NHTE 636 Chris Standring

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.