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Photo by Merlin Daleman www.birminghamjazzfestival.com foreword With grateful thanks to the Festival’s Sponsors and supporters without whom there would be no Festival. We are delighted to welcome back the Jazz and Blues Festival, which this year is bigger and better than ever as it expands across the region to incorporate Solihull as well as Birmingham.

With homegrown artists joining acts from Canada, Czech Republic, France, Holland, Hungary, India, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Spain and the USA, the festival provides an international soundtrack to summer in Birmingham and Solihull. And, let’s face it, there’s something really special about live music.

Now into its 32nd year, the festival continues to go from strength-to-strength, growing not just geographically, but also in terms of the wide range of exciting events and entertainment on offer – for example, in addition to an incredible 188 performances, dance events and workshops, there will also be meet-the-author book events, a photography event for people of ages and abilities, and an exhibition of paintings with an opportunity to meet the artists.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the festival organisers for their efforts in ensuring that this remains such an important and eagerly anticipated fixture in the calendar.

The festival is something we look forward to each year – there really is something for everyone and we’re sure this year’s Birmingham and Solihull Jazz & Blues Festival will be another smash hit.

Carl Rice, Lord Mayor of Birmingham, and Ian Ward, Deputy Leader of Birmingham City Council

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Festival Patron: Digby Fairweather Advisory Board: Dan Cole, Jill Hitchman, John Hemming, Derek Inman, John James, John McDermott, THE JAZZ FESTIVAL BOARD Melanie Palmer , David Pardoe, John Patrick, Cllr. Rob Sealey Behind this short, sharp celebration of jazz, blues and related music lie many months Festival Director: Jim Simpson of planning and organisation. Driving this forward is the Jazz Festival Advisory Board, Find us on Commercial and Development Director: Tim Jennings a very special group of people who freely give up time, expertise and enthusiasm in Business and Marketing Manager: Yue Yang facebook.com/birminghamjazzfestival/ order to help shape this Festival. Without the benefit of their wisdom, knowledge and Development Manager: Nick Hart tweet us your festival pictures and reviews Planning and Co-ordination: Michael Fort, Louis Fernez at @birmjazzfest and #BASJAZZ16 encouragement it would be impossible. Programme Editor: Ron Simpson Photographer: Merlin Daleman (www.merlindaleman.com) The Festival is pleased to welcome two new members to The Board, both of whom Programme & Publicity Design: Nerys James ([email protected]) joined earlier this year. John McDermott is Vice Chairman of Westside BID and Chairman Media: Jill Hitchman, Carole Manship of City Centre Neighbourhood Forum. Melanie Palmer is Director of Solihull BID and Creative Consultant: Phil Thomson organised the Solihull Jazz Festival for four years before linking it with Birmingham Curators of Exhibition of Photography: Casey Li, Felicity Hall, Nora Al-Hindi and Francisca Borzea from BCU Transport Manager: Kieron Burns Technical Managers: Davyd Bagby, Errol Taylor, Sam Deng Operations: Carmine Marotta, Manyee Yiu Film Unit: Greg & Margaret Gdowski (www.fiftysevenstudio.com) Photography Team: Kerry Smith, Thomas Lowrey, Becca Pearce Chinese Media Team: Jie Ren, Mengnan Wang, Shasha Zhang, Shuai Yuan, Zhirong Yu Artists Booking: Big Bear Music Agency 0121 454 7020 [email protected] PA & Backline: PMT Lawley Middleway Birmingham B4 7XX - 0121 359 5056 Drums & Backline: Laney, Tama & Zildjian Mobile Communications: Cartel Communications 0121 622 5555 Accountants: David Cutter & Co (www.davidcutter.co.uk) Dan Cole David Pardoe Derek Inman Jill Hitchman John Hemming Book-Keeper: Juliet Kenny Website: Rob Sealey [www. thosecleverwebpeople.com] Hotel Partner: Hampton By Hilton [www.hampton.com]

Special Thanks To: Alan Gregory; Alan Warner; Alex Nicholson-Evans; Alex Perrins; Alice Weryk; Alison Moody; Amy Robinson; Angela Hodge; Anita Dinham; Barry Bayliss; Bob Norton; Botanical Gardens; Cathryn Boffy; Cherie Lumby; Chris Ash; Chris Hall; Curtis Buck; Dan Auty; David Pardoe; David Peace; Dean Powell; Elaine Williams; Emma Creasey; Emma Yufera-Ruiz; Fiona Lockyer; Gareth Downes; Garry Chapman; Graham Smith; Graham Young; Ilhan Ozeren; Jabbar Khan; James Burkmar; James Lagneau; James Wheeler; Jenny Wilkes; Jessica Hoyle; Jo Sweet; Joanna Westwood; John Tipton; Kerrie Barber; Kim Hill; Lawrence Smith; Leon Shutkever; Lina Higuita; Lisa Beaumont; Lucy Elvin; Luke Crane; Martyn John James John McDermott John Patrick Melanie Palmer Rob Sealey Nelson; Matt Scriven; Melissa McMurdock; Mi Lan; Michele Wilby; Mike Bushell; Mike Olley; Natlja Bulgakova; Nigel Barker; Nikki Morris; Patrice Hourbette of Music LX; Patrick Power; Paul Roobottom; Paulo Jacinto; Peter Hodgson, Siew Kuan Yap and Lisa Travers of Blue Piano; Peter Suddock; Pip White; Rebecca Delmore; Rimante Sodeikiene & Rita Valiukonyt of Lithuanian Embassy in the UK; Robin Ford; Shannon Chu; Shannon Lewis; Simon Doyle; Steve Knights; Sushil Virmani; Tahreem Bhatti; Tony HAMPTON-BY-HILTON HOTEL Elvin; Warwick Printing The Hampton-by-Hilton Hotel on Broad Street Performances are free unless denoted otherwise. In restaurant is hosting six events in the festival, including talk performances accepted etiquette applies in terms of dining. sessions on photography and swing dancing as well as four live musical performances, climaxing with the BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL end of festival party. Festival goers wishing to stay at PO Box 944, , Birmingham B16 8UT the heart of the festival should contact www.birminghamjazzfestival.com www.hilton.com/Birmingham Phone: 0121 454 7020 Email: [email protected]

4 32ND BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL 2016 32ND BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL 2016 5 www.birminghamjazzfestival.com WELCOME WELCOME TO THE Birmingham and Solihull Jazz and Blues Festival 2016! I've had the privilege of writing their solid conviction that the this joyful greeting annually for spirits of jazz and the blues eight years now; ever since the are as alive and well as ever, Festival's founder-patron - the and that all you need is an late great Humphrey Lyttelton open mind and ears in order to - died (very inconsiderately hear the fruits of their heritage I thought!) on my birthday sensationally celebrated by in April 2008. While Humph newer names. And while the was Patron I was still doing term 'world music' raises the the rounds of Big Bear’s - occasional perturbed eyebrow and always music-friendly among jazz aficionados Photo by Merlin Daleman - Festival venues as a junior there's no doubt at all that - in trumpeteer. And once off geographic terms alone – this champions. But the Festival the stand I remember looking festival’s music does indeed Team have never flagged and listening wide-eyed and come from all over the world. for a moment in its tireless open-eared to the international Where else (over just ten creative commitment to the parade of stars - from Dizzy days) could you hear - for just Birmingham & Solihull Jazz & Gillespie and to the a handful of examples - the Blues Festival and carried it Modern Jazz Quartet, Count Budapest Ragtime Band (from triumphantly forward, despite Basie Orchestra, BB King and Hungary), the New Orleans financial recessions and the Blues Brothers Band - who Jump Band (from Spain), inevitable budget cuts that graced the earlier festivals. Pepper and the Jellies (from have followed. As you'll have Italy), the Rajasthan Heritage gathered by now I'm a great But of course, as some Brass Band (from India), big fan of this festival. Another songwriter once said, time The Schwings with Laura reason why we should (in changes everything - and in Budreckyte (from Lithuania), lyricist Johnny 'The Poet' the ensuing two decades we and - oh yes, from the good Burke's words) 'shout a few lost many of the founding- ol' USA – Caleb Chapman’s hurrays' for this event is that it fathers of jazz and blues Crescent Super Band, the brings fine established artists music to the simple matters of Inevitables and Brooks like saxophonists Dave Gelly, time, the hour and mortality. Williams. But every one of , Art Themen and In consequence a few more these brilliantly talented acts Alan Barnes, clarinettist Julian senior members of our jazz confirms Duke Ellington's Marc Stringle and trumpeter community have - however timeless adage that: 'it don't Bruce Adams. Oh - and me regrettably - reached out (in mean a thing if it ain't got that too I suppose. We'll all be critic Steve Voce's resigned swing'! And none of us would there and we can't wait to see phrase) to 'cling to the have it any other way. you! wreckage' of what's gone before. This year you'll find all these Digby Fairweather acts - and dozens more like Not this festival however - them - presenting no fewer absolutely not! Jim and his than 188 performances in team at Big Bear have pressed over seventy venues; the kind forward into the 21st century, of logistic exercise which clinging not to the wreckage would cross and re-cross the of older times but rather to eyes of less active and gifted

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17:30 19:00 Blue Piano The Blue Piano BRUSH WITH THE BLUES Eve of Festival Party Launch of an exhibition of PEPPER & THE JELLIES (ITALY) paintings

FRIDAY 15TH JULY 2016

12:00 17:00 19:00 Mell Square, Solihull The Brasshouse Bacchus The Broombusters Bruce Adams Quartet Roy Forbes Trio with Dave Newton 12:30 [Sponsored by Backyard 19:00 The Mailbox Brewhouse] Ebb and Flow Little Jo & The Misfits Suzi Woods 17:00 12:30 Arcadian 19:00 The Square Shopping Centre The Broombusters The Blue Piano C-Jam Chris Bowden & Rebecca 17:00 Nash 13:10 Shakespeare, Lower Temple Barber Institute of Fine Arts Street 19:30 Bruce Adams Quartet Les Zauto Stompers Ibis Birmingham Centre with Dave Newton de Paris (France) Ricky Cool & The In Crowd

14:00 17:30 19:30 Mell Square, Solihull Marriott Hotel Le Monde Simon Spillett with Pepper & The Jellies (Italy) John Hemming & John Patrick Trio The Jazz Lobbyists 18:00 14:00 Theatre Square, Touchwood 20:00 Pizza Express, Bobby Woods Quartet Shakespeare, Summer Row Robert Fowler Quartet Simon Spillett with 18:00 John Patrick Trio 14:00 Suds & Duds Oldbury Library The Humors 21:00 The Humors Broadway Casino 18:30 Pepper & The Jellies (Italy) 16:00 White Swan Mell Square, Solihull Little Jo & The Misfits 21:00 Andy Bennett Band The Dog 19:00 The Quiet Men Park Regis Robert Fowler Quartet

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17:00 KEEP INFORMED Bournville Village Green Send your email address to [email protected] Little Jo & The Misfits to go on the free regular e-bulletin list 17:00 12:00 14:00 Royal Angus BBC Birmingham The Mailbox Mell Square, Solihull Bruce Adams Quartet The Humors The Catfish Kings with Dave Newton Follow @BBCBlueRoom on Twitter to experience this performance in 14:00 18:00 360° video Caffe Nero, Brindleyplace Hampton By Hilton Ukulele Rocks The Humors 12:00 Mell Square, Solihull 14:00 18:00 Ricky Cool & The In Crowd Bandstand, Brindleyplace Bournville Village Green Pepper & The Jellies (Italy) Digby Fairweather 12:00 and the Chase Jazzmen Bert & Gerts Market 15:00 The Brasshouse Chase Jazzmen 18:00 Les Zauto Stompers Theatre Square, Touchwood 12:00 de Paris (France) Masai Blues Solihull Town Centre [Sponsored by Backyard On The Jazz Train Brewhouse] 18:30 MATT PALMER’S JAZZ EXPRESS Edwardian Tea Rooms 15:00 Pepper & The Jellies (Italy) 12:30 Park Regis The Mailbox Brooks Williams (USA) 19:00 Simon Spillett Quartet Borracho De Oro 16:00 Simon Spillett Trio 13:00 Mell Square, Solihull Park Farm Duelling Pianos 19:00 Bruce Adams Quartet The Blue Piano with Dave Newton 16:00 The Catfish Kings £2.50/£2 Bournville Village Green Digby Fairweather 19:30 and the Chase Jazzmen Le Monde Little Jo & The Misfits

19:30 Wednesbury Library Brooks Williams (USA)

20:00 Wellington Pepper Les Zauto Stompers and the de Paris (France) Jellies

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12:00 Park Regis SOLIHULL BID Pepper & The Jellies (Italy) From 2016 there is a new festival in the Midlands: the Birmingham and Solihull Jazz and Blues Festival. Thanks to 12:00 Solihull BID an excellent Spring Bank Holiday jazz festival Mell Square, Solihull has developed in recent years, based around a busy all-day Les Zauto Stompers music stage in Mell Square. The Birmingham Festival has de Paris (France) never been limited geographically, staging events in Sutton Coldfield, the , all across Sandwell - and, 12:00 course, in Solihull - so it was a logical step to incorporate Caffe Nero, Brindleyplace the Solihull festival into the new Birmingham and Solihull The Humors Jazz and Blues Festival. There are events in Solihull throughout the 10 days, but the major element remains in 12:30 the format Solihull jazz fans have grown to love, a packed The Mailbox weekend daytime programme, the first weekend of the Lee Jones Quartet feat. Festival, in Mell Square. Andy Shillingford 15:00 19:00 13:00 The Brasshouse O'Neills Poplar Walk Touchwood Art Themen with Les Zauto Stompers Sheila Waterfield Trio de Paris (France)

13:00 15:00 19:00 Oak House, West Bromwich Waterstones Botanical Gardens Ricky Cool & The In Crowd The Humors Budapest Ragtime Band (Hungary) 14:00 16:00 £12 Bandstand, Brindleyplace The Stable The Great Birmingham The Whiskey Brothers 19:00 Trombone Company The Junction 17:00 Art Themen with 14:00 Slug & Lettuce, Brindleyplace Brian Dee Trio Mell Square, Solihull Digby Fairweather Quartet The Busquitos (Holland) 19:30 18:00 Lord Clifden 14:00 Café Rouge, The Mailbox John Hemming & Botanical Gardens The Rascals of Rhythm The Jazz Lobbyists The Rascals of Rhythm £7 & £4.75 conc 18:30 20:00 Soloman Cutler Prince Of Wales 14:00 The Busquitos (Holland) The Humors Fiddle & Bone The Catfish Kings

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12:00 12:30 14:00 Church Street Square The Mailbox Bournville Gardens Backyard Music Boys The Busquitos (Holland) Saxitude (Luxembourg)

12:00 12:30 16:00 Blue Piano The Brasshouse Waterstones A Brush With The Blues: Digby Fairweather The Jazz Rag Quiz Meet The Artist with Brian Dee Trio with Digby Fairweather and Mark Skirving [Sponsored by Marstons] Ron Simpson

17:30 The Busquitos Hampton by Hilton Photography Workshop: Merlin Daleman, Festival Photographer

19:00 Hampton by Hilton Saxitude (Luxembourg)

19:00 Brewhouse and Kitchen, Sutton Coldfield Dave Gelly with Brian Dee and Len Skeat

19:30 PMT Thimblemill Library PMT, suppliers of equipment to the Festival, is the biggest New Orleans Jump Band and best guitar showroom in Birmingham. PMT can be (Spain) found on Lawley Middleway (phone 0121 359 5056) or online at www.pmtonline.co.uk/birmingham.html 19:30 Lord Clifden The Busquitos (Holland) JAZZ IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS A regular highlight of the Birmingham Jazz and Blues Festival has been the weekend concerts in Edgbaston’s beautiful Botanical Gardens. This year the special Sunday The Birmingham Jazz evening concerts feature two colourful and entertaining and Blues Festival is very bands. On June 17 the Budapest Ragtime Orchestra take grateful for the support of to the stand, to be followed a week later by this year’s most Birmingham business in exotic festival debutants, the Rajasthan Heritage Brass the form of the Colmore Band. Business District, the Jewellery Quartet BID, Tickets from www.theticketsellers.co.uk Sutton Coldfield BID and or 0121 454 1860 the Westside BID.

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12:00 15:00 19:00 Cathedral Grounds Hagley Road Village Ask, Sutton Coldfield The Busquitos (Holland) New Orleans Jump Band The Whiskey Brothers (Spain) 12:30 19:30 The Mailbox 17:00 Library Sarah Lenka Band (France) New Street Station Roy Forbes Saxitude (Luxembourg) 12:30 19:30 The Brasshouse 18:00 Lord Clifden Dave Gelly with Waterstones Saxitude (Luxembourg) Brian Dee Trio Meet the Photographer: [Sponsored by Marstons] Festival Photographer 19:30 Merlin Daleman Bournville Gardens 12:30 Dave Gelly with Brian Dee Strada, ICC 18:00 Trio Saxitude (Luxembourg) Hotel du Vin £7 Sarah Lenka Band (France) 14:00 20:45 BBC Birmingham Mailbox 18:30 The Perry Hill Tavern Strictly Jitterbug: Arts Café, West Bromwich Old Comrades Jazz Band dance session and lessons New Orleans Jump Band Follow @BBCBlueRoom on Twitter (Spain) to experience this performance in 360° video

SKETCHING THE FESTIVAL The Birmingham Jazz Festival has long had a photographer-at-large. Now this year festival patrons can look out for sketchers- at-large. The 52nd Worldwide Sketch Crawl begins at the BBC in the Mailbox at 12 o'clock on the second Saturday. Bring your sketch pads with you and join Birmingham Urban Sketchers on a journey which reaches the halfway point of the Everyman Cinema at 1.30 and finishes at the Caffe Nero in Brindleyplace at 4.00. The Urban Sketchers form an active group of artists who have previously sketched in many areas of the city, notably the Barber Institute, the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Sarehole Mill, the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, St. Philip’s Cathedral and any number of churches. www.sketchbrum.com

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King Pleasure and 19:00 the Biscuit Boys Brindleyplace Central Square Caleb Chapman’s Crescent Super Band (USA)

19:30 Lord Clifden New Orleans Jump Band (Spain)

12:00 14:00 19:30 Colmore Square Sutton Coldfield Library Core Theatre, Solihull New Orleans Jump Band LEE JONES AND KIM CYPHER King Pleasure & (Spain) The Biscuit Boys 16:00 £16 12:00 Hampton by Hilton St. Pauls Square New Orleans Jump Band 20:00 Sarah Lenka Band (France) (Spain) Brindleyplace Central Square Film: Jazz on a 12:30 16:00 Summer's Day Moseley All Services Club Waterstones Birmingham Big Band Meet the Author 20:00 £5 - Dave Gelly Robin 2 [An Unholy Row: Jazz in Britain Walter Trout Band 12:30 and Its Audience, 1945 to 1960] £20 ADV The Mailbox Saxitude (Luxembourg) 18:00 20:00 Brindleyplace Central Square Suds & Duds 12:30 The Inevitables (USA) Saxitude (Luxembourg) The Brasshouse Julian Marc Stringle 18:00 Julian with Brian Dee Trio Core Theatre, Solihull Marc [Sponsored by Marstons] The Whiskey Brothers Stringle

12:30 19:00 Strada ICC Fiesta Del Asado Dave Gelly Sarah Lenka Band (France)

19:00 The Blue Piano Performances are free Neil C Young Trio unless denoted otherwise. feat. Steve Tromans In restaurant performances accepted etiquette applies 19:00 in terms of purchasing Tipton Library Julian Marc Stringle a meal. Photo by Merlin Daleman with Brian Dee Trio

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MAILBOX AT LUNCH-TIME The newly refurbished Mailbox will once again host daily concerts at lunch-time on the terrace overlooking the canal - Sarah Lenka Band once again the line-up is 12:00 18:00 excitingly international. Snowhill Square Balcony Brasserie, Selfridges Such British stars as New Orleans Jump Band Roy Forbes Trio Simon Spillett are joined by (Spain) musicians and bands from 18:00 the Netherlands, France, 12:00 Caffe Nero, Brindleyplace Luxembourg, the Czech St. Pauls Square SKETCH TALK: MEET THE Republic, Lithuania and Remi Harris Trio URBAN SKETCHERS Canada. 20:00 12:30 19:00 Drop Forge The Mailbox Borracho De Oro Hotsy Totsy Five Hotsy Totsy Five Sheila Waterfield (Czech Republic) (Czech Republic) 19:00 20:00 12:30 Nosh & Quaff The Junction The Brasshouse Saxitude (Luxembourg) Lee Jones Quartet feat. Sarah Lenka Band (France) Andy Shillingford [Sponsored by Marstons] 19:00 Panache, Sutton Coldfield 20:00 13:00 Blue Silk O'Neills BBC Birmingham Mailbox Caleb Chapman’s SAXITUDE [LUXEMBOURG] 19:30 Crescent Super Band (USA) perform NINO SOPRANINO for 4 Midlands Arts Centre to 11 year olds The Quiet Men 20:00 Follow @BBCBlueRoom on Twitter Pushkar to experience this performance in 19:30 Sarah Lenka Band (France) 360° video Great Barr Library Emma Jonson & Sam Rogers 21:00 14:00 All Bar One Core Theatre Studio, Solihull 19:30 The Broombusters The Inevitables (USA) Lord Clifden Remi Harris Trio 17:30 Strada ICC In the case of outdoor performances alternative indoor Suzi Woods venues will be arranged. For up to date information join our email bulletin list. Simply get in touch at [email protected]

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12:00 18:30 19:00 Cathedral Grounds Walkabout Solihull The Blue Piano Saxitude (Luxembourg) Blue Silk Pete Hyde & The Viellards

12:00 19:00 19:30 St. Pauls Square Bacchus Le Monde Alan Barnes Quartet Terry Clarke Band The Quiet Men

12:30 19:00 19:30 The Mailbox Eleon Sutton Coldfield Botanical Gardens The Schwings with Laura Tipitina Birmingham Lindy Exchange: Budreckyte (Lithuania) The Schwings with Laura 19:00 Budreckyte (Lithuania) 13:10 Park Regis £20 Barber Institute Hotsy Totsy Five Hotsy Totsy Five (Czech Republic) 20:00 (Czech Republic) Shakespeare, Summer Row 19:00 David Moore Band 17:00 West Bromwich Library The Brasshouse Joe Fournier (Canada) Alan Barnes Quartet

17:00 Shakespeare, Lower Temple Street Saxitude (Luxembourg)

18:00 Suds & Duds Roy Forbes Trio

18:30 White Swan The Great Birmingham Trombone Company

MUSICIANS UNION ‘An organisation that can help its members throughout their professional careers and beyond.’

As always the Festival is extremely grateful for the support, financial and otherwise, of the Musicians Union. www.musiciansunion.org.uk

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10:30 Photo by Art Themen St. Pauls Square Merlin Daleman The Whiskey Brothers

12:00 BBC Birmingham Mailbox START OF URBAN SKETCH CRAWL

12:00 BBC Birmingham Mailbox Ukulele Rocks Follow @BBCBlueRoom on Twitter to experience this performance in 16:00 19:30 360° video St. Pauls Square Aston University Guild Hall Grey Goose Blues Band Birmingham Lindy Exchange: 12:30 The Jim Wynn Swing Hampton by Hilton 16:00 Orchestra Birmingham Lindy Exchange: Caffe Nero, Brindleyplace £20 Talking Lindy Hop Strictly Jitterbug: Dance Session and Lessons 20:00 12:30 Wellington The Mailbox 17:00 Lee Jones Trio Joe Fournier (Canada) Royal Angus Sauce City Jazz 20:30 13:00 Drop Forge Dartmouth Park, West Bromwich 18:00 Tipitina Rudie & The Revolvers Quinto, Sutton Coldfield Jerry Senfluk Trio 20:30 13:00 (Czech Republic) Fiddle & Bone St. Pauls Square The Schwings with Laura Jerry Senfluk Quartet 19:00 Budreckyte (Lithuania) (Czech Republic) Blackheath Library Steve Ajao Quartet 14:00 19:00 Bandstand, Brindleyplace Come and see Ebb and Flow The Schwings with Laura tomorrow’s BBC…today! Joe Fournier (Canada) Budreckyte (Lithuania) Visit us for free: Sat & Mon-Wed 10-5; Sun 11-5 19:00 15:00 We’re at BBC Birmingham, The Blue Piano The Brasshouse Level 3, Mailbox, Spirit of Tango Hotsy Totsy Five Birmingham, B1 1RF. (Czech Republic) Follow @BBCBlueRoom 19:30 on Twitter. 15:00 Le Monde Park Regis Hotsy Totsy Five Tipitina (Czech Republic)

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All Bar One Brunswick Park, Wednesbury Eleon Waters Edge, Brindleyplace B1 2HL Brunswick Park Rd, Wednesbury 2 Maney Corner, Sutton Coldfield Mell Square Robin 2 Theatre Square, Touchwood 0121 644 5861 WS10 9HH B72 1QL Drury Ln, Solihull B91 3BG 20-28 Mount Pleasant, Bilston Touchwood, Solihull B91 3GJ 0121 569 3440 0121 354 6805 0121 704 3941 WV14 7LJ 0121 709 6900 Arcadian 01902 497860 Hurst St Southside, B5 4TD Café Rouge Fiddle & Bone Moseley All Services Club Thimblemill Library 0121 622 5348 174-176 Wharfside St, Mailbox, B1 1RN 4 Sheepcote Street, B16 8AE 91 Church Road, Moseley, B13 9EA Royal Angus Hotel Thimblemill Road, Smethwick, B67 5RJ 0121 665 6437 0121 200 2223 0121 449 1573 St Chads Queensway B4 6HY 0121 429 2039 Ask, Sutton Coldfield 0121 606 4500 1-3 Manor Rd, Sutton Coldfield B73 6EJ Caffe Nero, Brindleyplace Fiesta Del Asado New Inn Tipton Library 0121 354 8834 4 Brindley Place B1 2JB 229 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, B16 9RP 74 Vivian Rd, Harborne B17 0DJ Sam’s Jazz On The Water 17 Unity Walk Tipton DY4 8QL 0121 643 4572 0121 455 9331 0121 426 3373 Birmingham Canal Boat Services, 0121 557 1796 Bacchus Gas St Basin B1 2JT Burlington Arcade, New Street, B2 4JH Cathedral Grounds Great Barr Library New Street Station 07760 492965 Walkabout, Solihull 0121 632 5445 Colmore Row B3 2QB Birmingham Rd, B43 6NW Smallbrook Queensway B2 4ND 16-24 Poplar Rd, Solihull B91 3AB 0121 236 4689 0121 357 1340 0121 454 7020 Sandwell Arts Cafe 0121 227 5721 Balcony Brasserie, Selfridges Central 6th, New Street, West Bromwich The Bullring, Upper Mall East, B5 4BP Central Library, West Bromwich Guild Hall, Aston Nosh & Quaff B70 7PG Waterstones, Birmingham 0121 600 6869 High Street, West Bromwich, B70 8DZ Aston University, Woodcock Street, 130 Colmore Row, Victoria Square, 0121 569 8236 24-26 High Street B4 7SL 0121 569 4904 B4 7ES B3 3AP 0121 633 4353 Barber Institute of Fine Arts 0121 204 4855 0121 236 4246 Sandwell Park Farm University of Birmingham, B15 2TS Central Square, Brindleyplace Salter's Ln, West Bromwich B71 4BG Waters Edge Bandstand, 0121 414 7333 2 Brunswick St, Brindleyplace, B1 2JF Haden Hill Park O’Neills 0121 569 30 70 Brindleyplace 07939 507 526 Rd, Cradley Heath Broad St, City Centre, B1 2HG Waters Edge, Brindleyplace B1 2HL BBC Birmingham B64 7JU 0121 616 1623 Shakespeare 07939 507 526 102-108 Wharfside St, B1 1RE Church St Square 01384 569 444 Summer Row, B3 1JJ 0121 567 6000 Church Street, B3 2NP Oak House 0121 236 8702 Wednesbury Library 0121 236 4689 Hagley Road Village Oak Road, West Bromwich B70 8HJ St, Wednesbury WS10 9EH Bert & Gerts Market 322-336 Hagley Rd, Edgbaston, 0120 553 0759 Shakespeare 0121 556 0351 Sutton Coldfield Parade Colmore Square B17 8BH Lower Temple Street, B2 4JD 07917 765238 Colmore Circus Queensway, B4 6BN 0121 420 6000 Oldbury Library 0121 616 2196 Wellington 0121 236 4689 10 Halesowen Street, Oldbury, B69 2AJ 37 Bennetts Hill, B2 5SN Blackheath Library Hampton By Hilton 0121 552 5933 Slug & Lettuce, Brindleyplace 0121 200 3115 145 High St, Rowley Regis B65 0EA Core Theatre 200 Broad Street, B15 1SU Waters Edge, Brindleyplace B1 2HL 0121 559 1884 Library Square, Homer Road, Solihull, 0121 329 7450 Panache 0121 633 3049 White Swan, Harborne B91 3RG 1 Maney Corner, Sutton Coldfield, Harborne Road, B15 3TT Blue Piano 0121 704 6962 Hotel Du Vin B72 1QL Snow Hill Station Square 0121 454 2359 24-26 Harborne Rd, B15 3AA 25 Church Street B3 2NR 0121 355 3353 Colmore Row, B3 2BJ 0121 454 6877 Cradley Heath Library 0121 200 0600 0121 236 4689 Upper High Street, Cradley Heath, Park Regis Borracho de Oro B64 5JU Ibis Birmingham Centre 160 Broad St, B15 1DT Soloman Cutler Harborne Court, Edgbaston, B15 3BU 01384 569316 21 Ladywell Walk B5 4ST 0121 369 5555 Regency Wharf, Broad St, B1 2DS 0121 454 5368 0121 622 6010 0121 631 8930 NATIONAL EXPRESS Dark Horse Perry Hill Tavern Botanical Gardens 145 Alcester Rd, Birmingham B13 Junction, Harborne 23 Perry Hill Rd, Oldbury B68 0AR The Square FESTIVAL GUIDE Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, B15 3TR 0121 449 6300 212 High St, Harborne, B17 9PT 0121 422 6600 2 The Priory Queensway, B4 7LJ Those extremely helpful 0121 454 1860 0121 428 2635 0121 236 5303 Dartmouth Park Pizza Express, Sutton Coldfield people at National Express Bournville Gardens Reform St, West Bromwich B71 4AH Le Monde 5-7 Birmingham Road, Sutton Coldfield, St Pauls Square have 49 Bristol Road South, B31 2FR 0121 569 3070 Waters Edge, Brindleyplace, B1 2HL B72 1QA St Paul's Square, Jewellery Quarter, 0121 227 9000 0121 271 0600 0121 354 9261 B3 2BJ produced a guide to The Dog, Warley 0121 233 2814 enable folk to get around Bournville Village Green Hagley Rd W, Warley B67 5EU Lord Clifden Poplar Walk, Touchwood Bournville, B30 2AA 0121 429 2305 34 Great Hampton Street, Hockley, Touchwood, Solihull B91 3GJ Stable the Festival by bus. It’s 0121 374 2139 B18 6AA 0121 709 6900 115 John Bright St, B1 1BE free and available from all Drop Forge 0121 523 7515 0121 643 8918 Brasshouse 6-10 Hockley Street, The Jewellery Quarter Prince Of Wales Festival venues. 44 Broad Street, B1 2HP B18 6BL MAC 84 Cambridge St, B1 2NP Strada, ICC 0121 633 3383 0121 448 4578 Cannon Hill Park, B12 9QH 0121 643 9460 International Convention Centre B1 2EA 0121 446 3232 0121 212 2661 Brewhouse & Kitchen Ebb and Flow Pushkar Performances are free 8 Birmingham Rd, Sutton Coldfield Herbert Rd, Solihull B91 3QE Mailbox 245 Broad St, B1 2HQ Suds N Duds unless denoted otherwise. 0121 643 7978 14 Gas St, B1 2JT B72 1QD 0121 709 0946 7 Commercial Street, B1 1RS In restaurant performances 0121 796 6838 0121 632 1000 07741 242875 Edwardian Tea Rooms Quinto accepted etiquette applies 23 Birmingham Rd, Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield Library Broadway Casino BMAG Chamberlain Square, B3 3DH Marriott Hotel in terms of purchasing Broadway Plaza, 0121 348 8090 12 Hagley Rd, Five Ways, B16 8SJ B72 1QA Lower Parade, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1XX 220 Ladywood Middleway B16 8LP 0121 452 1144 0121 354 6486 0121 464 0165 a meal. 0121 456 5557

28 32ND BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL 2016 32ND BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL 2016 29 www.birminghamjazzfestival.com ARTISTS A-Z COOL VENUE : HOT ATTRACTIONS Live Concerts in the idyllic setting of Birmingham’s Photo by Scene. He first broke through Merlin on the Birmingham scene TAMA DRUMS/ Daleman with his band The Elements ZILDJIAN CYMBALS before joining Ocean Colour Many thanks to Tama BOTANICAL GARDENS Scene in 2004. Last year he Drums and Zildjian left the band to focus on his Cymbals for supplying own solo material. drum kits for the festival - outstanding equipment BUDAPEST RAGTIME BAND Art Themen for some outstanding The wonderfully original music-making Sunday 17th July saxophonist Art Themen 7pm managed throughout a long BILL COLEMAN Tickets £12 and successful career as an Bill Coleman’s accomplished Alan orthopaedic surgeon to build Ragtime, Jazz and Dixieland Barnes double bass has been a a major reputation on the notable feature of many an evergreens, musical parodies British jazz and blues scene, and humorous adaptations of Alan Barnes Quartet accompanying trio at the initially picking up national Birmingham festival for many world famous tunes and operas No Birmingham jazz festival awards with the Cambridge would be complete without years. His versatility and University Jazz Band, then musicianship keep him much the outstanding saxophonist/ playing and touring with the clarinettist Alan Barnes in demand, with his most likes of , Mick high-profile work recently whose career since leaving Jagger and Humphrey Lyttelton’s Band being many years with Kenny before lending his Sonny Ball’s band. in 1992 has seen him playing Rollins-influenced tenor sax with many top American THE RAJASTHAN HERITAGE BRASS BAND into many top jazz groups. BIRMINGHAM LINDY jazzmen, collecting British Since retirement from awards galore in at least EXCHANGE Sunday 24th July medicine, Art has gone from Birmingham Lindy Exchange five categories, running his strength to strength, with the 7pm own Woodville record label offers a unique opportunity Tickets £15 British Jazz Award for tenor to enjoy dance workshops and pursuing an active sax coming his way in 2008. A heady, exciting and hypnotic and successful career as with some great live music reflection of the evocative and composer and arranger. in a number of fantastic BACKYARD MUSIC BOYS settings scattered across joyous music of Rajasthan - Birmingham audiences will This four piece acoustic remember such extended Birmingham, from the dancing is inevitable! band captures the Botanical Gardens to the works as Swinging down excitement and verve of Broad Street and Marbella Birmingham Swing Ball 1920s/1930s hot jazz. Lining at Aston University. The Jazz Suite. In the best up with clarinet, trumpet, tradition of Barnes literary schedule combines large- sousaphone and banjo, led scale evening parties with suites, the end of 2015 saw by Matt Palmer, they are him touring and recording his smaller, more intimate equally comfortable strolling daytime dance opportunities jazz version of A Christmas or static onstage. Carol. and the chance to talk Lindy For further information call Festival Hotline 0121 454 7020 or Hop under the direction email [email protected] ANDY BENNETT Botanical Gardens, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston B15 3TR Singer/guitarist Andy Bennett To keep up to date on news and changes to the is best known for his work programme, join our email bulletin list. Tickets available from www.ticketsellers.co.uk and from 0121 454 1860 with the group Ocean Colour Simply get in touch at [email protected]

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matched by his ability as an Brooks Williams BRUCE ADAMS Bruce Adams original and accomplished First choice for many an all- soloist. In a highly successful star band, trumpeter Bruce career he has worked with Adams has often been heard such legends of British jazz at many of the UK’s leading as and Ted jazz festivals. Over the Heath as well as being MD years, Bruce’s popularity has for Elaine Delmar for many depended on his inspired years. and dynamic quartet and quintet gigs, reinforcing his BROOKS WILLIAMS (U.S.A.) reputation as one of the most exciting jazz trumpeters Ranked one of the Top in the country. His 100 Acoustic Guitarists, remarkable technique and singer-songwriter Brooks bravura playing have earned Williams writes groove- him numerous British Jazz laden songs and delivers Photo by Merlin Daleman Awards, either for Trumpet or them with an easy-going (with Alan Barnes) for Small vocal style and monstrous to the traditional piano Group and New CD. THE BUSQUITOS guitar chops. Walking the interpretation of ragtime. (NETHERLANDS) of Martyn Nelson at the favourite at the city’s Jazz line between blues and BUDAPEST RAGTIME Since then the band has The Busquitos’ brand of Hampton-by-Hilton. and Blues Festival, Bobby Americana, Williams has BAND (HUNGARY) enlarged its repertoire into happy swinging music for has appeared with Osibisa, worked stages worldwide for Long-time favourites at everything from Dixieland all ages sees them in great BLUE SILK Eddie Grant and Third World over 25 years, amassing a Birmingham and many other to operatic parodies and demand for festivals in A new project for Judy Blue, and has toured widely in staggering back-catalogue festivals throughout Europe, has toured successfully Austria, Germany, Spain and star singer with Masai Blues, Europe and Africa. of songs, recordings and the Budapest Ragtime Band throughout Europe and the Netherlands as well as teams her with exciting tales. With nearly 20 CDs was established in 1980 by America, performing regularly the UK. The combination of young guitarist Ian Silk. BRIAN DEE to his name – and more on trained jazz and classical on Hungarian, German, brilliantly played music and In addition to his great the way – this Statesboro, musicians who created American and Swiss dazzling funny entertainment BOBBY WOODS (U.S.A) work in trio formats and as Georgia, native was named their own style by adding . will put a smile on anyone’s Singer Bobby Woods was accompanist, Brian Dee Best Male Vocalist by UK original instrumentation face. born in Chicago and grew starred in last year’s Lady roots magazine Spiral Earth up surrounded by the Sings the Blues concert, in 2013. Budapest Caleb Chapman’s sounds of jazz, blues and now available on CD as Ragtime Band CRESCENT SUPER BAND gospel greats. Now based Laughing at Life. Brian’s THE BROOMBUSTERS (U.S.A.) in Birmingham and a regular skills as an accompanist are The Broombusters’ unique Organised in 2001 under the fusion of blues and reggae direction of Caleb Chapman, PARK REGIS draws on influences as the award-winning Crescent wide-ranging as Bob The Festival is delighted to welcome Birmingham’s newest Super Band, consisting of Dylan, Elmore James, Jimi luxury hotel, the Park Regis at Five Ways. The first hotel in 25 musicians between the Hendrix and Muddy Waters. this high quality group to be opened in Europe, the Park ages of 15 and 18, has Leading the five-piece band Regis provides a splendid setting for the Festival launch been hailed as one of the is the charismatic Charlie with Pepper and the Jellies, plus further performances best professional bands in ‘Wolfman’ Sylvester from the during the Festival. the world to be composed late 1970s disco soul band, entirely of young musicians. the J.A.L.N. Band. www.parkregisbirmingham.co.uk From its Utah base, the band has played festivals in

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Switzerland, Netherlands, Caleb Chapman’s Crescent Super Band Italy and France. In 2013 the Crescent Super Band played Carnegie Hall with guests David Sanborn and Wayne Bergeron.

CATFISH KINGS The Catfish Kings have 50s music written through them like a stick of Brighton rock. Take some New Orleans rhythm ‘n’ blues in the manner of Little Richard and Fats Domino, mix in with Big CHRIS BOWDEN AND C-JAM Joe Turner’s boogie beat and REBECCA NASH C-Jam’s repertoire is blend in the best of Louis Saxist Chris Bowden first large and varied, ranging Jordan, and came to notice with his from cool jazz sounds Jerry Lee Lewis! 1996 album, Time Capsule, to stomping blues/R&B with a 12-piece band and and soul favourites. The CHASE JAZZMEN 20 years later was blowing experienced line-up includes This highly popular and the roof off ’s three ex-members of the talented band, based in with his current trio. At the Steve Gibbons Band: Brian the West Midlands and Blue Piano he teams up Badhams (keyboards and , is composed with Rebecca Nash, pianist vocals), Bob Wilson (lead of leading musicians with and noted jazz educator. guitar/vocals) and drummer a long-standing history Rebecca has worked with Brendan Day. Bassist Frank of playing traditional and an impressive list of British Walker’s colourful music popular jazz, plus numbers jazzers – including, among career includes working with from the swing era and the many others, Tina May, Mike Glenn Tipton in the Flying Sinatra songbook. Gibbs and . Hat Band and appearing with Alvin Stardust, whilst saxist CITY OF BIRMINGHAM Sam Rogers first came to BIG BAND notice with the Walsall Jazz SANDWELL EVENTS Recognised as probably the Orchestra. The spread of the festival Midlands’ most entertaining takes in a whole series big band, the CBBB CrossCountry are proud to of fine performances offers the full Glenn Miller be supporting the in interesting venues sound with five saxes, four throughout Sandwell. In trombones, four trumpets BUDAPEST addition to no fewer than and four rhythm, plus RAGTIME BAND nine libraries, concerts vocalists. In addition to Miller, at Jazz in the in Sandwell take place listen out for the music of Gardens 2016 in two bandstands, one Ellington, Basie, the Dorseys park farm, one arts café and the UK’s own . and two houses of historic importance!

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DAVE GELLY own bands, the Big Bear HORTONS Smitten by jazz at an Stompers and the Rascals Hortons is an independent early age, Gelly took up of Rhythm. The five-piece Midlands based property the clarinet at 14 and the Rascals boast a unique company owned by the saxophone a few years later. sound, with a front line of Horton family. It was He played in, and eventually two multi-instrumentalist founded by Isaac Horton led, the award-winning reedmen, Mike Wills and and first incorporated Cambridge University Tony Blincowe. The band’s in 1892. The portfolio band, whose personnel repertoire draws on great contains a number of included, among others, Art tunes from Jelly Roll Morton, landmark buildings, Themen and Lionel Grigson. Fats Waller, Duke Ellington including The Grand, Alongside his reputation as and the Great American Colmore Row. a fine jazz tenor saxist, Dave Songbook. has built a reputation as an The company has a long award-winning jazz writer, DAVE NEWTON standing commitment to both as a journalist (currently Since emerging from the supporting the community with The Observer) and as Leeds College of Music in which it operates. It is the author of several well- at the same time as his a supporter of a number received books, including frequent collaborator Alan of arts bodies, and this biographies of tenor sax Barnes, Dave Newton has year will be supporting the greats and Lester built a huge reputation as Festival’s Photography Young and An Unholy Row, one of the most individual, Project. dealing with post-war British versatile and technically assured of British jazz jazz and its audience. at the festival in the trio pianists. The recipient of format with various soloists. DAVE MOORWOOD’S many British jazz awards and RASCALS OF RHYTHM with a large and varied list of DAVE TANDY CD recordings to his credit, Since leaving the Pete Allen An alumnus of the Midland he is as much at home in a Band in 2004, banjoist/ Youth Jazz Orchestra, duo situation as composing guitarist Dave Moorwood where he had the chance and arranging for a medium- has concentrated on his to work with the likes of sized group and will be heard Jacqui Dankworth, Mark Nightingale, Bobby Shew WATERSTONES and Wayne Bergeron, Dave - PHOTO EXHIBITION AND MORE played with such bands as Waterstones are hosting an exhibition of photography the Ronnie Scott’s Orchestra from the 2015 Jazz & Blues Festival from July 8th to 31st, and King Pleasure and sponsored by Hortons’ and curated by BCU students the Biscuit Boys before Casey Li, Felicity Hall, Norah Al-Hindi and Francisca Borzea becoming the regular under the guidance of Phil Thomson. Waterstones will drummer with the Syd also present a performance by The Humors, a jazz quiz in Lawrence Band in 2012. conjunction with the Jazz Rag magazine featuring Digby Fairweather and Ron Simpson, a Meet the Photographer DAVID MOORE session with Merlin Daleman and author Dave Gelly talking David’s passion is blues about his book An Unholy Row: Jazz in Britain and Its guitar, though his working life Audience, 1945-1960. in New York has brought him

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Florence Joelle Laughing at Life, recorded at last year’s Lady Sings the Blues concert at the Birmingham festival.

DUELLING PIANOS Duelling Pianos presents the pianistic talents, back to back, of Dino Baptiste and Joe Stafford, backed by drummer Jayme Tovey, in an exciting duelling boogie woogie and rock’n’roll band, with excursions into reggae and ska, funk and pop classics.

EMMA JONSON Leeds College of Music graduate Emma Jonson formed her own blues band on leaving college. Her versatility as pianist and singer is shown by a repertoire that features experience in a wide variety tour and a CD highlighting originals, her own take on of styles. Initially inspired by The Best of the Half Dozen. boogie woogie and classic such Birmingham musicians The Half Dozen toured and and contemporary covers. as the late Roger Hill, recorded with legendary David graduated from the singer George Melly EUREKA JAZZ Birmingham Conservatoire (2003-7) and has since Eureka Jazz, from Moseley, in 1999. He moved to frequently performed with plays happy and harmonious New York in 2010, but is Paul Jones. Digby founded 1920s and 30s melodies now enjoying being back the Association of British based on the Great American in Birmingham for a spell, Jazz Musicians (l987) and Songbook. Terry McGrath on demonstrating a fresh and National Jazz Archive (l987) trombone and saxes leads exciting approach to the and broadcast widely on the band in sweet vintage blues. jazz for the BBC and Jazz music, from such as Cole FM (l986-1998) before Porter, Gershwin and Hoagy DIGBY FAIRWEATHER returning to fulltime playing Carmichael. Since l995 top British jazz in l998. In 2013 he received trumpeter Digby Fairweather the Worshipful Company FLORENCE JOELLE has led his award-winning of Musicians’ Lifetime (France) Half-Dozen and last year Achievement Award for jazz. Bred on jazz at home and celebrated the band’s 20th Currently he can be heard the street music of Paris, anniversary with a major on the new Big Bear CD, the Gypsy art of Django Reinhardt, bal musette, and

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GREY GOOSE BLUES BAND Formed in 2008 by singer/ songwriter/guitarist Frankie Williams, the Grey Goose has developed a reputation in the Midlands as one of the freshest and most original blues bands around. Having cut their teeth on the Black Country pub circuit, the band played many major blues festivals since 2010: Nantwich, Upton- upon-Severn, Tewkesbury, Swanage, Shetland, Aber Hotsy Totsy Five Jazz and Blues and, of course, Birmingham Jazz North African rai, singer, Rich, Gene Krupa and Louie and Blues. songwriter, blues harmonica Bellson to working with player Florence Joelle the likes of Kenny Baker, Hotsy Totsy Five started collecting rock’n’roll, Ronnie Scott, Tubby Hayes (CZECH REPUBLIC) doo-wop, Latin jazz, and and such visiting Americans The Hotsy Totsy Five, led by early blues as a girl. Her as Mel Torme, Maynard pianist/singer Iva Blazkova, music draws from all these Ferguson and Herb Geller to has developed from the influences, carving out a founding his own 16-piece Teens Jazzband Velke unique sound that, although big band in 1974. Losiny which has delighted deeply rooted in the past, fans for many years at the vibrates in the present. GREAT BIRMINGHAM TROMBONE COMPANY Birmingham Jazz Festival. A young band focussing The group is modelled GARRY ALLCOCK on authentic interpretations Garry Allcock, who will after Bobby Knight’s of 1920s and 1930s jazz, lend his talents to various Great American Trombone the Hotsy Totsy Five has accompanying trios at Company, a pioneering performed at many jazz the festival, has had an ensemble of five trombones festivals and radio and impressively varied career and rhythm section playing television broadcasts. as one of the Midlands’ top hard-swinging jazz charts drummers, from being a and sounding like a miniature teenager enthused by Buddy big band.

VOLUNTEERS WANTED The Festival depends on the volunteer army whose efforts enable the event to function properly. Volunteers are already at work in the Festival office and around the area, but it’s certainly not too late to come on board!

We are looking for drivers, technical staff, IT, distribution, marketing, PR and administration. Call Sarah on 0121 454 7020 or email [email protected]

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The Humors JERRY SENFLUK (Czech Republic) Born in Prague on St. Patrick's Day, 1946, Jerry Senfluk received private tuition from the principal clarinettist of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, a virtuoso performer and great admirer of Benny Goodman. He graduated from the Conservatoire of Prague in 1967, having made his first public appearance on clarinet in 1962, playing alongside Acker Bilk. A THE HUMORS THE INEVITABLES (U.S.A.) distinctive and technically Corry Fleming and Nicola One of two bands in the accomplished player in the Cockburn comprise The festival consisting of young great tradition, Jerry remains Humors, an Americana duo musicians from Caleb popular and highly regarded who hail from Edinburgh. Chapman’s Soundhouse throughout Europe. The duo played Birmingham in Utah, the Inevitables Jazz & Blues Festival, specialise in world music, an JIM WYNN SWING BAND as The Precious Penny eclectic mix of swing, gypsy This 16-piece re-creates Pluckers, two years ago. jazz, klezmer, zydeco, Delta the authentic original Since then, they have earned blues and pop. Formed in sound of 1930s and 1940s a prestigious Danny Kyle 2013, the 15-piece band is swing music, bringing to nomination at this year's in high demand for events in new life the charts of such Celtic Connection festival in the West and last year won greats as Duke Ellington, Glasgow and also appeared their first Downbeat award. Benny Goodman, Fletcher as the guest band on a live Henderson and Count Basie. episode of STV Glasgow's Riverside Show. Reverend Richard Bashford We were saddened to learn of the death of the former long-serving Festival Board member and City Councillor, the Reverend Richard Bashford.

In 1994 Richard, who was Vicar of Winson Green, won a bye-election to become the first Labour Councillor for Quinton.

Richard was a lifelong jazz fan, extremely knowledgeable about the music, and a committed supporter of the Festival. He was to be seen almost every day of the Festival, sitting in the front row, having arrived early, as was his wont.

Richard Bashford died on May 10th, having been in poor health for some time.

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John Hemming and the Jazz Lobbyists with Lorraine Donovan

Photo by Merlin Daleman JOE FOURNIER (CANADA) MP is, as regulars at the always been enormous, in Joe Fournier simply plays Birmingham festival know, the early years Dixieland American roots music – also a talented jazz pianist. co-existing with studying country, soul, folk, rockabilly After several appearances composition with William and blues – with stories that with his Ladies of Jazz, John Lloyd Webber at the will make you laugh, cry and brought a new band to the College of Music and touring cringe, sometimes in the 2015 festival and this year Europe with a modern jazz New Release On Big Bear Records same verse. Joe has paid his the Jazz Lobbyists make a quartet at the age of 17. dues in every kind of musical welcome return. Julian’s clarinet and tenor Recorded live at last year’s setting, even appearing as sax have been a dynamic LAUGHING AT LIFE Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival Ringo in a Beatles tribute JOHN PATRICK part of Digby Fairweather’s John Patrick’s piano Half Dozen for all its 21 The Music of Billie Holiday band. With his ‘lyrics as Performed by sharp as a broke beer bottle’ playing has graced the years and last year Julian “An evening with six of Europe’s performances of many made a major impact at the finest jazz musicians and a and his driving rhythm LADY SINGS THE BLUES and slide guitar, Joe has American stars both in the Birmingham festival in the Val Digby Roy Julian Brian Len Eric remarkable singer” – Dave Gelly USA and the UK since the band for the Lady Sings the Wiseman Fairweather Williams Stringle Dee Skeat Ford steadily built an international following. This year’s 1960s. For many years John Blues concert. CD available at all record Birmingham appearance, for fronted his own Big Band, retailers, Amazon, and all major instance, is closely followed but he is at his best in a KEITH BILL download sites by dates in the UK, Sweden, small group playing hard- Taking the piano chair in the States and Canada. swinging modern jazz. many of the festival’s backing trios, as he has done with Distributed by RSK Entertainment Live at JOHN HEMMING AND THE JULIAN MARC STRINGLE great success for many Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival JAZZ LOBBYISTS WITH QUARTET years, will be Keith Bill, the LORRAINE DONOVAN Julian Marc Stringle was a Midlands’ go-to man when child prodigy, making his For further information contact [email protected] John Hemming may be it comes to finding the ideal better known for his political television debut at 14 with accompanist for visiting or phone 0121 454 7020 career, but the former his teenage Dixieland band soloists. or write to PO Box 944, Birmingham B16 8UT Young Jazz. His range has

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Les Zauto Photo by Merlin Daleman Lady Sings the Blues, he Stompers de Paris appeared in last year’s Birmingham concert which is now available on CD from Big Bear Records and has been a regular in the festival’s star backing trios for many years.

LES ZAUTO STOMPERS DE PARIS[FRANCE] Les Zauto Stompers are an accomplished and entertaining five-piece from Paris, the stars of festivals throughout Europe and KING PLEASURE & THE LEE JONES a perennial favourite in BISCUIT BOYS Guitarist/composer Lee Birmingham. Their repertoire ‘To those who say that Jones studied at the takes you back to the Swing is a musical form best Birmingham Conservatoire honkytonks of New Orleans left to Americans, prepare with Phil Robson. He has and the cabarets of Chicago to be proven wrong. This now released three solo and New York. Virtuoso British combo is bulletproof!’ albums and worked with cornetist Gilles Naudet - Atomic Magazine, New many of the top names in brings to life the classics of York City jazz, guesting with Martin Louis Armstrong and the The all-time festival Taylor at the Pizza Express Stompers also favour the favourites at Birmingham, and recording with Larry music of Bix Beiderbecke, King Pleasure and the Coryell, Jean Toussaint, Jelly Roll Morton, Joe ‘King’ Biscuit Boys make it a Dennis Rollins and others. Oliver, Fats Waller, Hoagy regular stopping point on Lee will be joined by singer Carmichael, Duke Ellington the international round of KIM CYPHER. and many other greats of jazz and blues festivals. jazz. The band’s driving force LEN SKEAT since its inception way back Bassist Len Skeat’s LITTLE JO & THE MISFITS when, King Pleasure is one remarkable career stretches Little Jo & the Misfits are of the great jazz and swing back some 50 years, with a six piece band from performers. His ebullient, membership of the Ted Runcorn. They are quickly joyful singing has long been Heath Orchestra and the gaining a reputation for the band’s great trademark, Stephane Grappelli Trio themselves as the band to his fine tenor and baritone among his earlier credits. have at festivals and venues, playing an integral part of For years he was much in as they bring a fresh sound that roaring King Pleasure & demand for such visiting and variety of material rarely The Biscuit Boys ensemble Americans as Peggy Lee and heard in the UK today. sound that is guaranteed has racked up innumerable Formed in early 2012, to swing anyone into bad British Jazz Awards. As Little Jo & the Misfits draw health. an original member of the influence from a wide

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spectrum of artists such as classic jazz compositions Little Jo and Louis Jordan. Imelda May, of the 1920s, 1930s and the Misfits Little Walter. T Bone Walker 1940s. and Billie Holiday… it’s a long list. MIKE GREEN A graduate of the MALCOLM GARRETT Birmingham Conservatoire, Malcolm Garrett’s drumming Mike Green is well known has long been one of the as the bassist with the trio strengths of the festival’s of the outstanding guitarist accompanying trios. Widely Remi Harris. He will be heard respected by his fellow- during the festival in various drummers for his impeccable accompanying groups. technique, he also has an international reputation as an MILES LEVIN outstanding drum tutor. Miles Levin comes from Photo by Merlin Daleman a great family tradition of MASAI BLUES drummers, as the son of a member of the Midland Masai Blues brings the legendary ex-Tubby Hayes Youth Jazz Orchestra, music of the Deep South, drummer Tony Levin. among other bands, and with songs by the likes of Miles frequently played now he is recognised for his Koko Taylor, Keb Mo’, Sister at his father’s TL Club ability and versatility, playing Rosetta Sharpe and Joe in Birmingham and has soul, rhythm ‘n ‘ blues, jazz, Williams. Singer Judy Blue is appeared with many different fusion, Latin and pop with the real deal and with Masai groups in the city, most equal facility. Blues the blues is alive and recently From Scratch, with well and enjoying a new the music of Joe Harriott NEIL C. YOUNG TRIO surge of energy. Guitarist Neil C. Young NEIL BULLOCK MATT PALMER’S aims to combine the funk MILLENNIUM EAGLE As a drummer Neil has of John Scofield with Jim JAZZ BAND learned from the best. His Hall’s harmonic world and first mentor was acclaimed The Midlands-based the cool of George Benson. tutor Malcolm Garrett and Millennium Eagle Jazz Band A graduate of Birmingham he has also studied with emerged as a direct result Conservatoire, he was American legends Joe of the demise in 2005 of lauded at Lancaster Jazz Morello and Jim Chapin. the very popular Eagle Jazz Festival as ‘a burgeoning Early in his career Neil was Band, formed by Ken Ingram international jazz star’. and Bob Smith in 1951. Matt Palmer had recently We would like to thank folded his Millennium Jazz Band to join the Eagles, so THE LITHUANIAN EMBASSY it was thought appropriate and to include ‘Millennium’ in MUSIC EXPORT LITHUANIA the name of the new band. for enabling the Festival to present the top swing band The band’s wide repertoire THE SCHWINGS with star singer LAURA BUDRECKYTE includes popular songs and

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NEW ORLEANS JUMP Photo by Merlin Daleman BAND (SPAIN) Banjo player Mike Izatt’s buccaneering international band from the Costa del Sol has been a real festival favourite over the years, with their spirited, entertaining and idiosyncratic brand of New Orleans music. NICK MILLWARD In-demand drummer Nick Millward’s professional career began with Pete Allen’s Jazz Band after which he was a New Orleans member of Terry Lightfoot’s Jump Band band. In addition to leading his own trio, he has been a OLD COMRADES Macrini (double bass) and key member of both Kenny JAZZ BAND Andrea Galiffa (snare and Ball’s Jazzmen and Digby The forerunner of the Old woodblocks). The band aims Fairweather’s Half Dozen. He Comrades was a band that to re-create the atmosphere will accompany a variety of trombonist Eric Dodgson of the 1920s and 30s jazz front-liners at the festival. started in 1995 called the era and to evoke the voices Trent Valley Stompers. He and songs of great jazz and NINO SOPRANINO and banjoist Stan Owen are blues singers ranging from Nino Sopranino is an the two remaining regular Bessie Smith to Annette hour-long performance by members still with the Old Hanshaw, from Ma Rainey to Luxembourg’s saxophone Comrades. The band was Ruth Etting. This year Pepper quartet, Saxitude, aimed formed because seven and the Jellies have played to introduce 4-11 year olds enthusiasts were prepared the Open Jazz Festival to the full glories of the to play for nothing, learn KotCertino in Belgium and saxophone family, from the interesting lively numbers, July brings dates at Pozzuoli tiny sopranino sax to the in order to get away from Jazz Festival and Jazz Tage mighty bass sax. It tells playing hackneyed tunes. as well as an eagerly awaited the story of a very small return to Birmingham. OPENING SEPTEMBER 2016 saxophone making his way PEPPER AND THE JELLIES in a world of much bigger (Italy) PETE HYDE & THE From airy daytime den to stylish night-time instruments. Birmingham will One of the great successes VIELLARDS hotspot ‘The Lobby on Hill Street’ will be a see the first performances of of the last two Birmingham Describing themselves as welcoming round-the-clock hangout! Nino Sopranino in a newly festivals, Pepper and the ‘a blues-Brummy bunch of commissioned English musos’, Pete Hyde & the Wishing The Festival A Successful 2016 & Jellies are a four-piece band translation. Looking forward to Offering Cocktails and formed in 2013, headed by Viellards have a musical Jazz at the 2017 festival! singer Ilenia Appicciafuoco pedigree that stretches and completed by Marco from Ronnie Scott’s to Galiffa (guitar), Emiliani Glastonbury.

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Rajasthan Heritage Kate Bush; drummer Roy Brass Band Adams also worked with Ruby Turner, plus such notables as and Chuck Berry; Dan Machin’s guitar style takes in jazz, blues and country with impeccable technique. RAJASTHAN HERITAGE BRASS BAND (INDIA) Eight musicians from the villages round Jaipur, capital of Rajasthan, form the core of this extravagantly costumed band, their music a heady, exciting and hypnotic reflection of this enchanting region. With a diverse repertoire spanning PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT It’s an opportunity to have Rajasthani folk songs, The Photography Project, your photographs assessed Bollywood hits, spiritual sponsored by Hortons’ (and praised!) by an expert qawwali and Bhangra beats, Estate, is an opportunity for and the project will lead to they cover the full spectrum photographers of all levels a photographic exhibition of the evocative and joyous of experience to work with in New Street Station music of Rajasthan – and, an expert and evaluate which last year proved an we are told, dancing is their work. Monday’s outstanding success. inevitable! Photographic Seminar and Masterclass at the Hampton- THE QUIET MEN REMI HARRIS TRIO by-Hilton Hotel will feature The Quiet Men are three 28 year old guitar genius festival photographer- of the Midlands’ most Remi Harris. Remi has at-large Merlin Daleman accomplished and in played the guitar since he talking about the work demand session musicians was six, formed his first of a photographer today, and have been playing rock band at 12, quit at in terms of composition, together as a group for some 15 to learn to play jazz technique and the pressures two years. Colin Browne guitar properly. His trio of the subjects, and (keyboards/vocals) has plays gypsy jazz like no one briefing those attending on played with Ruby Turner, else. The style is looser, photographing the Festival. Barclay James Harvest and swings differently to the traditional Reinhardt stylists We would like to thank and is clearly influenced by Remi’s fascination with MUSIC LX Wes Montgomery. Remi’s for supporting the return to Birmingham of the excellent debut album Ninick on Big saxophone quartet SAXITUDE Bear Records was widely 5 Star reviewed and has been

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PHOTOGRAPHER-AT-LARGE Sponsored by Hortons A Brush with The Blues Merlin Daleman has been the Birmingham Jazz and Blues Festival’s photographer-at-large As well as being King Pleasure of Biscuit Boys fame, Mark Skirving is an artist with a for some years. Merlin lives in North Brabant in the Netherlands where his success as considerable international reputation. Since he started painting in 2003, his works have sold a photographer has led to his winning the Silver Camera Awards for Best Documentary across Europe, in Asia and North and South America. In A Brush with the Blues he unites Photographer on two occasions: 2006 and 2008. A graduate of the Royal Academy of the his two careers, with paintings of blues singers, including such greats as B.B. King who Arts in the Hague, he has worked on many international commissions as well as pursuing Mark once shared a stage with when King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys opened for him at his interest in jazz photography. Merlin’s work can be seen in the Exhibition of Photography Symphony Hall. at Waterstones throughout July, he will hold a Photography Workshop at Hampton by Hilton on Monday 18th and a Meet The Photographer session at Waterstones on Tuesday 19th The Exhibition of Mark’s paintings of the Blues opens at The Blue Piano on July 14th with a Meet The Artist session set for Monday 18th. including accompanying Tim Photo by Merlin Daleman Remi Harris Kliphuis and Jonny Boston with the Pasadena Roof Milan and St. Lucia, scoring at the Cavern in Liverpool at previous Birmingham Orchestra, he featured a big success at the Limoges in June, 2012, following a festivals. He has recently in Humphrey Lyttelton’s Jazz Festival (‘an exceptional national tour supporting recorded an EP of his own last band and is often to concert’, according to Le Bruce Foxton's From The original compositions. be heard with fellow ex- Populaire du Centre). The Jam and Dexys Bootleg Lytteltonian Karen Sharp and Birmingham Mail wrote Runners. RICKY COOL & THE in all-star bands on record or about Roy’s performance in IN CROWD at festivals. the 2011 festival, ‘Is there SARAH LENKA (France) Ricky first hit the headlines a better male jazz singer in Returning to Birmingham with The Icebergs, only to re- ROY FORBES this country? Probably not. after her debut success at form as The Realtos where Roy Forbes is known Roy Forbes is a master of his last year’s festival, Sarah he came to the attention to festival audiences as trade.’ Lenka is one of the most of ex-Led Zeppelin star a dynamic and exciting highly regarded singers on Robert Plant who recruited singer who has built a RUDIE AND THE him into his Honeydrippers. great reputation in the REVOLVERS Working with The Big Town West Midlands over some Voted the No.1 Ska and Soul BBC BIRMINGHAM Playboys began his long- years as well as appearing tribute band around the UK, BBC Birmingham will term partnership with Andy and recording at London’s Rudie and The Revolvers feature a series of events. Silvester of Savoy Brown Jazz Cafe and the Stables, have been together for some After a gig by The Humors and . One of Wavendon, and taking in five years, playing all around on the first Saturday, the the hottest frontmen in the other festivals as distant as the country and headlining BBC is home to Strictly business, Ricky moved on to Jitterbug, free dance the unstoppable Hoola Boola Photo by Merlin Daleman Roy Forbes lessons on Tuesday and Boys who toured with such the first performance in greats as the legendary Jerry English of Nino Sopranino much praised by he likes Lee Lewis. for 4 to 11 year olds by RICHARD HUGHES Luxembourg’s Saxitude of Jamie Cullum and Cerys Pianist Richard Hughes Matthews. ROBERT FOWLER on Thursday. On the final recently played with King Saturday, the BBC will ‘… a recorded debut which Primarily known as a tenor Pleasure and the Biscuit host free Ukulele lessons places Remi Harris securely saxist in the great tradition Boys at the prestigious to all comers with Ukulele in the front line of the world’s of and Umbria Festival. Since Rocks as well as seeing finest jazz guitarists.” - , Robert Fowler turning professional, he The Birmingham Urban The Jazz Rag is equally accomplished has played with groups Sketchers off on their on clarinet and baritone in many different styles, Sketch Crawl. sax. Following a long stint

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the Paris scene, touring with Saxitude Photo by Merlin Daleman the likes of Taj Mahal and winning the SACEM award in the New Voice category in 2007. Her approach, suitably Gallic, is to sing of ‘extreme aspects of love seasoned with a sense of humour, but also mystery and sweetness.’ However, much of her material is less typically French, drawn from the likes of Bessie Smith and, especially, Billie Holiday. SAUCE CITY JAZZ sound and equally distinctive THE SCHWINGS WITH mobile presentation style. Making a second LAURA BUDRECKYTE Original compositions of jazz appearance at the festival, (LITHUANIA) and improvised music are Sauce City Jazz is a The Schwings and Laura included in their repertory. traditional Dixieland jazz Budreckyete return to Since 2003 the band has band that plays in and Birmingham as firm played concerts in Germany, around and favourites with the festival Luxembourg, France, the Midlands. Formed in public. The Schwings play Switzerland, Slovenia, Claines, Worcestershire, in swing, gypsy and Brazilian the Netherlands, Czech 1992, the six-piece band is jazz with an authentic, Republic, Thailand and China now in its 25th year. original sound and its and returns to Birmingham sincere communication SAXITUDE (LUXEMBOURG) as a decided festival with the audience. A favourite. The band Saxitude is a pulsating rhythm, unusual saxophone quartet that instrument combinations, was founded in 2003 and artistry, positive and has come up with a unique lively performance - all these aspects define The The Schwings Schwings. with Laura Budreckyte Singer Laura Budreckyte comes from a cozy Birštonas resort in the jazz mecca of Lithuania, home to the oldest jazz festival in Lithuania. In 2014 Laura graduated from the Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy with a master‘s degree in vocal jazz studies. Also she became 1st place winner and best free programme performer at

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Sheila Waterfield WESTSIDE BID The sponsorship of the Westside BID is once again a key element in the Jazz and Blues Festival. So great is the BID’s involvement that it almost constitutes a festival in its own right with a total of no fewer than 60 events - enough to make up a full festival in many another city

SIMON SPILLETT featured with great success ‘A formidable musician in bands from the popular to and composer playing and the experimental. As well as writing in an uncompromising leading his own groups, he hard bop style.’ has played on CDs by the – Jazz Review. likes of Alan Barnes, Stacey Simon Spillett has Kent and Martin Speake. established himself in recent years as one of the most SPIRIT OF TANGO the Jazz Voices competition distinctive and dynamic tenor This jazz trio features three in Klaip da (Lithuania, 2012), saxophonists around. His of Birmingham’s finest: Phil and won the Grand Prix at mentor was the celebrated Bond on accordion, Dave international Riga Jazz Stage clarinettist and tenor saxist Carroll on guitar and Mike competition (Latvia, 2013). , but his playing Green on bass. In addition recalls another star of 1950s to South American dance SHEILA WATERFIELD bebop. His driving and rhythms, the group draws Sheila Waterfield is an energised style has often on 1940s swing and the award winning vocalist who been compared with that Parisian valses musettes and was born and grew up in of the late Tubby Hayes Gypsy jazz. Coventry and is one of seven and his approach shares sisters, many of whom are a similar love of dare-devil accomplished musicians tempos and all-out intensity. Simon Spillet and singers. The family Simon’s already considerable were largely influenced by reputation as a jazz writer Sheila’s mother who grew has been enhanced by the up in a large traditional Irish appearance of his biography family where music was part of Tubby Hayes, The Long of everyday life. Her father Shadow of the Little Giant was a naturally gifted and (Equinox) and he was talented singer and sang the involved in the acclaimed songs of , Nat film about Tubby, A Man in a King Cole and Hurry. effortlessly. These early Saturday 16th July SIMON SPILLETT TRIO 19:00 influences of Irish, folk and SIMON THORPE jazz set the scene for Sheila’s One of the country’s most in- Thursday 21st July SHEILA WATERFIELD 19:00 musical journey which led demand bass players and a to her first professional great addition to the festival’s Authentic spanish food in a warm and relaxed environment Photo by appearance as a jazz singer roster of accompanying Merlin Harborne road, Edgbaston, B15 3BU [email protected] 0121 454 5368 63 at the age of 18. musicians, Simon has Daleman

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Band which over the past STEVE AJAO Tipitina Ukulele Rocks Steve Ajao has been a much 20-plus years has built a respected figure on the tremendous international fan Birmingham music scene for base. over 30 years. Starting as a drummer, he was working THE WHISKEY BROTHERS as a blues guitarist in various The Whiskey Brothers bands by his late teens. featuring Richard Heath, Later he reinvented himself on vocals and mandolin, as a bebop saxophonist, and Gerry Smith, on piano, appearing in many London perform old style acoustic blues with songs from clubs and memorably Photo by sharing the bandstand with Merlin Daleman the great American blues ex-Charlie Parker trumpeter Photo by Merlin Daleman tradition as well as their own range from BBC Coventry TERRY CLARKE BAND material. In the mid 1990s, Red Rodney, while his to the Cardiac Rehabilitation ‘A joyous ride through up- Blues Giants keep alive the An established singer/ WALTER TROUT BAND Richard and Gerry formed unit at the Queen Elizabeth songwriter on the Midlands tempo feel-good rockers, (U.S.A.) the Splinter Blues Band other side of his musical Hospital. gospel-tinged ballads and personality. scene for many years, Terry Walter Trout’s career began which apart from performing is known for his groove- crowd-pleasing sing-alongs. on the Jersey coast in at venues like Ronnie Scott’s, SUZI WOODS driven fusion of jazz, blues They're a barnstorming live the late 1960s. When he also hosted a popular weekly STRICTLY JITTERBUG Well versed in the Great act, few do this with such Tuesday afternoon’s open- and song in a programme of relocated to Los Angeles, blues club at the Hare and American Songbook and an his own originals and covers conviction.’ [Rock 'N' Reel] he became a sideman for Hounds in south Birmingham to-all dance session at the established singer/songwriter BBC in the Mailbox sees of the great singers. Percy Mayfield and Deacon for many years. In 2012 they herself, Suzi Woods sang TOM HILL Jones. After working with reunited to form the Whiskey Strictly Jitterbug inviting with Jools Holland’s Swing Californian bassist Tom Hill newcomers and experienced TIPITINA John Lee Hooker and Brothers returning to their Band in the 1990s. In recent Tipitina – with Debbie Jones’ has a great track record of Joe Tex, he became the favourite style of music and dancers alike to join with years she has proved a hit appearances backing star them in sharing the joys powerful gospel-tinged guitarist for Canned Heat the songs they most love to with celebrities both fictional vocals and Justin Randall’s musicians at the Birmingham in 1981 which led to a play. Since last year’s festival of swing and jazz dance. and real-life, singing both festival. Domiciled in Strictly Jitterbug has been mighty two-handed piano - spell with ’s the Whiskey Brothers have at Chardonnay and Kyle’s deliver their own unique take Birmingham for many years, Bluesbreakers. When he left released a highly successful teaching a mix of East Coast wedding in Footballers’ Tom’s reputation as wit, Swing and Charleston for on the blues, barrelhouse, the Bluesbreakers in 1989, album for Big Bear, Bottle up Wives and at the christening boogie and gospel of New wordsmith and comedian he formed the Walter Trout and Go. 10 years, with two years as of David and Victoria matches his status as one of resident dance teachers at Orleans, in the footsteps of Beckham’s two sons. Professor Longhair, Dr. John, the city’s most accomplished The Whiskey Brothers Birmingham’s Waterworks bass players. Jazz Club. Other places James Booker, Fats Domino Strictly Jitterbug has taught and Allen Toussaint. Tipitina’s second CD for UKULELE ROCKS The Great Ukulele Revival AUDIENCE SURVEYS Big Bear, Taking Care of Business, recorded at the continues! The informal Volunteers will be passing amongst the audiences 2011 Birmingham festival, workshop run by Julian throughout the festival endeavouring to divert your attention was greeted by uniformly Cockshott of Ukulele long enough to complete a short survey. It would be really enthusiastic reviews: Rocks at the Caffe Nero in helpful if folk could cooperate on this. The completed ‘A wonderful CD, it superbly Brindleyplace is open to all surveys are an essential tool in raising the funds to enable captures how this incredible ages and all levels of ability, us put on free performances every year. If you would like band sound au naturelle... from absolute beginners to complete a survey via email, send your email address to phenomenal. 10/10’ upwards. [email protected] [Blues In Britain]. Photo by Merlin Daleman

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