"Great playing… beautiful… a real guitar player"

Pat Martino

Chris Allard is primarily a contemporary jazz guitarist, but is at home in a variety of genres. He 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

Date	Artist	City	Venue
13/11/25	BBC Big Band	Rochester, Kent	Rochester Cathedral
	Time: 7:30pm.
21/11/25	BBC Big Band	Hertford	BEAM
	Time: 7:30pm. Address: The Wash.
22/11/25	BBC Big Band	Benenden	Centenary Hall
	Time: 7:30pm. Buy Tickets
30/11/25	Tony Woods	London	Hampton Hub Club
	Time: 6:00pm. Address: 3 Ashley Road, Hampton. Buy Tickets
05/12/25	Chris Allard	Cambridge	Hot Numbers
	Time: 7:00pm. Buy Tickets