Dominic Alldis Trio 2023 Promo

Jazz

Dominic Alldis has been part of the British jazz scene for over 30 years. He has led a various musical groups, including an octet with saxophonist Iain Ballamy & The Pavao Quartet, a quartet with jazz harmonica virtuoso Adam Glasser and a piano-duo with jazz pianist and singer Jonathan Gee.

His most recent project is the Dominic Alldis Trio with bassist Andrew Cleyndert and drummer Martin France. They have made a speciality of performing jazz arrangements of classical themes, opera, nursery rhymes and standards from the Great American Songbook. They have performed at the Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, Queen's Hall, Jacqueline du Pré Music Room, Birley Arts Centre, Elgar Room, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Chelsea Arts Club, Clapham Omnibus, The Forge, Mayfield Festival, Newbury Spring Festival, Menuhin Hall, Cranleigh School, Amersham Festival, Oundle Festival, Riverhouse Barn, The Stables, St. James's Piccadilly, Ashford Music Society, Berkhamsted Jazz Club, Chipping Sodbury Music Society, Dumfries Music Club, Leighton Buzzard Music Club, Moffat Music Society and Sutton Valance Music Society, as well as Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Pizza Express Jazz Club, 606 Jazz Club, The Vortex, The Pheasantry and Pizza on the Park.

Dominic Alldis Trio website: www.dominicalldistrio.com

Current projects

Dominic Alldis Trio

Dominic Alldis Trio

The Dominic Alldis Trio features pianist and arranger Dominic Alldis, bassist Andrew Cleyndert and drummer Martin France. They explore the meeting point between two worlds: classical music and jazz.

Dominic Alldis Cabaret Trio

American songbook

Dominic appears regularly with his cabaret trio featuring Andrew Cleyndert (bass) and Colin Oxley (guitar). Their shows feature classics from the Great American Songbook and songs by British and French composers and contemporary New York-style cabaret songs.

Classical Project

Dominic was born into a family of classical musicians; his mother is a violinist and his father the renowned choral conductor John Alldis. 

Past projects

Themes from French cinema by Dominic Alldis

Dominic Alldis Octet

Dominic’s contemporary arrangements of themes from classic French films, including A Man and a Woman, Jules et Jim and Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday, and songs by the celebrated French film composer Michel Legrand, most famous his score for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and hit songs “What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life”, “The Summer Knows” and “Windmills Of Your Mind” from The Thomas Crown Affair.  Dominic's innovative and jazz-influenced arrangements retain the charm of the original themes.

PIANO TRIO WITH ORCHESTRA - Dominic Alldis

Piano trio with orchestra

In 2009, Dominic Alldis composed a suite for jazz piano trio and string orchestra. A Childhood Suite, inspired by themes from traditional nursery rhymes as well as original material, was first performed at St. James's Piccadilly in April 2010, followed by a performance by the Amersham Festival Orchestra in February 2012.

AN EVENING WITH BARRY FANTONI

An evening with Barry Fantoni

Barry Fantoni was one of the founders of Private Eye Magazine and is still a regular contributor, working alongside the magazine’s editor Ian Hislop.  Dominic and Barry have been friends since the early 80s.  Barry is also a fine jazz clarinetist.  They decided to develop a show which combined Barry's poetry and reminscencies about life at Private Eye with some swinging jazz.