City of Derry Jazz & Big Band Festival

Spotlight on Jazz
Randy Ingram Trio
U.S. pianist and composer hailed as gifted
(Jazz Times) and a formidable composer
(The San Francisco Chronicle). Randy
Ingram was born in Alaska and relocated
with his family to Laguna Beach, California.
A piano student since the age of four,
Ingram’s passion for jazz blossomed in
high school, when he formed his first
trio and then progressed to a Bachelor’s
degree in Jazz Performance and a Masters
in Music. A recipient of the ASCAP Young
Jazz Composer’s Award, Ingram has
established himself as an integral part of
the NYC music community. In the words of
his mentor Fred Hersch, “Randy Ingram is
among the vanguard of young jazz pianists
on the New York scene. He plays with
finesse, thoughtfulness and passion.”
Tom Ollendorff
“Guitarist Tom Ollendorff has been fast
building a reputation as an outstanding
improviser and imaginative composer.
His album ‘A Song For You’ (Fresh Sound
Records) is an elegantly accomplished mix
of gracefully grooving songlike themes,
warmly conversational improvising,
baroque-like unaccompanied etudes, and
headlong fast-bop swing.”
H H H H BBC Music Magazine
“Tom Ollendorff is one of the world’s finest
guitarists. His music is complex yet rooted
in melody and feeling.” Gilad Hekselman
“Traditional, but very classy.” The Guardian
“On ‘A Song For You’, Ollendorff presents
sophisticated, melodic music of seraphic
beauty.” All About Jazz
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