"Chris began playing jazz piano in Bath in the '60s, moving to Portsmouth in the '70s. He plays with his own band, the Georgia Ramblers & several other jazz groups and big bands in the South. Chris performs ragtime, stride & boogie, featuring pieces Joplin, Morton & Waller & many more.

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When all else fails he has been known to sing (This bears a government health warning). A regular visitor Down Under, he performs regularly in the annual Jazz Convention Australia.

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A performer at Bude Jazz Festival since the 1990s, for many years he led the morning sessions at the Brasserie on the waterfront.

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He helps run Gosport jazz Club and is the man who books the bands."