows Feb-March 2020
Crazy Coqs, BrassErie Zedel, London
Twitter: @LiveAtZedel Instagram: @liveatzedel Facebook: @LiveAtZedel
Wed 5 Feb 2020 (7pm) Crazy Coqs
with GEOFF GASCOYNE bass, GEORGE DOUBLE drums
Wed 12 Feb 2020 (7pm) Crazy Coqs
with PAUL HIGGS trumpet, JOE PETTITT bass
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Wed 19 Feb 2020 (7pm) Crazy Coqs
with MARK CROOKS tenor sax, ARNIE SOMOGYI bass, SEBASTIAAN DE KROM drums
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Wed 26 Feb 2020 (7pm) Crazy Coqs
with DOMINIC ASHWORTH guitar, DARREN McCARTHY bass
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Wed 4 March 2020 (7pm) Crazy Coqs
with MARK CROOKS clarinet/tenor sax
CHRIS INGHAM at LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2019
Thurs 21 Nov (8pm) The Other Palace
GETZ: A MUSICAL PORTRAIT
CHRIS INGHAM QUARTET feat. MARK CROOKS
Sat 23 Nov (7.30pm) St John's Smith Square
VOICES OF JAZZ
ETCETERA CIVIL SERVICE CHOIR with ALEXANDER BONE and the CHRIS INGHAM TRIO
A LITTLE JAZZ MASS (Bob Chilcott) + SONGS OF LOVE (Will Todd)
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Sun 24 Nov (7.30pm) St John's Smith Square
THE MUSIC OF GIL EVANS
REBOP: IMPRESSIONS of MILES AHEAD
JAZZ AT THE MOVIES
SWINGING CHRISTMAS 2019
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Sat 30 Nov SAFFRON WALDEN Joanna's Place at Fairycroft Arts
Thurs 5 Dec LONDON Lansdowne Club
Fri 6 Dec BURNHAM MARKET The Hoste
Sun 8 Dec LONDON Pizza Jazz Club, Soho
Tues 10 Dec LONDON Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall SOLD OUT
Thurs 12 Dec DISS Corn Hall
Sat 14 Dec SOUTHWOLD Arts Centre
Sun 15 Dec IPSWICH Jazz Club
Wed 18 Dec BURY ST EDMUNDS Apex
Thurs 19 Dec AYLESBURY St Mary The Virgin
Sat 21 Dec HADLEIGH Town Hall
Sun 22 Dec LONDON Ronnie Scott's SOLD OUT
REBOP open THE BLUE NOTE YEARS series at the Pizza Jazz Club, SOHO
Repertory sextet Rebop are opening JBGB Events' Blue Note Years Series, which runs monthly from April to October 2019, at Pizza Express Jazz Club on Dean Street. Soho at 8pm on Tues 23 April 2019. With music from Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson and other luminaries of the Blue Note era.
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Rebop returns to Dean Street in quintet form to celebrate the music of Horace Silver on Tues 23 July 2019.
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Tickets and more info available HERE
CHRIS INGHAM HOSTS FIVE EVENINGS AT LONDON's THE OTHER PALACE April-Aug
Promoted by JBGB, Chris Ingham hosts a series of five jazz evenings at The Other Palace, Victoria from March 2019 through July 2019.
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Thurs 28 March JAZZ AT THE MOVIES
Thurs 25 April ART THEMEN plays SONNY ROLLINS
Thurs 30 May BEN HOLDER/JULIAN STRINGLE
Thurs 27 June THE JAZZ OF DUDLEY MOORE
Thurs 25 July ALAN BARNES plays ELLINGTON and STRAYHORN
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Details and tickets HERE
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New album STAN
Jan 2019
Stan; an interpretation of some repertoire highlights from the remarkable, 45-year career of saxophonist Stan Getz and a recorded companion to the Chris Ingham Quartet’s live presentation Getz: A Musical Portrait featuring CHRIS INGHAM (piano), MARK CROOKS (tenor saxophone), ARNIE SOMOGYI (bass) and GEORGE DOUBLE (drums).
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BALLAD FOR LEO
SPLIT KICK
WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG
SIGNAL
VIVO SONHANDO
WINDOWS
SPRING CAN REALLY HANG YOU UP THE MOST
I HADN’T ANYONE TILL YOU
THE DOLPHIN
DETOUR AHEAD
VOYAGE
THE PEACOCKS
GETZ: A MUSICAL PORTRAIT dates 2019
CHRIS INGHAM (piano), MARK CROOKS (tenor saxophone), ARNIE SOMOGYI (bass) and GEORGE DOUBLE (drums).
2019
Wed 6 Feb EASTLEIGH Concorde Club
Sun 10 Feb (lunchtime) LONDON Pizza Jazz Club, Dean Street
Sun 17 Feb (lunchtime) WAVENDON Stables
Wed 20 Feb BELVEDERE Jazz Club
Thur 28 Feb DEREHAM Jazz Society
Mon 4 March BEXLEY Jazz Club
Thurs 4 April DISS Jazz Club
Sat 4 May GRANTHAM Conservative Club
Sun 5 May STAMFORD Arts Centre
Sun 19 May IPSWICH Jazz Club
Fri 31 May WAKEFIELD Jazz
Tues 16 July BUXTON Festival
Sat 31 Aug HADLEIGH Jazz Club
Sat 28 Sep OXFORD Jazz at St Giles
Sat 5 Oct (6.30pm) SWANSEA Jazz Festival
Mon 14 Oct LONDON Reform Club
Tues 15 Oct FLEET Jazz
Tues 29 Oct DORKING Watermill Jazz
Thurs 7 Nov CAMBRIDGE Jazz Club
Sun 17 Nov (1pm) LONDON Ronnie Scott's SOLD OUT
Thurs 21 Nov LONDON The Other Palace
JAZZ of DUDLEY MOORE DATES 2019
CHRIS INGHAM (piano), PAUL HIGGS (trumpet), GEOFF GASCOYNE (bass) and GEORGE DOUBLE (drums) except *MARIANNE WINDHAM (bass)
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Fri 15 March - CHICHESTER Jazz Club*
Sat 16 March - MARLOW Jazz Club*
Sun 17 March - NEWPORT Jazz Club*
Thurs 21 March - TEALBY Tennyson d'Eyncourt Memorial Hall
Fri 22 March - ATHERSTONE Owen Street Community Arts Centre
Sat 23 March - HEYDOUR Parish Hall
Sun 24 March (1pm) - LEEDS 7 Arts
Sun 24 March - TUTBURY Village Hall
Sat 30 March - ALDEBURGH Jubilee Hall
Thur 11 April - LEICESTER Attenborough Arts Centre
Fri 12 April - STAPLEFORD Granary
Thurs 27 June - LONDON The Other Palace
Sat 13 July - CATERHAM Festival
Wed 24 July - PETWORTH Festival
Thurs 12 Sep - LOWESTOFT Jazz Weekend
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WARTIME CRIME on UKTV JanUARY 2018
An acclaimed six-part documentary series produced by Symettrica Entertainment, written and directed by Tom O'Dell, Elio Espana and Alec Lindsell, with music by Chris Ingham.
Broadcast on Discovery (USA) in November/December 2017 and Yesterday/UKTV in January/February 2018, the series is viewable HERE.
Photo: Peter Davies