Chris Flory
Chris Flory is an American jazz guitarist.
Flory began playing professionally in Providence, Rhode Island, in the 1970s. He played with Benny Goodman from 1979 to 1985, toured throughout China in 1992, and among his other credits include work with Ruby Braff, Judy Carmichael, Roy Eldridge, Scott Hamilton, Illinois Jacquet, Buddy Tate, and Bob Wilber.
In an interview with JazzTimes, Flory stated that his music has been inspired by Charlie Parker, Charlie Christian, T-Bone Walker, and Jimi Hendrix.Discography
As leader
With Ruby Braff
- A First
- A Sailboat in the Moonlight
- Mr. Braff to You
With Scott Hamilton
With Maxine Sullivan
With Bob Wilber
- Bob Wilber and the Scott Hamilton Quartet
- Dizzyfingers
- Bob Wilber and the Bechet Legacy
With others
- Harry Allen & Keith Ingham, The Intimacy of the Blues
- Harry Allen & Keith Ingham, My Little Brown Book
- Judy Carmichael, Trio
- Doc Cheatham, Nonette Rare in Rehearsal
- Buck Clayton, A Swingin' Dream
- Rosemary Clooney, Sings the Music of Irving Berlin
- Peter Ecklund, Strings Attached
- Susannah McCorkle, Thanks for the Memory
- Ben Paterson, That Old Feeling
- Flip Phillips, A Sound Investment
- Flip Phillips, The Claw: Live at the Floating Jazz Festival
- Duke Robillard, Swing
- Loren Schoenberg, Time Waits for No One
