Keith Ingham

Keith Ingham (born February 5, 1942 in London ) is a British jazz pianist and band leader of old-time jazz . He became known through his activities in the English swing and Dixieland revival.

Live and act

Keith Ingham made his first professional appearances around 1964. He played with Sandy Brown , Bruce Turner and Wally Fawkes during this time . In 1974 he worked with Bob Wilber and Bud Freeman and moved to New York City in 1978 . In the 1980s he played with Benny Goodman , the World's Greatest Jazz Band and Susannah McCorkle . He can also be heard as a sideman on recordings by Maxine Sullivan , Marty Grosz , Harry Allen and Eddie Condon . For the labels Jump, Stomp Off and Sackville he recorded a number of albums in the style of the 1930s. In some of his albums, such as Out of the Past , Ingham documents the history of the jazz piano from Richard M. Jones to Barry Harris . His album Donaldson Redux is dedicated to Tin Pan Alley composer Walter Donaldson , the albums New York Nine, Vol. 1 & 2 to Ellington composer Billy Strayhorn .

Discographic notes

• Music of Victor Young (Jump, 1989)
• Out of the Past (Sackville, 1990)
• Donaldson Redux (Stomp Off, 1991)
• Music from the Mauve Decades ( Sackville , 1992)
• The Intimacy of the Blues (Progressive, 1993)
• The Keith Ingham New York 9, vols. 1 and 2 (Jump, 1994)
• Going Hollywood (Stomp Off, 1996)
• A Mellow Bit of Rhythm (Sackville, 1998)
• We're in the Money (Sackville, 2000)
• Keith Ingham New York 9, vol. 3 (Jump, 2001)
• Great Songs from Great Britain (Jump, 2003)
• Music, Music Everywhere (Spotlite, 2004)

literature

• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .

Web links

• Scott Yanow on Keith Ingham in the All Music Guide