What’s On in Birmingham March/April/May 2020 MARCH 27 Friday 8:30pm £15 25 Saturday 8:30pm £32 6 Friday 8:30pm £25 John Fisher and IDMC Gospel Soul Dean Friedman Guy Chambers Choir, Gospel Music Takeover 40th Anniversary “Well, Well,” Said the Rocking #26 ‘Go Gentle into The Light' Infectious and inspirational, with a global message Chair’ Tour One of the most successful British songwriters of of love, hope, joy and peace. MAY MA his generation 29 Sunday 8:30pm £14 8 Friday 8:30pm £19 RCH 7 Saturday 8:30pm £25 Powerhouse Gospel Choir Presents Rose Windross A Raxstar Soul Spirit First Lady of Soul II Soul - Unmistakable, and PRIL British Asian rapper who first came to prominence A magical blend of voices producing a sound that technically speaking, she has a UNIQUE voice. in 2005 with Keep It Undercover. is soulful, passionate, uplifting and captivating. 9 Saturday 8:30pm £7 2020 14 Saturday 8:30pm £40/£15 APRIL Chasing Deer Jahméne Live 11 Saturday 8:30pm £30 Their musical style and pioneering approach to A unique blend of soul, gospel and RnB.VIP tickets The Blow Monkeys British Sign Language in music has attracted the available. The Blow Monkeys are unique with a roller-coaster attention of national media. 19 Thursday 8:30pm £40 career spanning over 35 years. 14 Thursday 8:30pm £20 Merrill Osmond Nell Bryden 'Coming & Going Tour' Merrill will be performing all the big hits from The 17 Friday 8:30pm £20 Expect a soulful, heartfelt performance from Nell Osmond’s plus talking about his experiences of Sara Niemietz & W.G. Snuffy Walden and her band - a classic artist who is at her most At Sara and Snuffy’s shows, prepare to be comfortable on the road. growing up transported to a world full of energy and music! 30 Saturday 8:30pm £20 20 Friday 8:30pm £12 18 Saturday 8:30pm £20 Leddra Chapman The Haggis Horns www.jazzinbirmingham.co.uk Telling Tales Ten year Anniversary tour with a very Patti Boulaye ‘Aretha and Me’ Fifteen years of tearing up clubs and festivals at special show. Patti compares and contrasts her life with the home in the U.K. and internationally too, a band at Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin. the top of their game. 21 Saturday 8:30pm £15 Vula Viel 24 Friday 8:30pm £20 Gig Guide: Natasha Watts PizzaExpress Live - Birmingham 'What's Not Enough About That' This show promises to deliver a magical intimate The Water’s Edge, Brindley Place, Broad Street, 2020 UK Tour: Crossing genres - with an Birmingxham, B1 2HL African feel. Bex Burch plus star band. evening of music and beautiful vocals. www.pizzaexpresslive.com 020 7439 4962 Second Cup Jazzlines Club BeBop Jazz at NAC Punkt Cherry Reds Fizzle Tower of Song The Blue Piano TDE Promotions The Spotted Dog Birmingham Jazz PizzaExpress Live Eastside Jazz Club Warehouse Sessions Silvershine Jazz Club Bournville Social Club Sunday Jazz@1000 Trades

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PizzaExpress Live Big Bands Venues continued The Lamp Tavern The Spotted Dog Bringing the vibe of Pizza Express 157 Barford Street B5 6AH 104 Warwick St B12 0NH to Brum with jazz & other gigs. Birmingham Big Band Cherry Reds Playing contemporary jazz 88-92 John Bright St B1 1BN www.stanwaybrewery.co.uk/lamp www.spotteddog.co.uk www.pizzaexpresslive.com 0121 688 1220 0121 772 3822 0207 439 4962 quarterly concerts at Moseley All 0121 643 5716 Services Club mac Symphony Hall/ICC Hall TDE Promotions Corks Club/Silvershine www.birminghambigband.co.uk 558 Bearwood Rd Smethwick B66 4TT Cannon Hill Park B12 9QH Broad St, Birmingham B1 2EA Tony Dudley-Evans promoting free www.macbirmingham.co.uk www.thsh.co.uk/symphony-hall and improv jazz gigs and projects - Fat Chops Big Band 0121 429 2091 Monthly Sundays 12.30pm at 0121 446 3232 0121 780 3333 About often in collaboration with Fizzle. Fletchers Moseley All-Services Club Town Hall tdepromotions.wordpress.com Moseley All Services Club Jazz in Birmingham is produced by 7 York Road, Kings Heath B14 7SA 91 Church Road, Moseley B13 9EA Victoria Square B3 3DQ 07790 641633 fatchopsbigband.wordpress.com jazz promoters in Birmingham to help Kinda Dukish Erdington Conservative Club 0121 389 3766 www.thsh.co.uk/town-hall 93 Orphanage Rd B24 9HU the vibrant scene in the city continue Other Regular Gigs Monthly gigs recreating the sound of NAC Newhampton Arts Centre 0121 780 3333 0121 373 0075 to grow. If you want your gigs in the the great Ellington Bands. Check with Dunkley Street Wolverhampton WV1 4AN Tower of Song listing or want to advertise get in Things change so double check Mike E Fletcher for dates and venues. Harbour Cafe 01902 572090 107 Pershore Road South B30 3JX touch c/o 12, George St. Birmingham Regulars before travelling! [email protected] High Street Erdington B23 6SY newhamptonarts.co.uk 0121 486 1300 B19 1NX. Email: Mondays 0121 306 4820 PizzaExpress Live Walsall Rugby Club [email protected] Jazz at Second Cup MYJO Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra - top Hare and Hounds Water’s Edge, Brindley Place B1 2HL Delves Road Walsall WS1 3JY Editing/distribution: Nigel Holt Alternate weeks. 7-9pm Jam Session young big band. 106 High St Kings Heath B14 7JZ www.pizzaexpresslive.com 01922 626818 Design/adverts: Brian Homer led by James Borland and guests www.myjo.co.uk hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk 0207 439 4962 The Warehouse Cafe Birmingham Jazz facebook: jazzatsecondcup/ 0121 444 2081 twitter: @jazzatsecondcup Walsall Jazz Orchestra Royal Birmingham 54-57 Allison St Birmingham B5 Promoting national and international Regular gigs in Walsall and Lichfield. The Highbury Conservatoire (RBC) 07415 277068 contemporary jazz, providing a Second Cup 7pm Free Modern big band music. Dad’s Lane, B13 8PQ Eastside Jazz Club/Recital Westley Hotel platform for new talent and offering a Wednesdays www.b13jazz.co.uk/wjo www.highburypub.co.uk Hall/Bradshaw Hall Club Be Bop Westley Road Acocks Green B27 7UJ friendly atmosphere. The Jam House 200 Jennens Road B4 7XR With the Steve Ajao Quartet 0121 706 4312 www.birminghamjazz.co.uk @brumjazz Venues 3-5 St Pauls Square B3 1QU www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire 07887 526435 Fletchers Bar 8pm Free 0121 331 5901 1000 Trades www.thejamhouse.com/birmingham Bournville Social Club Jazz at Cherry Reds 0121 200 3030 Second Cup Social club near Cadbury’s that puts is taking a break. From May Torin 16 Frederick St B1 3HE 0121 233 2693 64 New St B2 4DU on mainly mainstream, swing and Davies will be curating two 0121 616 2444 New Orleans-style trad. Tuesdays + Wednedays per month, alternating 1000trades.org.uk last Sunday lunch time of the month. with the Warehouse Sessions. Artefact Fizzle facebook: cherryredsjazz/ 1464 Pershore Rd Stirchley B30 2NT Fornightly gigs at The Lamp Tavern, & twitter: @cherryredsjazz [email protected] elsewhere, free improv jazz with local, Cherry Reds 8.30pm £5 donation www.artefactstirchley.co.uk national and international performers. Warehouse Sessions Attic Brew Co Organised by Andrew Woodhead. Semi-regular Wednesday Jam, run by 29B Mary Vale Road Stirchley B30 2DA www.fizzlebirmingham.com guitarist Tom Pountney and friends. 07470 643758 07849 638218 instagram: warehousejazzsessions/ The Blue Piano Jazz at the Spotted Dog twitter: @warehousejazzsessions 24-26 Harborne Rd B15 3AA Regular weekly gig with local and Warehouse Cafe 8.30pm £3 donation 0121 454 6877 national musicians and a jam session. Thursdays www.thebluepiano.co.uk www.jazzatthespotteddog.co.uk Silvershine Club at Corks The Bonded Warehouse @spotteddogjazz The best in Jazz music from the 2 Canal Street, Stourbridge DY8 4LU Jazzlines region and beyond every Thursday. 01384 395 216 % 9pm £5 variable 1 Town Hall Symphony Hall’s dynamic Corks Club Bottega TIC0KET S programme of live jazz performances Fridays Unit 1 Arena Canalside B1 2AA * and education projects across Jazz@The Tower 0121 274 4199 Birmingham connecting people to jazz. Hosted by Pippa Done Trio. Monthly Bournville Social Club Mark Lockheart - Fri 17th April www.thsh.co.uk/jazzlines (last Friday) jam session. 91 Franklin Road Bournville 0121 644 6003 Tower of Song 8.45 pm £5 Birmingham B30 2DN Royal Birmingham Sundays bournvilleworkingmensclub.co.uk Conservatoire/Eastside Jazz Sunday Jazz @ 1000 Trades 0121 451 3427 Club Weekly Jazz roast. 2-4pm. Live duo Cafe Artum 10% OFF Promoting international guest artists, playing chilled standards + 1000 177 Corporation Street B4 6RG the UK contemporary jazz scene & the Trades’ famous roast dinners. [email protected] best of young up & coming jazz talent. Last Sunday of the month guests + Centrala www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire events- students, followed by jam session. Unit 4, Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley St calendar Bands and jam 6.30pm B5 5RT 0121 331 5901 1000 Trades Roasts & piano jazz 2-4pm 0121 439 3050 www.jazzinbirmingham.co.uk #26 www.facebook.com/groups/21031815773/ MARCH/ APRIL JAZZ202 0 IN BIRMINGHAM March 2020 19 Thursday Jazz Corporation 14 Tuesday King Pleasure & the Biscuit Boys Clive 'the Slide' Allsop leads: swing be-bop latin Mercia Jazz Five with Tony Billingsley (tpt) 2 Monday “Still birmingham's greatest swing band.” Erdington Conservative Club 8pm £5/3 Small Group Swing and Dixieland RBC Ellington Orchestra: Afro Bossa The Jam House 7pm £5 27 Friday Bournville Social Club 8.30pm Free Early 'world music'(1963) from Ellington/Strayhorn Kinda Dukish Big Band Ben Crosland Quintet Chris Maddock Quartet Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm £10/8 Ellington& Strayhorn transcriptions Jazz arrangements of the Ray Davies Songbook Vol 2 Brum favourite saxman & hard-grooving organ band 3 Tuesday 8.30pm £5/£4 Birmingham Jazz 1000 Trades 7.45pm £8 adv/£10 door 9pm £5 suggested donation Henry Newman Band with Fred Webb (vocs) The Highbury Jazz at the Spotted Dog stillefelt with special guest Jan Bang (Punkt) John Fisher and IDMC Gospel Soul Choir 15 Wednesday Modern-mainstream: standards & American Songbook Remix: RBC & University of Agder students Gospel Music Takeover Trampette 8.30pm Free 8:30pm £15 Bournville Social Club Birmingham Conservatoire 8pm £15(1day)/£25(2day) PizzaExpress Live Jazz musicians explore their love of groove music Animal Society Trish Clowes & Louise McMonagle (Punkt) Jazz at The Tower The Jam House 8:30pm Free Jazz-rock fusion led by guitarist Joe Williamson Jazzlines Remix: Erik Honoré, Arve Henriksen & Eivind Aarset Jazz Jam session for all instrumentalists/ singers 16 Thursday 9pm £5 Suggested donation 9 pm £5 Jazz at The Spotted Dog Birmingham Conservatoire 9.30pm £15/ £25 (2 day) The Tower of Song Fizzle music, Flatpack Film Fest, Artefact Cafe 4 Wednesday 20 Friday 28 Saturday Improvisation to silent film in a brewery! Josh Landsburgh: Another Opening, Another Show Rythm and Bone Launch of “The History of European Jazz” book Time and Prices tbc, watch social media A modern jazz take on the contemporary musical. Attic Brew Co Trombone, , bass trio: swing, be-bop, latin Editor Alyn Shipton talks, Sarah Farmer plays violin 17 Friday 6.30pm £10/8 Rotunda Space Level 2 2pm Free Eastside Jazz Club Harbour Cafe 12.30pm Free Library of Birmingham Rhythm and Bone Cissy Stone Joey Walter’s Me&3 29 Sunday Trombone, guitar, bass trio: swing, be-bop, latin Soul and funk favourites from this local diva Peter Carlton JazzStrata Unusual saxophone quartet and not to be missed! Harbour Cafe 12.30pm Free 7pm Free Mainstream, Swing and Dixieland The Jam House Jazzlines The ICC Hall 5 5pm Free Ibou Tall and the Jazzmates 5 Thursday Clark Tracey Quintet Bournville Social Club 1.00pm Free Senegalese keyboard player with international band Paul Dunmall Invites: The Sunship Quartet Karlsen/Wachsman/Hackett Trio + Keefe/Roberts with local heroes Eliott Sansom and James Owston Jazzlines The ICC Hall 5 5pm Free Tribute to the Coltrane album with Howard Cottle Improvised music: drums, violin,synth + trumpet, sax Birmingham Jazz 1000 Trades 7.45pm £12.50 adv Mark Lockheart Quartet tenor, Olie Brice bass and Tony Bianco drums Thallein Ensemble play Maja S.K. Ratkje (Punkt) Fizzle The Lamp Tavern 2pm £7/5 with Eliot Galvin, Tom Herbert and Dave Smith (support 6.30) 7.45pm £15 Powerhouse Gospel Choir Presents TDE/Eastside Jazz Club Remix: Andrew Woodhead & Mark Sanders Jazz at NAC 8pm £13.50 Under 25's £12.15 Chris Bowden Presents: Dave Ferris Soul Spirit Birmingham Conservatoire 8pm £15 / £25 (2 day) 18 Saturday Incredibly inventive and musical pianist The Height Of The Reeds (Punkt Birmingham) PizzaExpress Live 8.30pm £14 Patti Boulaye ‘Aretha and Me’ The Blue Piano 8pm £8/£4 students Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang, Jez Riley French, 31 Tuesday 8.30pm £20 Omar PizzaExpress Live Eivind Aarset & Erik Honoré To be confirmed 20 Monday “There’s Nothin’ Like This”, jazz & Nu-Soul hits Remix: Annie Mahtani & Chris Mapp Jazz at The Spotted Dog 9pm £5 suggested donation Birmingham Jazz Orchestra 7pm £10 The Jam House Birmingham Conservatoire 9.30pm £15/ £25 (2 day) Internationally renowned musicians and composers 6 Friday 21 Saturday April 2020 based in or associated with the city’s rich scene Juggenaught Vula Viel 'What's Not Enough About That' 1 Wednesday 6.30pm (support) 7.30pm £10/8 Avant-garde jazz trio led by pianist Piera Onacko. Eastside Jazz Club Bex Burch on 'gyil'; a wooden xylophone from Ghana SEED Ensemble 21 Tuesday Jazzlines ICC Hall 9 5pm Free Birmingham 8:30pm £15 Ten piece in the vanguard of the London new wave Trish Clowes’ My Iris The Fred Skidmore Trio PizzaExpress Live 24 Tuesday Hare and Hounds 7pm £12.50 The front rank of the contemporary UK jazz scene Hammond Organ driven grooves Jazzlines Jazz Canon: A Retrospective 2 Thursday Jazzlines Symphony Hall stage 8pm £10 The Blue Piano 7.30pm Works by Monk, Coleman, Coltrane, and Hancock. Simon Faulkner plays George Benson Frank Partridge’s Swing Session Tassos Spiliotopoulos Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm (support) 7.45pm £10/8 A homage to Benson from local guitar maestro Pianist Frank’s Mainstream Jam Session Greek guitarist: “In the North” with Swedish band Bon Accord with Allison Bennet (vocs) 7pm £5 8.30pm Free 1000 Trades 7.45pm £12.50 adv The Jam House Bournville Social Club Birmingham Jazz Gypsy Jazz/Parisian Swing 3 Friday Jonny Mansfield’s “Florilegium” Walsall Jazz Orchestra Bournville Social Club 8.30pm Free Will Glaser Trio Kenny Wheeler Prize winner's intimate new writing Internationally renowned contemporary big band Rafes Dilemma Climbing in Circles project: two duos in one trio 9pm £5 suggested donation Delves Rd WS1 3JY 8pm £10 Jazz at the Spotted Dog Walsall Rugby Club Vocal-led: spoken word, jazz, electronica and rock Birmingham Jazz 1000 Trades 7.45pm £12.50 adv 22 Wednesday 8 Sunday 9pm £5 suggested donation 7 Tuesday James Sayer & his Band Jazz Connective Triple Bill Jazz at the Spotted Dog 25 Wednesday Alicia Gardener-Trejo, Andy Woodhead, Tom Mills Original & classic Rhythm & and Backspace Trio and Malediwy Duo from Poland and Birmingham Big Band with guest Michael Brooks Improvised music: baritone sax, keys and theremin The Jam House 7pm free the Macari/Woodhead/Brice Trio from UK John Ruddick directs quarterly lunchtime concert The Lamp Tavern 7.30pm £7/5 The Lamp Tavern 2pm £7/5 Fizzle 23 Thursday TDE/Fizzle Moseley All Services Club 12.30pm £8 Henry Newman Band with Fred Webb (vocs) Jacky Naylor Sextet University of Birmingham Jazz Orchestra Peter Bernstein Modern-mainstream: standards & American Songbook Pianist/composer has won many awards and plaudits Feat: Juice Aleem, hip-hop and spoken word artist Guitarist, sideman to many US stars, leads quartet 8.30pm Free 6.30pm (support)7.45pm £12/10 7.30pm £10/£8/£3 students Bournville Social Club Eastside Jazz Club Hare and Hounds Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm (support) 7.45pm £12/10 Iago Goes To The Chapel 24 Friday 9 Monday Bryan Corbett Quartet New electronic project from pianist Olly Chalk, Mark Lockheart Quartet Jazz Connective: Sara Colman and guests... Leading members of the Midlands jazz scene. featuring Berlin vocalist Mirna Bogdanovic with Eliot Galvin, Tom Herbert and Dave Smith Polish Riverloam Trio, Paul Dunmall and Bowrain 7pm Free 9pm £5 suggested donation 1000 Trades 7.45pm £12.50 adv Symphony Hall stage 8pm £13 The Jam House Jazz at The Spotted Dog Birmingham Jazz Jazzlines Warehouse Sessions 9 Thursday Jazz at The Tower 10 Tuesday Relaxed Jam night run by Tom Pountney and friends. Chris Bowden Presents: Wayne Matthews Jazz Jam session for all instrumentalists/ singers Jazz Canon: The Music of Herbie Hancock 8.30pm £3 donation An evening of soulful jazz 9 pm £5 Jazz Combos perform music of the master The Warehouse Cafe The Tower of Song 26 Thursday The Blue Piano 8pm £8/£4 students 25 Saturday Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm £10/8 End of Term Jazz Gala Brother Strut A Focus On Steve Tromans Mercia Jazz Five with Tony Billingsley (tpt) Jazz Orchestra, vocalists and Afro-Cuban Jazz Orch Funk, blues and American soul of the 60’s & 70’s Pianist/composer plays solo, in duo with saxophonist Small Group Swing and Dixieland 6.30pm £12/10 7pm £10 Olivia Murphy... and then his Dead as Dillinger Band 8.30pm Free Eastside Jazz Club The Jam House Bournville Social Club Surge in Spring/TDE mac 1pm From £8.50 Jazz Connective project: Ashley Allen, Rosie Tee Krar Collective Local emerging talents plus French duo Watchdog A colourful feast of funked-up Ethiopian grooves Hare and Hounds 8pm £10 Jazzlines Surge in Spring/CSB mac 4pm From £8.50 Threebop Czajka & Puchacz (Lapwing and Eagle Owl) Three-part vocal harmonies: Duke Ellington and more Slovenian/Polish piano drum duo with electronics 9pm £5 suggested donation Jazz at The Spotted Dog Surge in Spring/TDE mac Hexagon 5pm Free 12 Thursday The Chaunju Surge! Joel Harrison A unique fusion: Chongquin Chuanju Opera Troupe US guitarist with a new album and stellar quartet from SW China and Sid Peacock's Surge Orchestra 6.30pm (Support) 7.45pm £12/10 Eastside Jazz Club Surge in Spring mac 7pm From £10 13 Friday 26 Sunday Pete Harris Four Peter Carlton JazzStrata Guitar reminiscent of Burrell, Benson and Metheny Mainstream, Swing and Dixieland The ICC Hall 5 5pm Free Jazzlines Bournville Social Club 1.00pm Free ARQ (Alison Rainer Quintet) Beck/ Hession/ Bennett Trio + Smart/ Albern Duo New album “Short Stories” Improv: bassoon, drums, bass trio + cello, sax duo Birmingham Jazz 1000 Trades 7.45pm £12.50 adv The Lamp Tavern 2pm £7/5 Clark Tracey Quintet Fizzle 28 Tuesday Renowned drummer leads an all-star line-up. The New Orleans Wanderers with Stan Stephens Jazz at NAC 8pm £13.50/ under 25's £12.15 Traditional jazz a la Crescent City 17 Tuesday Bournville Social Club 8.30pm Free Coates/Farmer/Shaw/Boyd Allatson + Han Earl Park Dominic Ingham Quintet Sax, violin, electro-percussion plus solo guitar Warm-hearted music from the violinist and singer Fizzle The Lamp Tavern 7.30pm £7/5 9pm £5 suggested donation Frank Partridge’s Swing Session Jazz at The Spotted Dog 30 Thursday Pianist Frank’s Mainstream Jam Session Mark Pringle: Constantly Moving Happiness 8.30pm Free Bournville Social Club Machines Argle Bargle An exceptionaly gifted pianist and composer. UK tour A nine-piece high-energy jazz pop ensemble 6.30pm (support) 7.45 £12/10 The Jam House 8:30pm Free Eastside Jazz Club Jazzlines Jazz Corporation David Ferris Septet Clive 'the Slide' Allsop leads: swing be-bop latin featuring many of the Midlands best young musicians Erdington Conservative Club 8pm £5/3 Jazz at the Spotted Dog 9pm £5 suggested donation 18 Wednesday Remixing the Festival Symposium (Punkt B’ham) Fiona Talkington, Jan Bang, Erik Honoré et alia B'ham City Uni Curzon Building 4pm Free Tickets Liam Brennan Presents: The Castlecove Suite Ticket prices are shown as a guide but check for accuracy For big band: memories of childhood holidays and for availability of concessions and cheaper tickets Cam Sheehy supports bought in advance including Student prices. Eastside Jazz Club (6.30pm Support) 7.30pm £10/8 Lucas D and The Groove Ghetto Notes Cool range of acid jazz and jazz-funk classics More information about each promoter is on the other side The Jam House 7pm Free Olivia Murphy of the leaflet. Also please check with promoters and/or Young saxophonist much awarded for her venues before travelling. We have a Jazz in Birmingham compositions Facebook Group where updates appear: Jazzlines Bottega 8:30pm Free www.facebook.com/groups/21031815773/