In 1999 he joined The Notting Hillbillies again for the all their gigs at
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. And he proved one more time how much his
saxophone style is suitables to Mark Knopfler guitar playing on different songs
- country, blues, rock'n'roll...That was repeated in 2002 for the Four Charity
Gigs - Mark Knopfler& Friends. The gigs were built in two parts - the first
one with The Notting Hillbillies's songs and the second one with Dire Straits's
and some of Mark's solo songs. Chris played saxophone on Your Own Sweet Way,
Quality Shoe(clarinet), Feel Like Going Home, Romeo and Juliet, Your Latest
Trick, Baloney Again, Why Aye Man, Going Home (Local Hero) and on flute on What
It Is and Brothers In Arms.
Over the years Chris has collaborated with many artists. He has at one time or other worked with people such as Robbie Williams, Paul McCartney, Chris DeBurgh, Mick Jagger,Tom Jones, Randy Crawford, Joe Cocker, Hugh Burns, David Knopfler, John Illsley,Nick Heyward, Justin Hayward; with some bands, like Mezzoforte, Wet Wet Wet, Morcheeba, Deacon Blue, The The; with some French musicians - France Gall, Sylvain Stabile, Alain Souchon; with some Italian musicians too - Pino Daniele, Mariella Nava; with the famous Polish singer Anita Lipnicka etc etc. You could see Chris quite often in brass section around Steve Sidwell, Dave Bishop, Simon Gardner, J. Neil Sidwell, Paul Spong, Phil Todd, Stuart Brooks. An especially productive is his collaboration with Danny Schogger, Steve Sidwell (they played together in so many albums and concerts), Hugh Burns. He's just done sessions for hundreds of people - the list is so long and will be very hard to finish it without to forget somebody very important as well.... >>>>>>>>
Over the years Chris has collaborated with many artists. He has at one time or other worked with people such as Robbie Williams, Paul McCartney, Chris DeBurgh, Mick Jagger,Tom Jones, Randy Crawford, Joe Cocker, Hugh Burns, David Knopfler, John Illsley,Nick Heyward, Justin Hayward; with some bands, like Mezzoforte, Wet Wet Wet, Morcheeba, Deacon Blue, The The; with some French musicians - France Gall, Sylvain Stabile, Alain Souchon; with some Italian musicians too - Pino Daniele, Mariella Nava; with the famous Polish singer Anita Lipnicka etc etc. You could see Chris quite often in brass section around Steve Sidwell, Dave Bishop, Simon Gardner, J. Neil Sidwell, Paul Spong, Phil Todd, Stuart Brooks. An especially productive is his collaboration with Danny Schogger, Steve Sidwell (they played together in so many albums and concerts), Hugh Burns. He's just done sessions for hundreds of people - the list is so long and will be very hard to finish it without to forget somebody very important as well.... >>>>>>>>
