Steely Jazz - Chris Ingham Quintet

Chris Ingham's STEELY JAZZ: A Becker-Fagen Songbook

The singular songs of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, aka Steely Dan, combine cryptic, pungent lyrics with sophisticated music deeply influenced by, in their own words, “the best jazz players of the ‘50s and ‘60s”. Steely Jazz (aka the Chris Ingham Quintet) re-examines the Dan canon in a poignant, edifying and exciting show, featuring tracks from the quintet’s acclaimed album Walter/Donald. Famous classics (“Rikki Don’t Lose That Number”, “Josie”, “Reelin’ in the Years”) juxtapose deep cuts from the nine Steely Dan albums 1972-2003 in a fresh, exciting celebration of two giants of 20th Century popular song.

Watch a video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-yUXjI13Zs

Chris Ingham - vocal, piano, guitar
Derek Nash - saxophone
Paul Higgs - trumpet
Geoff Gascoyne - double bass
George Double - drums, vocal

"Ingham brings it off...wonderful songs carefully turned" THE BLUE MOMENT
“Excellent interpretations, full of riches” JAZZ JOURNAL
“This quintet is a cut above” **** MOJO
“Compelling - the same, but different, magnetism of the originals”
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“Brings the songs to life in a jazz group context in a remarkable way” UK JAZZ NEWS