Neville, Chris
Neville, Chris
Neville, Chris, jazz pianist, keyboardist; b. Boston, Oct. 15, 1955. He grew up in Boston and in West Bath, Maine; since 1987 he has lived in Boston. He studied at New England Cons, of Music (1962–71), Berklee Coll. of Music (1974–75), and Univ. of Maine-Augusta (1975–76). He performed and recorded with singer-songwriter David Mallet (1983–92) as well as leading his own groups and accompanying Dizzy Gillespie, Al Cohn, Sonny Stitt, Jimmy Heath and Richie Cole. He has worked in numerous musicals, including a yearlong tour with Donny Osmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1995–96). His presence in the house band during Benny Carter’s 1988 visit to Boston led to an ongoing musical relationship. He has recorded several albums with Carter, and toured with him from 1994, including dates in Japan (1995), N.Y/s Lincoln Center, L.A., Germany, and Thailand (1996). In 1994 Carter produced and guested on Neville’s debut album. Neville has also worked with the Artie Shaw Orch. (1992–95).
Discography
From the Greenhouse (1994). Benny Carter: Songbook Vol.2 (1997); New York Nights (1997). B. Carter and P. Woods: My Man Benny, My Man Phil (1990); Harlem Renaissance (1992); Legends (1993); Another Time, Another Place (1996); Songbook (1996).
—Lewis Porter