Chris Ingram Trio play the Jazz of Dudley Moore.

An evening celebrating the jazz of one of the UK’s most revered pianists, often forgotten due to his prominence in comedy and satire with Peter Cook and his career in film. The CHRIS INGHAM TRIO deserve huge plaudits for bringing this to the people:
CHRIS INGHAM piano MALCOLM CREESE bass GEORGE DOUBLE drums

"Swing, humour and poignancy, a jazz joy" **** MOJO
"A vibrant and moving homage" DOWNBEAT (USA)
"Dudley would have been delighted" **** OBSERVER
"An intimate and heartfelt pleasure" LONDON JAZZ NEWS

Beloved comic actor Dudley Moore (1935-2002) was also a dazzling jazz pianist and a
composer of wit and depth. The Chris Ingham Trio revisits Dudley’s evocative and
appealing 1960s jazz in rich, rewarding presentation packed with striking music and
fascinating anecdotes.
This acclaimed show been warmly received at Ronnie Scott’s and in concerts and
festivals throughout the UK while the group’s CD Dudley received rave reviews
fulsomely approving the overdue celebration of a remarkable British musician.
chrisingham.co.ukThe Jazz of Dudley Moore with the Chris Ingham Trio
Dudley Moore, beloved comic actor, we all know about. He was part of the theatre
smash hit Beyond The Fringe (1960-64) and the influential TV programme Not Only But
Also (1965-70) before becoming a Hollywood movie star (1979 onwards). However, for all
the acclaim he received as an actor, and the affection with which he is remembered as a
hilarious and lovable personality, perhaps the most interesting thing about Dudley's
reputation is how undervalued he is as a jazzman and composer. He was an organ scholar
at Oxford University (where his tutor rated him as a near-genius) and a virtuoso
pianist, brilliantly exploiting the stylistic possibilities of Errol Garner and Oscar Peterson
in late sessions at Peter Cook’s Establishment Club, dazzling appearances on television,
and sparkling trio albums for Decca Records.

Dudley composed quirky and imaginative jazz originals, as well as witty movie scores. His
music conveys something about his complex and conflicted life - one filled with light and
shade, joy and woe. It is this emotional range and depth that makes playing Dudley's
music an intimate and heartfelt pleasure for players and audiences.

Chris Ingham - piano
Rated by The London Evening Standard as “one of Britain’s best singer-pianists”, Chris
has led two hundred festival and club performances of his Hoagy Carmichael, Dudley
Moore and Stan Getz shows. His current repertoire project is Steely Jazz: A Becker/Fagen
Songbook. Musical director of the film song quintet Jazz At The Movies and the classic
modern jazz sextet Rebop, Chris is also a record producer (Ruthie Henshall and Joanna
Eden), author (Rough Guides to The Beatles and Frank Sinatra) and television composer
(Wartime Crime and How The Beatles Changed The World). He curates jazz clubs in Diss
and Bury St Edmunds.

Malcolm Creese - double bass
Malcolm studied classical cello at London’s Guildhall School of Music and later switched
to bass. He has played with most of the top UK orchestras and is a jazz bassist of
international repute. Malcolm’s CV includes eleven years with Cleo Laine and John
Dankworth, performances with numerous jazz luminaries including Mel Tormé, Lee
Konitz, George Shearing, George Benson and Mose Allison, and sessions for Sting, Rod
Stewart, Depeche Mode and Diana Ross, among others. His trio Acoustic Triangle - with
saxophonist Tim Garland and pianist Gwilym Simcock - is one of the UK’s most revered
jazz ensembles.

George Double - drums
George drums with Art Themen’s Organ Trio, John Etheridge’s Blue Spirits and many of
Chris Ingham’s projects including Rebop and Jazz at the Movies. He has worked with
Dame Shirley Bassey, Grammy Award winner Jack Jones, Marc Almond, Mica Paris,
Ruthie Henshall, Paul Jones and Kym Mazelle, and has played on West End shows
Wicked, Guys and Dolls, Avenue Q, Sinatra and Anything Goes. A respected published
drum educator, notably for Trinity College in London.