About this episode
Chris Standring discusses his successful career in contemporary urban jazz and his upcoming tour.
One of the most prolific and successful artists on the contemporary urban jazz scene. Last month he released his 18th full-length album. He is touring extensively in 2026 with dates from May to October. A British artist and producer with 15 Billboard top ten hits, he has had ten Billboard number ones as an artist, producer or co-writer. His career includes having founded his own record label, worked for the BBC and a number of theatrical orchestras in London’s West End. Upon his move to America, he became a top session player after recording with everyone from Bebe & Cece Winans to Jody Watley and Carole Bayer Sager. In recent years he has released a Live in London album as well as a standards project tracked at Abbey Road. He has well over 316 thousand monthly listeners on Spotify, where his top five songs alone have a combined total of well over 44 million streams and his YouTube channel has well over 25 million video views.
People in this episode
Host: Bruce Wawrzyniak
Guest: Chris Standring
Topics covered
- urban jazz
- music career
- album release
- touring
- session musician
Keywords
- urban jazz
- album
- tour
- Billboard
- Spotify
- music industry
- session player
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Billboard, BBC
Places: London, America, Abbey Road
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