Author: Chris

The Mercury News Feature Article

Chris was profiled in The Mercury News by journalist Andy Gilbert ahead of his concerts in San Francisco, San Jose, and Berkeley.

“In an intimate and visceral way Brooklyn vibraphonist Chris Dingman knows too well that music can ease life’s most difficult passages.

The San Jose-raised jazz musician set out to create new sounds in the summer of 2018 to help comfort his father, Joseph Dingman Jr., as he faced his final weeks in hospice. In honing a body of meditative solo pieces he not only provided his father with a sonic embrace, Dingman found another way for them to connect as the project became a collaboration.”

Read the full article here

West Coast Tour Fall 2022

Chris will be touring the West Coast this fall with his trio, with Richard Giddens on bass and Rodolfo Zuniga on drums

Oct 29 Fullerton  Meng Concert Hall at Cal State Fullerton
Oct 31 Fresno  Fresno State Concert Hall
Nov 1 Bakersfield  Bakersfield Jazz Workshop
Nov 2 San Francisco  Mr. Tipple’s
Nov 3 San Jose  Art Boutiki
Nov 4 Arcata  Arcata Playhouse
Nov 5 Ashland  The Vintage Coffee House
Nov 6 Berkeley  The Back Room

Chris Dingman: Journeys Spring Tour 2022

Chris will be touring around the release of his new solo album journeys vol. 1

 

Apr 8  New York City, NY: The Jazz Gallery Ticket link
Apr 14 Cleveland, OH : BOP STOP  Ticket link
Apr 15 Columbus, OH: Midday Garden Concert
Apr 15 Lexington, KY: Tomorrow is Hear concert series at Base249
Apr 18-19 Appleton, WI: Lawrence University
Apr 20 Bloomington, IN : Call and Response Series at Blockhouse Bar
Apr 21 Chicago, IL : Constellation Ticket link
Apr 22 Madison, WI : Arts + Literature Lab  Ticket link
Apr 23 Iowa City, IA : Feed Me Weird Things series at Trumpet Blossom Cafe  Ticket link
Apr 24 St Louis, MO: House Concert

 

This tour is supported by the Jazz Road grant from South Arts. Jazz Road is a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Florida Tour February 2022

Celebrating the release of journeys vol. 1 and the music of Embrace

Miami
Feb 18: Improvisation Workshop at S. Florida Center for Percussive Arts
Feb 19: Solo at S. Florida Center for Percussive Arts
Feb 21-22: Trio at Lagniappe House

Orlando
Feb 24: Solo at University of Central Florida
Feb 25: Solo at Sat Nam Wellness

Sarasota
Feb 26: Trio at Fogartyville Media and Arts Center

St. Petersburg
Feb 27: Trio at Palladium Theater for the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

with
Chris Dingman – vibes
Carlo De Rosa – bass
Rodolfo Zuniga – drums

Weekly Music Series Launches on Bandcamp

Chris has launched a brand new series on Bandcamp, recording and releasing one piece of music every week for subscribers !

Subscribe at chrisdingman.bandcamp.com/subscribe

Subscriptions include a new track every week, plus all previous weeks and 10 unreleased tracks from before the series began, and access to most of Chris’s back catalog including his first 3 full-length studio albums. This music is available for subscribers to stream on the Bandcamp site or app, or as CD-quality downloads, or mp3s.

Reimagine Festival August 18-22

In celebration of the release of the five-hour album Peace, vibraphonist and composer Chris Dingman performs a series of five healing sound journeys on August 18-22 for the Reimagine Festival.

 

Join Chris for an immersive listening experience that many have described as transportive, meditative, and deeply healing. Each journey is special and of the moment.

 

Click on the links below for tickets and more info.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chris recorded Peace as he performed it for his father in the final weeks of his life, during his time in home hospice care. The music of Peace sets an atmosphere of calm and compassion, to help soothe, heal, and carry you through life’s challenges.

 

Following his father’s passing, Chris has gone on to perform healing music for others, and to speak about his experiences, including at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and the Gold Foundation Humanism Summit as part of the Planetree Conference on Person-Centered Care.
 
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The Release of Peace

Today, Chris celebrates the release of a special project: Peace.

Peace was recorded as it was performed for Chris’s father during his time in hospice care, in the final weeks of his life. This extended album consists of five hours of Chris’s original solo vibraphone music.

He casts an enveloping atmosphere throughout, creating layers of ethereal sounds – poignant melodies, swirling textures, and undulating pedal tones. It’s an immersive listening experience that many have described as transportive, meditative, deeply healing, and transformative.

Click here to visit the album page, to hear the music and read Chris’s full statement about the album.

Related show

  • Artist: Chris Dingman Solo
  • Date: 07/08/20
  • Time: 7:00pm
  • Venue: One Longfellow Square
  • City: Portland , ME
  • Country: United States
  • Admission: donation
  • Age restrictions: All Ages
  • Notes: Streaming live on the One Longfellow Square Facebook page