What’s On in Birmingham November and December 2018 Oye Santana 1 November £15 Alistair Griffin 16 November £15 Dom Pipkin Smokin’ Boogie 14 Amazing guitar work from Milan Singer songwriter Alistair Griffin returns December £15 #1 ‘Carlos’ Webb and this good-time band. with his acoustic show and unique brand of Combines jaw-dropping piano with the 8 Crowd Company 2 November £12 songs and stories. full story of New Orleans blues piano NOVEM Modern take on vintage soul funk with Polly Gibbons 17 November £15 from the early days BER energy, catchy hooks and tight grooves. A gifted voice, with warm, rich, soulful Leddra Chapman 15 December £10 DECEMB Rebecca Downes 'Unplugged and In vocal tones with humour and fun. With a new album in the pipeline for ER Conversation' 3 November £15 Dan Forshaw Quintet 28 November £15 2018 her future is brighter than ever. 2018 A real treat: Rebecca & co-songwriter Celebrating Blue Note with classic Very Tormé Christmas 21 December £20 Steve Birkett deliver an intimate show. tunes from the greats like Coltrane, Multi-award winning American jazz Down For The Count Swing Orchestra Silver and Blakey and a classic line up. singer James Tormé with a jazzed-out 9 November £15 Jonny Kerry Quartet 1 December £12 evening of all your holiday favourites. Featuring the big band hits of Basie, Dynamic and lyrical arrangements of James Taylor Quartet 22 December £30 Ellington, Goodman, James and more. standards and originals - Gypsy Jazz, The ultimate Hammond organ driven SuRie Scrapbook 10 November £20 New Musette, Classical & Tango music. Christmas party inspired by rare- Her song “Storm” entered the UK top The Tom Seals Band 7 December £15 groove style funk and boogaloo funk of 100 at position 50, the highest A distinctive voice hailed as one of the the 60s and 70s. www.jazzinbirmingham.co.uk Eurovision entry in years. UK's finest piano/ vocalists. A fresh Gonzalo Bergara Quintet 15 musical powerhouse of the piano. PizzaExpress Live - Birmingham November £15 Milton Jones 8 December £25 The Water’s Edge, Brindley Place, Argentinian guitar virtuoso Gonzalo Deadpan and very funny stand up Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2HL Gig Guide: Bergara hits our shores with his unique regularly on Mock the Week and www.pizzaexpresslive.com concept show 'Django Meets Piazzolla'. myriad TV and live shows. 020 7439 4962 Fizzle Jazzlines Club Bebop Second Cup Cherry Reds Spotted Dog The Blue Piano TDE Promotions Birmingham Jazz PizzaExpress Live Eastside Jazz Club Silvershine Jazz Club Bournville Social Club The Warehouse Sessions Sunday Jazz at 1000 Trades
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Jazz at the Spotted Dog The Warehouse Sessions Regular weekly gig organised Xhosa Cole and Jonny Chant’s by David Ferris and Chris Monday jam session at The Young with local and national Warehouse. musicians and a jam session. Jazz at Cherry Reds www.jazzatthespotteddog.co.uk Two Wednesdays per month with @spotteddogjazz Kai Chareunsy, Tom Pountney- About Jazzlines Barnes and Asaph Tal and guests. Jazz in Birmingham is Jazzlines is Town Hall Jazz at Second Cup produced by Birmingham jazz Symphony Hall’s dynamic promoters to help the vibrant programme of live jazz Two Wednesdays per month with Elliott Sansom Trio and guests. jazz scene in Birmingham performances and education continue to grow. 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Department at Royal 0121 446 3232 Fletchers 104 Warwick St B12 0NH www.birminghamjazz.co.uk Birmingham Conservatoire, 24-26 Harborne Rd B15 3AA Metro Inns Hotel @brumjazz Eastside Jazz Club promotes 0121 454 6877 7 York Road, Kings Heath www.spotteddog.co.uk B14 7SA Birmingham Road, Walsall 0121 772 3822 07887 526435 international guest artists, the www.thebluepiano.co.uk Bournville Social Club Hare and Hounds WS5 3AB Symphony Hall Bournville Social Club UK contemporary jazz scene & www.metroinnswalsall.co.uk 106 High St Kings Heath B14 7JZ Broad St, Birmingham B1 2EA the best of young up & coming 91 Franklin Road Bournville 0192 272 2921 Social club near Cadbury’s in hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk www.thsh.co.uk/symphony-hall Bournville that puts on mainly jazz talent in the region. Birmingham B30 2DN PizzaExpress Live www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire bournvilleworkingmensclub.co.uk 0121 444 2081 0121 780 3333 mainstream, swing and New Water’s Edge, Brindley Place, events-calendar 0121 451 3427 The Highbury Town Hall Orleans-style trad on the last Broad Street, B1 2HL Cherry Reds Dad’s Lane, B13 8PQ Victoria Square B3 3DQ Tuesday of each month. 0121 331 5901 www.pizzaexpresslive.com www.highburypub.co.uk www.thsh.co.uk/town-hall Fizzle TDE Promotions 88-92 John Bright St, 0207 439 4962 Birmingham B1 1BN The Jam House 0121 780 3333 Run by Tony Dudley-Evans to Royal Birmingham Regular weekly gig featuring 0121 643 5716 The Warehouse promote free and improv jazz 3-5 St Pauls Square B3 1QU Conservatoire (RBC) free improv jazz with local, Core Theatre gigs and project - often in www.thejamhouse.com/ 54-57 Allison St national and international birmingham Eastside Jazz Club/Recital Birmingham B5 5TH collaboration with Fizzle. Homer Rd, Touchwood, Solihull bands. Organised by Andrew 0121 200 3030 Hall/Bradshaw Hall 07415 277068 TDE Promotions with Fizzle. B91 3RG Woodhead. 0121 704 6962 The Lamp Tavern 200 Jennens Road, www.fizzlebirmingham.com tdepromotions.wordpress.com Birmingham B4 7XR 07790 641633 The Crossing 157 Barford Street B5 6AH 07849 638218 www.stanwaybrewery.co.uk/lamp www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire 1 Milk St, Digbeth B5 5SU 0121 331 5901 0121 694 6332 0121 688 1220 12 Monday Gwilym Jones Trio 12 Wednesday Jazz Orchestra Plays Charles Mingus London based drummer hosts jazz jam Olivia Murphy (saxophone) Presents Revisiting the energetic music of Mingus Sunday Jazz at 1000 Trades 6.30pm free Exciting new series of collaborative gigs #18 N Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm £8/6 C-Jam Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm £8/6 OVEMBER D ECEMBER Ezra Collective Blues/sou/funk/jazz/latin/reggae/Dan + R&B 13 Thursday 20 18 Celebrating the originators whilst The Dark Horse 9pm Free Alan Barnes Christmas Carol simultaneously carving a path solely their own. 26 Monday Plus the Conservatoire Ellington Orchestra November 2018 Jazzlines Hare & Hounds 8pm £8 Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige Eastside Jazz Club 6.30 Ellington 7.45pm main £23 13 Tuesday Conservatoire Ellington Orchestra 14 Friday 1 Thursday The Mercia Jazz Five ft Tony Billingsley (tpt) Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm £8 (£6) Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra Lunch Lounge: Rosie Tee Small group Swing / Mainstream 27 Tuesday Gala concert feat. Christmas-themed repertoire Bridging the gap between genres Bournville Social Club 8.30pm Free New Orleans Wanderers ft Stan Stephens Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm £15/12 Jazzlines Symphony Hall Café Bar 12.30pm Free André Bassing Traditional Jazz a la Crescent City Dom Pipkin 'Smokin’ Boogie' Jerry Bergonzi Quartet Funky blend of jazzy house and drum & bass Bournville Social Club 8.30pm Free The UK’s best-kept piano secret Michael Brecker called him “the best Jazzlines The Jam House 8.30pm Free Joe Hill’s North Ark PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 6.30pm £15 saxophonist in the world”. With RBC support Vitor Pereira Quintet A ferociously exciting piano led septet Perfect Houseplants Eastside Jazz Club 6.30 support 7.45pm main £15/12 Exciting Portuguese guitarist’s experimental group Jazz at the Spotted Dog 9pm £5 suggested donation Great band reforms – colourful compositions Nigel Price Organ Trio Jazz at the Spotted Dog 9pm £5 suggested donation 28 Wednesday Birmingham Jazz 1000 Trades 7.45pm £15/12/5 Chris Bowden Presents award-winning guitarist 14 Wednesday Lewis Sallows Presents 18 Tuesday 8pm £5 (free with Student Card) The Blue Piano Aidan Pope Presents Exciting new series of collaborative gigs Frank Partridge's Swing Session 2 Friday Exciting new series of collaborative gigs. Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm £8/£6 Pianist Frank's Mainstream Jam Session Emulsion VII (Part 1): Emulsion Sinfonietta Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm £8 (£6) King / Ratcliffe / Bashford Organ Trio Bournville Social Club 8.30pm Free Festival returns with Alexander Hawkins piano Wilkins/Harris Duo Groove-infused jazz, blues, funk and Latin 19 Wednesday 8pm £10 mac Captivating piano-vocal duo Cherry Reds 8.30pm £5 donation KIM Trio 3 Saturday Cherry Reds 8.30pm £5 donation 29 Thursday Helena Kay's album release: Moon Palace Emulsion VII (Part2): Emulsify 15 Thursday Gilad Hekselman (solo guitar) Cherry Reds 8.30pm £5 donation Innovative audience interaction and more! Robson, Levy, Hayhurst and Penn Back for a one-off solo performance 21 Friday 2pm £5 mac Multi-award winning guitarist & US band Eastside Jazz Club 6.30 support 7.45pm main £15/£12 The Notebenders Phronesis Eastside Jazz Club 6.30 support, 7.45pm main £15/12 30 Friday Sensational big band sounds Award-winning Anglo-Scandinavian trio The Gonzalo Bergara Quintet Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra Jazzlines Symphony Hall Café Bar 5pm Free CBSO Centre 8pm £18 Jazzlines Django meets Astor Piazolla Support Matt Holmes - The Báwáá Project; A Very Tormé Christmas - James Tormé 4 Sunday PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 6.30pm £15 Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm 7.45pm main £15/12 One of the great voices of a generation François Bourassa Quartet Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra 1 and Too! Wobbly Rail Five PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 6.30pm £20 Canadian band playing original music Two youth bands for the price of one Chris Biscoe leads top line up with Monk tunes 22 Saturday 6pm suggested donation £5 Bearwood 9pm £7 Sunday Jazz at 1000 Trades Silvershine Jazz Club Birmingham Jazz 1000 Trades 7.45pm £12.50/10/5 The James Taylor Quartet Abi Kelsey & the Swing Pigs 16 Friday December 2018 Featuring Yvonne Yanney (vocals) Singer/songwriter leads Vitor Pereira PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 6.30pm £30 9pm Free The Dark Horse Unwind in the café-bar after a long week 1 Saturday 30 Sunday Symphony Hall Café Bar 5pm Free 5 Monday Jazzlines The Jonny Kerry Quartet Peter Carlton’s JazzStrata Pablo Held Trio with Percy Pursglove Greg Abate Inspired by Gypsy Jazz, Classical & Tango Mainstream and Dixieland Birmingham 6.30pm £12 Significant group on the contemporary Hard-hitting quartet inc Elliott Sansom on piano PizzaExpress Live Bournville Social Club 1pm Free European jazz scene. With RBC support Birmingham Jazz 1000 Trades 7.45pm £12.50/£10/5 Yazz Ahmed’s Hafla Band Jazzlines Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm £13 Pilgrimage feat. Young Pilgrims & Lyint Mixing jazz, electronics and Bahraini heritage Regular Gigs 6 Tuesday Entertaining crossover bands Jazzlines CBSO Centre 8pm £21 Mondays Hare & Hounds 8.30pm £10 Jazz Canon Jazzlines 2 Sunday The Warehouse Sessions The Music of Herbie Hancock 17 Saturday Tommy Fuller International Trio Jam session hosted by Xhosa Cole and Jonny Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm £8 (£6) Sax in the City Piano trio, showcasing European talents Chant bring your own booze and horn. Miman + Wright/Lash/Sanders The Notebenders Big Band uplifting sound Sunday Jazz at 1000 Trades 6.30pm free The Warehouse 8pm Donations Andreas Røysum/Egil Kalman/Hans Kjorstad Jazzlines Symphony Hall Café Bar 1:30pm Free Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra Wednesdays + Jack Wright/Dominic Lash/Mark Sanders Polly Gibbons Big Band Christmas! Club Be Bop Improvised music Singer/songwriter hailed by critics Core Theatre Solihull 7.30pm £15 With the Steve Ajao Quartet The Lamp Tavern 7.30pm £7/5 Birmingham 6.30pm £15 Fizzle PizzaExpress Live 4 Tuesday Fletchers Bar 8pm Free Henry Newman Band with Fred Webb (vocs) Velvet Revolutiuon + support: Harris/Wilkins Jazz Canon: Herbie Hancock Jazz at Second Cup Mainstream, bop & the Great American songbook Beautiful trio plus local duo Music penned by this true master of jazz Elliott Sansom leads on alternate Wednesdays Bournville Social Club 8.30pm Free TDE Promotions mac, 8pm £11/8.50 Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm £8/6 of month for Nov/Dec - check dates as they are Jiannis Pavladis Trio 18 Sunday Freedman/Mwamba/Sanders + changing. Leeds-based trio led by a wonderful guitarist Dan Kemshell Trio Vicente/Brice/Sanders Second Cup 7pm Free Jazz at the Spotted Dog 9pm £5 suggested donation Ex-Birmingham guitarist back to host jazz jam Improvised Music Thursdays 8 Thursday Sunday Jazz at 1000 Trades 6.30pm free entry Fizzle The Lamp Tavern 7.30pm £7/5 Silvershine Club at Corks Josephine Davies’ Satori Terry Clarke Band Henry Newman Band with Fred Webb (vocs) The very best in Jazz music from across the region Saxophonist’s trio is releasing its second CD Night of bluesy music Mainstream, Bop and Great American songbook and beyond every Thursday at 9pm. Eastside Jazz Club 6.30 support, 7.45 main £10/£8 The Dark Horse 9pm Free Bournville Social Club 8.30pm Free Corks Club 9pm £5 variable Kamaal Williams 20 Tuesday Yorks Revisited! Sundays Gifted keyboardist, DJ, and producer Jazz Canon: The Music of Herbie Hancock Percy Pursglove & co - a night of burning standards Jazz and Roasts at 1000 Trades Jazzlines The Crossing 8pm £18 Music penned by this true master of jazz. Jazz at the Spotted Dog 9pm £5 suggested donation Jazz piano & roasts before the session at 6.30pm 9 Friday Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm £8/6 6 Thursday 1000 Trades 1pm - 5pm Chris Young Band Macari/Woodhead/Brice + Soweto Kinch Bands Brilliant local saxophonist’s band Coates/Farmer/Sanders Award winning alto-saxophonist and MC Jazzlines Symphony Hall Café Bar 5pm Free Improvised Music Jazzlines Hare & Hounds 8pm £18 Fat Chops Big Band Down For The Count Swing Orchestra Fizzle The Lamp Tavern 7.30pm £7/5 Chris Bowden Presents: Liam Noble Monthly Sundays Moseley All Services Club, 91 Frank Partridge's Swing Session Church Road, Moseley. B13 9EA Big band hits including Ellington, Basie, Goodman An evening of sublime musicianship fatchopsbigband.wordpress.com PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 6.30pm £15 Pianist Frank's Mainstream Jam Session The Blue Piano 8pm £5 (free with Student Card) Kinda Dukish Paul Dunmall Quintet featuring Hamid Drake Bournville Social Club 8.30pm Free 7 Friday Monthly gigs recreating the sound of the great A second tour for this great collaboration Meridian Quartet Sally Minchin - Fret & Fiddle Ellington Bands. Check with Mike E Fletcher for dates Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm £13/8 TDE Promotions/Fizzle Jim Bashford presents a new quartet Unwind in the café-bar after a long week and venues. Crossing the Jazz Boundaries Festival Jazz at the Spotted Dog 9pm £5 suggested donation Jazzlines Symphony Hall Café Bar 5pm Free [email protected] Mark Cherrie Quartet 21 Wednesday The Tom Seals Band MYJO Dance & music challenging the jazz stereotype Alfa Mist Pianist/vocalist hailed as the future of Jazz/Pop Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra - top young big band. Steel pan workshop 6pm Free Alfa’s has taken a turn towards the jazzier side PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 6.30pm £15 www.myjo.co.uk Gig 8pm £12.50/£10.00/£7.50 adv students £3 Jazzlines Hare & Hounds 8pm £18 Malija Walsall Jazz Orchestra Birmingham Jazz 1000 Trades weekend tickets available The Manfreds + Georgie Fame Lockheart, Noble, Hoiby playing wonderful music Regular gigs in Walsall and Lichfield. Contemporary 10 Saturday A fabulous evening of rhythm and blues Birmingham Jazz 1000 Trades 7.45pm £15/12/5 big band music. Sara Colman – What We’re Made of Town Hall 8pm £37.50 Courtney Pine Presents Black Notes From www.b13jazz.co.uk/wjo Performing music from her new album 23 Friday The Deep Featuring Omar Tickets Jazzlines CBSO Centre 8pm £18 Dan Forshaw Quintet Eastside Jazz Club Pre-show club night 6.30pm Crossing the Jazz Boundaries Festival Celebrating the Blue Note label The Bradshaw Hall 8pm main show - £22/20 Ticket prices are shown as a guide but check for Dance & music challenging the jazz stereotype PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 6.30pm £15 9 Sunday accuracy and for availability of concessions and Asaf Sirkis Carnatic Song Talk 2pm Free Martin Speake Quartet Tom Harris Trio cheaper tickets bought in advance including Asaf Sirkis Carnatic Song Gig 3pm £10/7.50/3 Founder member of Itchy Fingers leads Pianist hosts a Christmas-special jazz jam Student prices. Flamenco Workshop 4.30pm Free Birmingham Jazz 1000 Trades 7.45pm £12.50/10/5 Sunday Jazz at 1000 Trades 6.30pm free entry Notes Nova Trio & Lourdes Fernandez 5pm £10/7.50/3 Fizzle/Flatpack Present 10 Monday Almagro Ensemble 8pm £10/7.50/3 Improvised Music + Film Conservatoire Jazz Orchestra More information about each promoter is on the Eastside Jazz Club day tickets avail. Birmingham Jazz Time/Venue/Price TBC see www.fizzlebirmingham.com Big band jazz other side of the leaflet. Also please check with promoters and/or venues before travelling. 11 Sunday 24 Saturday Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm £8/£6 Dan Spirrett Trio Stan Sulzmann – Neon Orchestra 11 Tuesday Birmingham tenor saxophonist hosts jazz jam A giant of the UK jazz scene - 70th Birthday gig The Mercia Jazz Five ft Tony Billingsley (tpt) 6.30pm free Sunday Jazz at 1000 Trades Jazzlines RBC Recital Hall 8pm £23 Small Group Swing and Mainstream Black Rabbit 25 Sunday Bournville Social Club 8.30pm Free Including famed Brum muso Bob Wilson Peter Carlton's JazzStrata Christmas Big Band! 9pm Free The Dark Horse Mainstream and Dixieland Jonathan Silk leads the annual festive madness Bournville Social Club 1pm Free Jazz at the Spotted Dog 9pm £5 suggested donation www.jazzinbirmingham.co.uk