Chip Jenkins Jazz: News

Chip Jenkins Jazz:: The London Paper [check out the webpage article here]

A Modern Spin On Tradition
by Poorna Shetty. Friday, 20 June 2008

The next time you’re at a party with no one to talk to, stick around – the person of your dreams just might be waiting in the wings.

That’s what happened when Ruth Billington, 30, a nurse, met Nathan Gouveia, 29, an IT project manager, at the Spot Bar five years ago.

Ruth says: “The people we’d been talking to walked off, so we just stood there a bit awkwardly. Then we struck up a conversation and he asked me out on our first date, which was at the Cuckfields pub in Wanstead.”

Fast forward four years and Nathan whisked Ruth away for a week in the Maldives as a birthday present – with an extra surprise. “He arranged for a candlelit dinner and had asked for my dad’s permission the week before. It was just so romantic.”

They chose a traditional English wedding, with everything supplied by local businesses.

After a church service in Ruth’s hometown of Lewes, the couple drove the 20-minute journey to Alfriston, East -Sussex, to greet their 80 guests at the Wingrove House restaurant.

The couple, who live in Hither Green, southeast London, added contemporary touches such as -serving “bowl food” after the champagne and Pimm’s -reception – dishing out food in large bowls so everyone can pick what they’d like to eat. Guests had sausages and mash, chicken fricassee and courgette risotto. Nathan says: “It’s a much more -informal way of eating and the food was superb.”

After they ate, Chip Jenkins Jazz tinkled out covers of -traditional and modern jazz and fireworks were provided by the Commercial Square Bonfire Society.

The couple had learned the foxtrot so they could twirl away to Nina Simone’s My Baby Just Cares For Me – and -after partying till 12.30am, they drove away for two nights at a B&B, followed by a two-week honeymoon in the Maldives and Kerala.

Testimonial
"Thank you! We had a lovely time at the wedding and lots of people commented on how good the music was! It was particularly entertaining watching the dance-off towards the end of the night! You really got people onto the dance floor which was really nice to see! Thanks also for singing for our first dance, I will always have fond memories of that, even though I did fumble with my footwork!
Many thanks to all of you again."
Ruth & Nathan x

Chip Jenkins :: The Moscow Times.com [check out the PDF of the entire article]

Tuesday, February 5, 2008. Issue 3835. Page 8.
Bubbly, Blini on the Bishops Avenue
By Kevin Sullivan The Washington Post

LONDON -- Rolls-Royces and Range Rovers lined The Bishops Avenue as hundreds of guests poured into the Royal Mansion, the boldest and brassiest house in the neighborhood -- quite a feat on a street where the Saudi royal family owns 10 homes.

Almost comically large men with impeccable manners, like aristocratic bears, checked invitations at the gates at 7:00 p.m. on a Monday evening. Five hundred guests filed through the enormous marble foyer and into the 24-meter-long salon, where uniformed servers poured from $100 bottles of French champagne as if they were watering the plants.

The swells nibbled blini loaded with walloping dollops of Russian caviar, flanked on one side by a silently rising and falling glass elevator and on the other by a platinum blonde [ Chip Jenkins ] in pointy leopard-print pumps singing jazz.

Background Info on 'All For Love'

'All For Love' written by Terry Devine-King and Lyrics by Mark Long.

Featured in a trailer for the ABC Network series called 'Men In Trees', there has been an unprecendented response to the track. We wanted to thank all our fans below & let you know if you want to buy a copy you should email pm@boosey.com where the track will be available on i-tunes OR fill in the form below.

Chip has not got enough time to send replies to everybody, but we are so thankful for some of the wonderful emails we have recieved below!

So far the songs 'All For Love' and 'If I could Fly' written by the wonderful Mr Devine-King and Mark Long, have been played in Chile, Brasil, Venezuela, and also Poland, Ireland, and Canada!

Thanks so much to fans who have left these lovely comments! It is very much appreciated...

Fan Feedback

Hi Chip!!! First of all I would like to congratulate you on you're stunning voice and incredible talent. I am really amazed of your performances, especially one song called "All for Love". Whenever I hear your song on this I am brought into this beautiful, romantic dream that I never want to wake up from. My question is: How can I get a hold of this great song??? I hope that everything is well, and I wish you good luck in being a successful Jazz star - KEEP UP THE GOOD JOB!:) Write back. Best Wishes.
Your fan, Anita Majewska

I'm a fan from Costa Rica and I loved the song you sang for Men in Trees commercial, All for Love. Is there a way to find this song? I wouldn't mind to buy a copy of this single or maybe a CD. I've trying to find it everywhere. I'm in love with this song. I'll really appreacite your help.
Thanks, Ileana Montealegre

Dear Chip Jenkins. Greetings! My name is Rubem Nery. I live in Brazil. I heard your music, All for Love, in a Men in Trees show commercial. Since then I simply fell in love with your music! It's a beautiful song. And it is beautifully sung by you! You have a wonderful voice. I've been searching for the lyrics of this great song, I wish you all the best. God bless you!
Cordially, Rubem

I have been looking to download the song All for Love by Chip Jenkins and cannot find it anywhere! I would appreciate any help I could recieve. Thank you!
Sarah Peterson, Canada

Hi, I run a website that focuses on music from TV and film www.promoguy.net I've had several people ask about "All for Love" and how they can get it. I've linked to your site, so my readers can find out more about your work. www.promoguy.net/
Thanks, Darren

Any chance of you to come to play in Brazil? Where can we found your CD's to buy?
Glaucia Dotti, Brazil

Hello, I'm looking for a title of track performed by Chip Jenkins, that we can listen on your site. Is it possible to get a CD with this song? Chip, I like very much your music, you are quite popular in Poland, thanks to your song ALL for LOVE. Thank you for your help.
Best regards, Marta Konarzewska, Poland

Hello, I know it should the inquiry about events but I cannot find another way to ask my question. I am writing you from Poland. I found the beautiful song "If I Could Fly". I have fallen in love with it but I couldn't find the full version of your song anywhere. Is it possible to get the information from you where I can have it. I would really appreciated your reply. Thank you in advance.
Best regards, Magdalena Nypel

Congratulations for beautiful songs and lyrics. You're marvelous... =)
Leonardo Baptista, Brasil

Hello. My name is Magda I'm from Poland. I am fan of your music especially of your own songs ;).
I found in the Internet your song "If I could fly". I have fallen in love with that piece and I tried to find that song (full version) in different places, on any CD recording but I could not.
Is there any possibility to have this song in full version? I am very particular about finding and having this song in my audio library. As I could not find "If I could fly" anywhere I have decided to go to the source hoping to have your help.
Best regards, Magda

Hi there, I watch Warner Channel and they have been playing this song called "All for Love" by Chip Jenkins. I haven't found anywhere to get this song. I was hoping it would be on a cd or maybe here as an MP3 file to download but it wasn't one of the ones listed. Is it available???
Meghan Pusey Diaz, Canada

I loved her songs, and i would like share with my dear friends
Fabiano Teixeira, Brazil

I am very interested in getting a CD, because I heard some of your songs on Polish TV and was looking a week for a CD in shops, but here they don't have it. I would be grateful if you could send me a piece of your music. I found that the song from the sitcom was "All for love" and the second "If I could fly".
Piotr Niewiadomski, Poland

I want the music All for love, please. Thank you.
Aline Núcia De Marchi, Brasil

We love your songs.
Mamoru Shibata, São Paulo, Brazil

Hi, I want to thank Chip Jenkins for Men in Trees commercial music, it is beautiful and there are lots of people asking for this song, would you include it in this web site with lyrics please? By the way, I had to listen to it in a Poland website!!!
Darth Buno, Mexico

Hello Chip! Are you the singer of "All for love", from "Men in trees" series? I´m trying to find a CD... Thanks a lot!
Aldem Bourscheit, Brazil

I just meet your songs / work. I loved it! It's an amazing voice and lyrics ... especillay the music "all for love" ..I just cant stop listening. Congratulaions and I hope you come to Brazil some day to perform for us here. Best wishes for everybody in the band.I really hope that you can send me in Brazil your cd..I can show my frineds your beatifull work.
Adriane Oliveira, Brazil

Please, i've listen your music and i liked so much, but here in Brazil, it's so difficult to find your cd, so this is the only way that I found to listen more your cd. Thank you so much.
Diego Safadi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil