Dale started playing the piano at the age of seven and has been playing in public since the age of ten. He started his career as a classically trained pianist but offers all styles with a particular specialism in jazz. He studied with Philip Fowke at Trinity College of Music in London. He is currently resident jazz pianist at the North Pole in Greenwich, London, and also engages in live gigs all over London and south of England.

To date Dale has played hundreds of gigs as a solo jazz pianist, a jazz group pianist, as well as many engagements as a classical recitalist and accompanist.

Dale has played occasions with groups such as The Nick Malcolm Quartet, The Lady Hopkins Band, as well as The Dale Hambridge Trio. He has played with musicians such as Jim Parr, Mark Lockheart and Craig Crofton. He has also has experience in musical direction & composing with the Blue Roses Theatre Company in Bloomsbury, and with the Cuban style big band King Of Mambo in Greenwich Park.