Thursday 5 February 2.00 pm
Mark Crooks (clarinet / tenor saxophone)
Chris Ingham (jazz piano)
present
'A Richard Rodgers Collection'
"Crooks' tenor raises the hairs on the back of the neck” LONDON JAZZ NEWS
"Ingham…up there with the cream of UK pianists" JAZZ JOURNAL
“Swinging, supple and extremely expressive” JAZZ JOURNAL
With lyricist Lorenz Hart, composer Richard Rodgers produced dozens of clever, catchy showtunes in the ‘30s and ‘40s that remain favourite American Songbook standards. With Oscar Hammerstein, Rodgers went on to reinvent the Broadway musical with Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The King and I among other masterpieces of musical theatre.
Clarinet and saxophone star of the John Wilson Orchestra Mark Crooks and pianist Chris Ingham dip into these contrasting songbooks for elegant, jazzy ruminations on Rodgers' musical genius.
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Mark Crooks - clarinet/tenor saxophone
Much in demand as both leader and sideman, Mark works in a wide variety of musical settings including jazz, big band, classical, shows and recording sessions on clarinet and saxophone. Mark is a member of the award-winning Back to Basie Orchestra and the celebrated John Wilson Orchestra, with which he has played regularly at the BBC Proms. He has performed with artists ranging from Tony Bennett to Sir Simon Rattle, Lady Gaga to Dame Cleo Laine at venues from Ronnie Scott's in London to the Lincoln Center in New York. Currently Mark is enjoying playing in Jazz At The Movies with singer Joanna Eden, Jazz Samba with guitarist Nigel Price and with his own quartet in concerts around the UK. He also features in Getz, A Musical Portrait with the Chris Ingham Quartet and in drummer Matt Skelton's Manne – Date Quintet.
Chris Ingham - piano
Rated by Jazz Journal as “one of Britain's best singer-pianists', Chris has performed over 250 festival and club performances of his repertoire shows and has released five acclaimed CDs: Hoagy, Dudley, Stan, Hoagy II and Walter/Donald, jazz quintet interpretations of Steely Dan songs. He is musical director of film song quintet Jazz at the Movies and classic modern jazz sextet Rebop. Chris is also a record producer (Ruthie Henshall, Joanna Eden), author (Rough Guides to The Beatles and Frank Sinatra) and TV composer (Wartime Crime, How The Beatles Changed The World). Based in East Anglia, he curates jazz clubs in Diss (The Corn Hall) and Bury St Edmunds (Hunter Club).
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