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Chris Allard Band SE London Collective gig
12/11/13 playing at the very nice old venue the Amersham Arms in New Cross – material from album Jupiter Island and some brand new music. Great band featuring Brandon Allen – saxophone, Ross Stanley – piano, Oli Hayhurst – bass, Nick Smalley – drums.
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Chris Allard Band at St James Theatre London
Wednesday 09th October really nice gig coming up at great venue a short walk from Victoria in central London. Nice atmosphere, excellent acoustics and piano, and apparently also very good food. Doors are at 7pm, for an 8pm start. Full band featuring some of the best and most in-demand musicians in the UK: Ross Stanley-keys, Brandon Allen-sax, Dave Whitford-bass and Nick Smalley-drums. We’ll mostly be playing music from new album Jupiter Island – and one or two new as-yet unrecorded things. Link for more info and to get tickets beneath and in gigs section.
Upcoming Gigs
| Date | Artist | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/12/13 http://www.chrisallard.co.uk/gigs/ | Oblix House Band | Oblix House Band in London | Oblix – at the Shard |
| Time: 8:45pm. Address: 96 Tooley St. | |||
| 14/12/13 http://www.chrisallard.co.uk/gigs/ | Rebecca Poole | Rebecca Poole in London | Wellesley Hotel |
| Time: 8:30pm. | |||
| 18/12/13 http://www.chrisallard.co.uk/gigs/ | Kate Winter | Kate Winter in London | Roast |
| Time: 6:30pm. Address: Borough Market. | |||
| 20/12/13 http://www.chrisallard.co.uk/gigs/ | Oblix House Band | Oblix House Band in London | Oblix – at the Shard |
| Time: 8:45pm. Address: 96 Tooley St. | |||
| 21/12/13 http://www.chrisallard.co.uk/gigs/ | Oblix House Band | Oblix House Band in London | Oblix – at the Shard |
| Time: 8:45pm. Address: 96 Tooley St. | |||
| 28/12/13 http://www.chrisallard.co.uk/gigs/ | Oblix House Band | Oblix House Band in London | Oblix – at the Shard |
| Time: 8:45pm. Address: 96 Tooley St. | |||
Click here for a full schedule.
About Chris
Chris Allard is a freelance guitarist based in London. He has performed at major festivals and prestigious venues around the world, including the Barbican Centre, Montreux Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scott’s, Nuremberg Festival, Hackney Empire, Midem Festival Cannes, Maison Musique Torino Italy, The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Giverny Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Duoro Jazz Festival Portugal, The Royal Festival Hall.
Chris has worked with Jacqui Dankworth, Tim Garland, John Helliwell (Supertramp), Gwyneth Herbert, Dave O’Higgins, Dame Cleo Laine, Sir John Dankworth, Carleen Anderson, Paul Roberts (The Stranglers), Jamie Cullum, Mike Walker, Dylan Howe, Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd), Steve Furst, Kate Dimbleby, Madeline Bell, Gwilym Simcock, the BBC Big Band, Ken Peplowski, to name but a few.
TV appearances include performing live on Children in Need, BBC Breakfast and the Paul O’Grady Show with Jacqui Dankworth, with whom he has also appeared on BBC radio many times. Others include Friday Night is Music Night with Gwyneth Herbert and The BBC Concert Orchestra. In august 2010 Chris was a featured guest on Solar Radio, Los Angeles California, talking about album Open Spaces and playing live in the studio. September 2012 Chris performed with Madeline Bell and the BBC Big Band at the BBC Radio 2 Proms in Hyde Park London to over 42000 people.
As a studio musician Chris has recorded in many of the best-known studios in the UK including Maida Vale, Abbey Road, Metropolis, Pinewood Studios, Air, and abroad at studios including Dinamec studio, Geneva, and Solar Studio, Los Angeles. Chris has recorded for legendary producers such as Tony Platt (Led Zeppelin, ACDC, Bob Marley).
Ovation guitar prize winner in 2000, Chris was also awarded a classical guitar by the Barbarolli Foundation 2002, and was finalist in the Gibson Guitar Competition at Montreux Jazz Festival 2004, also receiving a guitar. Chris studied jazz and classical guitar at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, and Malmo Conservatoire, Sweden.
New album: Jupiter Island
Download or order your copy here.
