Charles Jeremy Jankel (born 16 April 1952, Stanmore, England) professionally known as Chaz Jankel, is a musician best known as the keyboard player and guitarist with Ian Dury and the Blockheads. He was co-writer with Dury of the band's best-known songs during its commercial peak in the late 1970s. Jankel was responsible for much of the funk influence in the Blockheads' music; his fondness for it is also evident in his solo career. First hooking up with Dury as part of the pub group Kilburn and the High-Roads in the early part of the 1970s