A perennial favourite at Ronnie Scotts and festivals in Canterbury, Buxton, Edinburgh, Rye, Aberjazz, Devizes, Caterham, Norwich, Woolpit and Bury St Edmunds, Chris Inghams Hoagy! is packed with the songs and stories of one of Americas most enduring and endearing songwriters. Wry, wise, sentimental, down-home and sophisticated, Hoagy Carmichaels songs are beloved for their warmth, wit and melodic beauty. This joyful, edifying and heartfelt salute to the Old Music Master features many engaging anecdotes and insights along with tracks from Chriss acclaimed CDs Hoagy and Hoagy II including well-loved hits (Stardust, Lazy River, Georgia On My Mind, Skylark, Ole Buttermilk Sky, Lazy Bones, et al) alongside obscure nuggets and delightful curiosities from this unique songwriter's rich and varied songbook. CHRIS INGHAM piano/vocal PAUL HIGGS trumpet DEREK NASH saxophone SIMON THORPE bass GEORGE DOUBLE drums Watch a trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYoaZDm572k [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYoaZDm572k] Totally captures the mood, this music is timeless BEBOP SPOKEN HERE This is just lovely SUNDAY TIMES Witty, original rearrangementsabsolutely beautiful trumpet work, my album of the year JAZZ RAG One of UKs best singer-pianists - sophisticated, charming work" EVENING STANDARD Catches Hoagys spirit exactly OBSERVER Outstanding quartet, inspired solos, nifty arrangements" LONDON JAZZ NEWS Classy productwith plenty of the right kind of swing JAZZ JOURNAL