"Great playing…beautiful…a real guitar player"

Pat Martino

Guitarist Chris Allard has recorded six 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

Jazz Fix online class 07th December 19.15 for 19.30

Looking forward to giving an online class at the excellent 'Jazz Fix' here: https://thejazzfix.com/product/02-dec-7-15-for-7-30-chris-allard/

New album coming soon

new collaborative album finished and to be released in the coming months - more soon!

Anthony Kerr/Chris Allard duo

A video of our new duo now on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/noFAakd7ZyE?si=4cUMI2vn_3j3K7No A pleasure as ever to play with the amazing Vibraphonist Anthony Kerr - and a challenge to play in this uncommon Guitar/Vibraphone duo format. We will hopefully be playing...

Lea Salonga: ‘Stage, Screen & Everything in Between’ tour June 2024

delighted to be touring the UK with the amazing Lea Salonga once again in June 2024 https://www.livenation.co.uk/show/1462126/lea-salonga-stage-screen-and-everything-in-between/gateshead/2024-06-29/en

Melodic Collective

New album out now! Guitar-Led Quintet Of Master Musicians To Release Enthralling New Work. Perdido Music is proud to present the brand new album by Melodic Collective - a new collaborative contemporary jazz group formed by guitarist Chris Allard, encompassing the...