The Chris Ingham Quartet, led by the leader of the house trio at Jazz at the Hunter Club, Bury St Edmunds, brings the unique Music of Hoagy Carmichael to the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds on January 21.
Sold out at Ronnie Scott’s in 2014 and 2015 and a Sunday Times Top 10 Jazz album of 2014, the Chris Ingham Quartet’s Celebrating Hoagy is packed with the songs and stories of one of America’s most enduring and endearing songwriters.
Wry, wise, sentimental, down-home and sophisticated, Hoagy Carmichael’s songs are beloved for their warmth, wit and melodic beauty.
Shot through with the hot jazz style of Hoagy’s friend, legendary cornettist Bix Beiderbecke, this joyful salute to the Old Music Master features tracks from the acclaimed CD Hoagy including well-loved hits (Stardust, How Little We Know, Georgia On My Mind, Skylark, Ole Buttermilk Sky and Lazy Bones) alongside others from Hoagy’s rich and varied songbook.
As pianist-singer with the Flanagan Ingham Quartet in the 1990s, Chris Ingham recorded two admired albums, Zanzibar (Gray Brothers 1995) and Textile Lunch (33 Jazz 1999).
Currently the musical director of popular film song repertory quintet Jazz At The Movies (sold-out at Ronnie Scott’s 2012-2015), Chris is also a record producer (Ruthie Henshall I’ve Loved These Days), author (Rough Guide To Frank Sinatra) and jazz piano and voice tutor at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.
As leader of the house trio at Jazz at the Hunter Club, Bury St Edmunds, he has accompanied Scott Hamilton, Peter King, Tina May and dozens of the leading figures of British jazz.
He is joined by Paul Higgs (trumpet) who has worked as a Musical Director at the RSC and National Theatre, as a TV and film composer and a record engineer and producer.
One of the UK’s most versatile and expressive jazz trumpeters, Paul has played with Nancy Wilson, Shorty Rogers and John Dankworth and has recently released Pavane, a jazz/classical recording featuring his own evocative compositions.
Playing double bass is the Rev. Andrew J Brown who combines the roles of Minister of the Memorial (Unitarian) Church at Cambridge and professional jazz bass player.
As part of the house trio at the Hunter Club, Bury St Edmunds, Andrew has accompanied Alan Barnes, Anita Wardell, John Etheridge and many of the UK’s leading players.
On drums is George Double who tours regularly with vocal legend Jack Jones and has played with Marc Almond, Ruthie Henshall and Kym Mazelle as well on West End shows Wicked, Guys and Dolls, Avenue Q, Sinatra and Anything Goes.
He drums with Jazz At The Movies, the Georgina Jackson Quartet and curates Hadleigh Jazz Club in Suffolk.
