Southwold Jazz Club ~ Hoagy - Chris Ingham Quartet

A perennial favourite at Ronnie Scott’s and festivals in Canterbury, Buxton, Edinburgh, Rye, Aberjazz, Devizes, Caterham, Norwich, Woolpit and Bury St Edmunds, Chris Ingham’s 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. This joyful, edifying and heartfelt salute to the Old Music Master features many engaging anecdotes and insights along with tracks from Chris’s acclaimed CDs Hoagy and Hoagy II including well-loved hits (Stardust, Lazy River, Georgia On My Mind, Skylark, Ole Buttermilk Sky, Lazy Bones, et al) alongside obscure nuggets and delightful curiosities from this unique songwriter's rich and varied songbook.

CHRIS INGHAM piano/vocal PAUL HIGGS trumpet SIMON THORPE bass GEORGE DOUBLE drums

Watch a trailler here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYoaZDm572k

“Totally captures the mood, this music is timeless…” BEBOP SPOKEN HERE
“This is just lovely…” SUNDAY TIMES
“Witty, original rearrangements…absolutely beautiful trumpet work, my album of the year” JAZZ RAG
“One of UK’s best singer-pianists - sophisticated, charming work" EVENING STANDARD
“Catches Hoagy’s spirit exactly…” OBSERVER
“Outstanding quartet, inspired solos, nifty arrangements" LONDON JAZZ NEWS
“Classy product…with plenty of the right kind of swing” JAZZ JOURNAL