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What’s On in Birmingham July and August 2019 JULY AUGUST 14 September 5 Friday 24 Saturday Then Jerico Acoustic Blue Harlem Arturo Tappin Live We are delighted to welcome Mark Shaw: # Swing/jump-blues bands with sensational Internationally renowned Jazz saxophonist Then Jerico Acoustic, Live & Unplugged. to 22 Arturo Tappin and his All-star Barbadian Birmingham vocalist Sophie Shaw. PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £35 PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £15 band takes the UK on a trip to Barbados with JULY Calypso, Soca, Afro-Cuban music and more. 20 September 6 Saturday PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £20 Wendy Kirkland AUG Ika Crossfield 'The Soul Songbook UPCOMING A world class jazz pianist and vocalist whose IUST Ika and his band perform tracks from their 6 September debut album 'Piano Divas' made a big impact upcoming soulful rock EP. Vanessa Haynes when it was released in 2017. 2019 PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £15 One of the lead singers of the internationally PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £15 19 Friday acclaimed UK jazz/funk band Incognito and 21 September Songs from Yuzoo backing vocalist of Chaka Khan showcases The Fontanas Tribute duo to 80s synth pop sensation her solo album. High energy tunes from funky Brazilian soul Yazoo. PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 7pm £30 to upbeat afro-Latin. PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £22 PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £10 7 September 27 September 20 Saturday Rebecca Downes 'Unplugged and In Conversation' James & Black (USA) Diane Shaw Bruce James & Bella Black joined musical The amazing Soul Diva returns with her A real treat for existing and new fans as Rebecca delivers an intimate show. forces in Austin, Texas in 2011 and have been unique Motown tribute show. PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £15 spreading the word of “Guerrilla Soul” ever www.jazzinbirmingham.co.uk PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £15 13 September since. 26 Friday Bassistry PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £18 Liv Warfield Dynamic vocal-led Nu Jazz band, who mix PizzaExpress Live - Birmingham American R&B singer-songwriter formerly funk grooves with Latin Rhythms and The Water’s Edge, Brindley Place, Broad part of Prince's New Power Generation, is pulsating electronic, and beautiful Street, Birmingham, B1 2HL Gig Guide: now back with a new album. contemporary soundscapes. www.pizzaexpresslive.com PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £35 PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £18 020 7439 4962 Sunday Jazz @ 1000 Trades Bournville Social Club Silvershine Jazz Club Eastside Jazz Club TICKETS PizzaExpress Live AVAILABLE NOW Birmingham Jazz The Spotted Dog TDE Promotions Jazz at the Loft www.llandudnojazzfestival.com The Blue Piano Cherry Reds Second Cup Club Bebop NEW ARTISTS CONFIRMED FOR 2019! Jazzlines HOSTED BY ZOE RAHMAN TONY KOFI WITH SARA OSCHLAG ALAN BARNES ALINA BZHEZHINSKA Fizzle Featuring: Dean Masser, Brandon Allen, Art Themen, Ben Clatworthy with Steve Melling, Chris Gumbley with Bryan Corbett, A Different Kind of Blue, Mark Nightingale, Alan Barnes Octet, Dave Newton Trio, Greg Abate, Nigel Price, Clark Tracey, Jim Mullen & Zoe Francis, Gilad Atzmon, Tim Lapthorne, Neil Yates, Matt Home, Matt Holme, Ed Harrison, Dan Sheppard, Caroline Boaden, Pat McCarthy, Tom Hill, Dave Green, Gaz Hughes, Sebastian de Krom, Josie Moon, Eryl Roberts, Liam Byrne, Carl Hemmingsley, Richard Weatheall, Arnie Somogyi plus more acts and fringe events to be confirmed! Picture: Brian Homer PizzaExpress Live Big Bands Bringing the vibe of Pizza Express London to Brum with jazz & other gigs. Fat Chops Big Band www.pizzaexpresslive.com Monthly Sundays 12.30pm at 0207 439 4962 Moseley All Services Club fatchopsbigband.wordpress.com TDE Promotions Tony Dudley-Evans promoting free Kinda Dukish and improv jazz gigs and project - Monthly gigs recreating the sound of About often in collaboration with Fizzle. the great Ellington Bands. Check with tdepromotions.wordpress.com Mike E Fletcher for dates and venues. Jazz in Birmingham is produced by [email protected] jazz promoters in Birmingham to help 07790 641633 the vibrant scene in the city continue MYJO Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra - top to grow. If you want your gigs in the Other Regular Gigs young big band. listing or want to advertise get in www.myjo.co.uk touch c/o 12, George St. Birmingham It’s Summer so double check B19 1NX. Email: Regulars before travelling! Walsall Jazz Orchestra [email protected] Regular gigs in Walsall and Lichfield. Editing/distribution: Nigel Holt Wednesdays Modern big band music. Design/adverts: Brian Homer Club Be Bop www.b13jazz.co.uk/wjo Birmingham Jazz With the Steve Ajao Quartet Promoting national and international Fletchers Bar 8pm Free Venues contemporary jazz, providing a Jazz at Second Cup platform for new talent and offering a Elliott Sansom and Guests 7-9pm on 1000 Trades friendly atmosphere. alternate Wednesdays. Check social 16 Frederick St B1 3HE www.birminghamjazz.co.uk @brumjazz media. 0121 233 2693 07887 526435 1000trades.org.uk Second Cup 7pm Free Pictures: Brian Homer Bournville Social Club Jazz at Cherry Reds The Blue Piano 24-26 Harborne Rd B15 3AA Social club near Cadbury’s that puts Two Wednesdays per month at 0121 454 6877 Venues continued on mainly mainstream, swing and 8.30pm. Usually alternates with www.thebluepiano.co.uk New Orleans-style trad. Tuesdays + Second Cup. Check social media. Fletchers last Sunday lunch time of the month. 8.30pm £5 donation The Bonded Warehouse 7 York Road, Kings Heath B14 7SA Cherry Reds 2 Canal Street, Stourbridge DY8 4LU Fizzle Hare and Hounds Thursdays T. 01384 395 216 Fornightly gigs at The Lamp Tavern, & Silvershine Club at Corks 106 High St Kings Heath B14 7JZ elsewhere, free improv jazz with local, Bournville Social Club The very best in Jazz music from hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk national and international performers. 91 Franklin Road Bournville across the region and beyond every 0121 444 2081 Organised by Andrew Woodhead. Birmingham B30 2DN Thursday at 9pm. The Highbury www.fizzlebirmingham.com bournvilleworkingmensclub.co.uk Dad’s Lane, B13 8PQ 07849 638218 Corks Club 9pm £5 variable 0121 451 3427 www.highburypub.co.uk Jazz at the Spotted Dog Jazz at The Loft Bramall Music Building Holy Trinity Church Regular weekly gig with local and Monthly gig hosted by Lewis Sallows’ University of Birmingham B15 2TT Holy Trinity Church 213, Birchfield national musicians and a jam session. sextet showcasing special guests on www.birmingham.ac.uk Road B20 3DG www.jazzatthespotteddog.co.uk swinging standards and original 0121 414 4414 PizzaExpress Live Second Cup compositions. The Jam House @spotteddogjazz Centrala Water’s Edge, Brindley Place B1 2HL 64 New St B2 4DU 3-5 St Pauls Square B3 1QU Jazzlines The Loft Lounge Unit 4, Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley St www.pizzaexpresslive.com 0121 616 2444 www.thejamhouse.com/birmingham Town Hall Symphony Hall’s dynamic Fridays B5 5RT 0207 439 4962 The Spotted Dog 0121 200 3030 programme of live jazz performances Jazz@The Tower 0121 439 3050 The Polish Millennium Centre 104 Warwick St B12 0NH The Lamp Tavern and education projects across Hosted by Pippa Done Trio. Usually Cherry Reds Bordesley Street, B5 5PH www.spotteddog.co.uk 157 Barford Street B5 6AH Birmingham connecting people to jazz. last Friday of the month. Monthly jam 88-92 John Bright St B1 1BN The Prince of Wales 0121 772 3822 www.stanwaybrewery.co.uk/lamp www.thsh.co.uk/jazzlines session for instrumentalists and 0121 643 5716 84 Cambridge St B1 2NP Symphony Hall vocalists. 0121 688 1220 0121 413 4180 0121 644 6003 Claptrap the Venue Broad St, Birmingham B1 2EA 8pm free The Loft Lounge Royal Birmingham Tower of Song 108a High St Stourbridge DY8 1EE Royal Birmingham www.thsh.co.uk/symphony-hall 143, Bromsgrove Street B5 6RG Conservatoire/Eastside Jazz Sundays 01384 378 808 Conservatoire (RBC) 0121 780 3333 Club 0121 622 2444 Eastside Jazz Club/Recital Sunday Jazz @ 1000 Trades Corks Club/Silvershine Town Hall Promoting international guest artists, Moseley All-Services Club Hall/Bradshaw Hall Montly usually last Sunday - Lewis 558 Bearwood Rd Smethwick B66 4TT Victoria Square B3 3DQ the UK contemporary jazz scene & the 91 Church Road, Moseley B13 9EA 200 Jennens Road B4 7XR Sallows and Steve Saunders with 0121 429 2091 www.thsh.co.uk/town-hall best of young up & coming jazz talent. guest bands & jam session. 0121 389 3766 www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire 0121 780 3333 The Dark Horse www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire events- Bands and jam 6.30pm Moseley Park 0121 331 5901 1000 Trades 145 Alcester Rd, Moseley B13 8JP Tower of Song calendar 93b Alcester Road, Moseley, B13 8DD Roasts & piano jazz 1-5pm 0121 449 6300 107 Pershore Road South B30 3JX 0121 331 5901 0121 486 1300 www.jazzinbirmingham.co.uk #22 www.facebook.com/groups/21031815773/ JULY /AUGUST JAZZ20 19 IN BIRMINGHAM July 2019 Betty Wright Live in Concert 15 Thursday 30 Friday Soul queen brings her smooth sounds to the UK Lynette Walters Jazz Jam Session 2 Tuesday Jazzlines Town Hall 8:30pm £35 A true vocal talent with great stage presence Vocalists and instrumentalists all welcome Henry Newman Band with Fred Webb (vocs) 21 Sunday The Jam House 9pm £5 The Tower of Song 9pm till late Mainstream, Bop and The Great American Songbook The Edgar Macias Latin Jazz Quintet 8.30pm Free 20 Tuesday Bournville Social Club Latin Jazz Ensemble Frank Partridge’s Swing Session Vittorio Mura Quartet feat Gijs Idema Dark Horse Moseley 9pm Free Pianist Frank’s Mainstream Jam Session Back from NY with band and Dutch guitarist