Randy Ingram

Randy Ingram, pianist/composer, has been hailed as “a pianist of taste and resourcefulness” (The New Yorker) and “a formidable composer” (The San Francisco Chronicle “A pianist drawn to contemporary harmony and a sleek rhythmic sensibility… Astute, self-possessed” (The New York Times). Ingram’s artistry as a pianist and composer is on full display on his latest trio record Aries Dance, a celebration of musical motion and expression that features the legendary drummer Billy Hart alongside Ingram’s trusted bassist, the esteemed Drew Gress. Aries Dance was released on Sounderscore Records in October 2024 to great acclaim, earning a 4.5 star review in Downbeat Magazine.

Ingram has also released four acclaimed recordings for Sunnyside Records in duo, trio, and quartet formats. 2022’s Play Favorites is a perfectly matched duo collaboration with vocalist Aubrey Johnson, which showcases Ingram’s “Mastery of the 88’s” (The New York City Jazz Record). His 2019 trio recording, The Means of Response, is an intricate, virtuosic and powerful protest record, and a message of hope and solidarity for his young son. A collection of “exquisitely performed pieces, all composed by Ingram”, (Jazz Times), The Means of Response features his working trio of bassist Drew Gress and drummer Jochen Rueckert, two of jazz’s most esteemed veteran sidemen.

Originally from California, Ingram attended the New England Conservatory of Music before moving to Brooklyn, NY in 2003, where he has become an indispensable part of New York’s thriving jazz community. He has played with leading musicians including John Patitucci, Jeff Tain Watts, Curtis Stigers, Tierney Sutton, Ingrid Jensen, Joe LaBarbera, Kendrick Scott, Lage Lund and the late Billy Higgins. Ingram has toured throughout Europe and Japan as a bandleader, presenting his trio at venues such as the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival and the Jazz A Domergue festival in Cannes, France. He is a member of the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, the jazz project led by the drummer of the Smashing Pumpkins, and is featured on their releases The Parable and Honor (Make Records). In Sweden’s highest-grossing film of 2013, Waltz for Monica (Monica Z), a biopic about the Scandinavian jazz singer Monica Zetterlund, Ingram made his acting debut, performing as one of his heroes, pianist Bill Evans. “Ingram and his band consistently get it right,” applauds All About Jazz NY. “[They are an impressive] leader and group that one expects will continue to make great music for years.”