"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

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https://spinjazz.com/events/p/the-spin-presents-chris-allard-dreamweavers Doors for event: 7pm Performance from 8pm N.B. Kitchen open 6.00pm - 7.45pm The Spin welcomes back one of the most exciting and original guitarists in the country with his stellar line up of...

Date	Artist	City	Venue
28/09/25	Chris Allard	Oxford	The Spin Jazz Club
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: 129 High Street. Buy Tickets
22/11/25	BBC Big Band	Benenden	Centenary Hall
	Time: 7:30pm. Buy Tickets
05/12/25	Chris Allard	Cambridge	Hot Numbers
	Time: 7:00pm. Buy Tickets