Chris Allard 'Dreamweavers'

Sunday 28th September 2025

The Spin welcomes back one of the most exciting and original guitarists in the country with his stellar line up of players that form the band ‘Dreamweavers’.

Chris Allard is primarily a contemporary jazz guitarist but is at home in a huge variety of musical genres. He has recorded seven original albums to date, garnering critical acclaim including four stars in Jazzwise, Jazz Journal, Guitarist and BBC Music magazines.

A very edited resumé will reveal that Chris has worked with such A-listers as  Dame Cleo Laine, Sir John Dankworth, Omar Kamal, the BBC Big Band, Jamie Cullum, Gwilym Simcock, Alison Balsom OBE, Sheridan Smith, Ken Peplowski and Lea Salonga. With such artists, he has performed all over the world, including at The Royal Albert Hall, The Barbican, Montreux Jazz Festival, O2 Arena London, Midem Festival (Cannes), The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Beiteddine Arts Festival (Lebanon), Duoro Jazz Festival (Portugal), Spring of Culture Festival (Bahrain), The Royal Festival Hall, and the BBC Proms in Hyde Park.

At the Spin the band will feature music from Dreamweaver’s latest albums ‘Woven in Time’ and ‘Melodic Collective’; these make use of contemporary jazz harmony and rhythm, long-form compositions, rock-infused elements and atmospheric soundscapes. The line up comprises:

Chris Allard – guitar

John Turville – piano

Dudley Phillips – bass

Nick Smalley - drums

‘borders on genius’ Jazz Journal ★★★★

‘Utterly sublime’ Jazz Journal

‘Full-blooded solos...right on the money’ ★★★★ Jazzwise Magazine