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

Soulful charismatic singing star Polly has been nominated twice asBest Jazz Vocalistby JAZZ FM and the BBC Jazz Awards. Fully embracing the expansiveness of American jazz, blues and R&B, she has an innate blues sensibility and a warm, rich vocal style. She signed to acclaimed US label Resonance Records, with whom shes recorded three albums in the US, though her latest release, last years As It Is was recorded in her home county of Suffolk. She has been compared to many jazz and soul greats, but her own narrative style, deep and direct emotional engagement with the music, together with her quirky humour make her a true original. She is joined for a special performance by the quartet of Derek Nash (saxophone) Jim Watson (organ), Al Cherry (guitar) and George Double (drums). Polly Gibbons is unmistakably a class act, getting classier fast. The Guardian Gibbons is a jazz talent whose voice is also steeped in vintage R&B with shades of Aretha Franklin. The Sunday Times

Sax stars Derek Nash and Phil Veacock have collectively notched up over 50 years of boogie with the Jools Holland Rhythm & Blues Orchestra and bring you a show full of swing, blues and grooves, going toe-to-toe for your approval alongside the all-star rhythm section of Denny Ilett (guitar), Jim Watson (organ) and George Double (drums). Saxophonist Phil Veacock is best-known as the main arranger, musical director and tenor saxophonist of Jools Hollands Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. In this role he has arranged for and played with practically everyone of note in popular music from Paul McCartney to Barry White from Elvis Costello to Kylie Minogue. Derek Nash is one of the busiest freelancers on the UK music scene. A multi award-winning bandleader, instrumentalist and composer, he has been with the Jools Holland R & B Orchestra for nineteen years and delights audiences around the world with his infectious and soulful performances. Denny Ilett is the founder & former director of the Bristol International Jazz & Blues festival and his Electric Lady big band explores the music of Jimi Hendrix, regularly selling out at Ronnie Scott's. Jim Watson's CV includes stints with the Jazz/Funk bands Incognito, Brand New Heavies and US3, with US artists Lalo Schifrin, Patti Austin and James Moody, the BBC Radio Big Band, Katie Melua (with whom he toured for 5 years) and most recently Manu Katch. George Double's freelance credits include Dame Shirley Bassey, Grammy Award-winner Jack Jones & Mica Paris.