"Great playing…beautiful…a real guitar player"

Pat Martino

Guitarist Chris Allard has recorded seven original albums to date, garnering critical acclaim including four stars in Jazzwise, Jazz Journal, Guitarist and BBC Music magazines. He also performs and records as a freelance musician in a broad range of musical genres, including work in the studio/session realm, has played live on TV and radio and appeared on numerous albums.

He has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, the Pyramids and Great Sphinx in Cairo, the Barbican, Montreux Jazz Festival, Nuremberg Festival, Hackney Empire, O2 Arena London, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Beiteddine Arts Festival Lebanon, Edinburgh Festival, Duoro Jazz Festival Portugal, Ronnie Scott’s, The Royal Festival Hall, the BBC Proms in Hyde Park.

Chris has performed/recorded with Jacqui Dankworth MBE, Charlie Wood, Dame Cleo Laine, Sir John Dankworth, Omar Kamal, the BBC Big Band, Jamie Cullum, Gwilym Simcock, Alison Balsom OBE, Lea Salonga.

He is also a Professor of Jazz at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

‘borders on genius’ ★★★★ Jazz Journal

★★★★ Jazzwise Magazine

★★★★ Guitarist Magazine

★★★★ BBC Music Magazine

"One of the great guitarists in this country"

Jamie Cullum

News

Dreamweavers: Woven in Time out now

New album out 21st March 2025 on all platforms

11th Planet out now

New single out 07th March https://youtu.be/Adkt7e7jGso

New single Driving Home

https://youtu.be/rcfJ4zDBH7A

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Dreamweavers: Woven in Time

New album coming 21st March Dreamweavers: Woven in Time Cinematic, eclectic and mercurial guitar album. With broad soundscapes, a contemporary jazz sensibility, and rock, folk, blues, latin and eastern influence. The evolving collaboration between Chris Allard and...

Upcoming Gigs

Date	Artist	City	Venue
20/04/25	Dreamweavers: Chris Allard Jim Watson duo	Harwich	New Bell Inn
	Time: 3:00pm.
02/05/25	Elmer Van Der Hoek	Colchester	Patch Cafe
	Time: 7:30pm.
10/05/25	Dreamweavers	Wivenhoe	The Music Mix
	Time: 7:30pm.