What’s On in Birmingham September and October 2019 SEPTEMBER 21 September 18 Friday 6 September The Fontanas Live China Crisis Vanessa Haynes High energy tunes from funky Brazilian soul The RETROspective tour will see the band One of the lead singers of the acclaimed UK to upbeat afro-Latin. performing classics from all their studio albums. #23 jazz/funk band Incognito and backing vocalist PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £22 PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £23 S of Chaka Khan showcases her solo album. 27 September 19 Saturday EPTEM PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 7pm £30 James & Black (USA) Judith Owen BER 7 September Joinied forces in Austin, Texas in 2011 and Fellow artist Jackson Browne said of Owen’s OCT Rebecca Downes spreading the word of “Guerrilla Soul” since. onstage prowess: “It’s a masterclass.” OBER A real treat for existing and new fans as PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £18 PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £20 Rebecca delivers an intimate show. 28 Saturday 25 Friday 2019 PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £15 Samantha-Jayne Remi Harris 13 September Self-taught saxophonist well-known for her Exciting Jazz & Blues guitarist whose unique Bassistry Live exceptional improvisational skills and her style draws inspiration from the greats. Dynamic vocal-led Nu Jazz band, mixing performances full of emotion and expression. PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £12 funk grooves, Latin Rhythms and pulsating PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £12.50 26 Saturday electronic, and contemporary soundscapes. OCTOBER Patti Boulaye ‘Aretha and Me’ PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £18 4 Friday The award-winning singer and musical star 14 September Alvorada returns with her brand new one-woman show. Then Jerico Acoustic Performing choro, a rich and uplifting style of PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £18 We are delighted to welcome Mark Shaw: instrumental music from Brazil & celebrating 27 Sunday Then Jerico Acoustic, Live & Unplugged. the launch of their debut album 'First Light'. Fullee Love Collective www.jazzinbirmingham.co.uk PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £35 PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £15 Soup, of gold-selling band Jurassic 5 presents 20 September 5 Saturday a new project blending Funk/Soul and Disco. Wendy Kirkland Natasha Watts PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £15 A world class jazz pianist and vocalist whose Award-winning Soul vocalist Natasha Watts Gig Guide: with an exclusive acoustic performance of her PizzaExpress Live - Birmingham debut album 'Piano Divas' made a big impact . The Water’s Edge, Brindley Place, Broad PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £15 songs and some interesting covers. PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £12.50 Street, Birmingxham, B1 2HL www.pizzaexpresslive.com 020 7439 4962 Sunday Jazz @ 1000 Trades Bournville Social Club Silvershine Jazz Club Eastside Jazz Club PizzaExpress Live Birmingham Jazz The Spotted Dog TDE Promotions Jazz at the Loft The Blue Piano Cherry Reds Second Cup Club Bebop Jazzlines Fizzle
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PizzaExpress Live Big Bands Venues continued Bringing the vibe of Pizza Express The Loft Lounge Symphony Hall London to Brum with jazz & other gigs. Fat Chops Big Band The Crossing 143, Bromsgrove Street B5 6RG Broad St, Birmingham B1 2EA www.pizzaexpresslive.com Monthly Sundays 12.30pm at 1, Milk St., Digbeth B5 5SU 0121 622 2444 www.thsh.co.uk/symphony-hall 0207 439 4962 Moseley All Services Club 0121 694 6238 0121 780 3333 fatchopsbigband.wordpress.com Moseley All-Services Club TDE Promotions The Dark Horse 91 Church Road, Moseley B13 9EA Town Hall Tony Dudley-Evans promoting free Kinda Dukish 145 Alcester Rd, Moseley B13 8JP 0121 389 3766 Victoria Square B3 3DQ and improv jazz gigs and project - Monthly gigs recreating the sound of 0121 449 6300 www.thsh.co.uk/town-hall the great Ellington Bands. Check with PizzaExpress Live About often in collaboration with Fizzle. Fletchers Water’s Edge, Brindley Place B1 2HL 0121 780 3333 tdepromotions.wordpress.com Mike E Fletcher for dates and venues. 7 York Road, Kings Heath B14 7SA Jazz in Birmingham is produced by [email protected] www.pizzaexpresslive.com Tower of Song jazz promoters in Birmingham to help 07790 641633 Hare and Hounds 0207 439 4962 107 Pershore Road South B30 3JX the vibrant scene in the city continue MYJO 106 High St Kings Heath B14 7JZ 0121 486 1300 Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra - top The Prince of Wales to grow. If you want your gigs in the hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk Other Regular Gigs young big band. 84 Cambridge St B1 2NP listing or want to advertise get in 0121 444 2081 www.myjo.co.uk 0121 413 4180 touch c/o 12, George St. Birmingham Things change so double check The Highbury Walsall Jazz Orchestra Royal Birmingham B19 1NX. Email: Regulars before travelling! Dad’s Lane, B13 8PQ Conservatoire (RBC) [email protected] Regular gigs in Walsall and Lichfield. www.highburypub.co.uk Modern big band music. Eastside Jazz Club/Recital Editing/distribution: Nigel Holt Wednesdays Holy Trinity Church Hall/Bradshaw Hall www.b13jazz.co.uk/wjo Design/adverts: Brian Homer Club Be Bop Holy Trinity Church 213, Birchfield 200 Jennens Road B4 7XR Birmingham Jazz With the Steve Ajao Quartet Road B20 3DG www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire Promoting national and international Fletchers Bar 8pm Free Venues The Jam House 0121 331 5901 contemporary jazz, providing a Jazz at Second Cup 3-5 St Pauls Square B3 1QU Second Cup platform for new talent and offering a Elliott Sansom and Guests 7-9pm on 1000 Trades www.thejamhouse.com/birmingham 64 New St B2 4DU friendly atmosphere. alternate Wednesdays. Check social 16 Frederick St B1 3HE 0121 200 3030 0121 616 2444 0121 233 2693 www.birminghamjazz.co.uk @brumjazz media. The Lamp Tavern The Spotted Dog 07887 526435 1000trades.org.uk Second Cup 7pm Free 157 Barford Street B5 6AH 104 Warwick St B12 0NH Bournville Social Club Jazz at Cherry Reds Artefact www.stanwaybrewery.co.uk/lamp www.spotteddog.co.uk 1464 Pershore Road Stirchley B30 Social club near Cadbury’s that puts Two Wednesdays per month at 0121 688 1220 0121 772 3822 2NT on mainly mainstream, swing and 8.30pm. Usually alternates with [email protected] New Orleans-style trad. Tuesdays + Second Cup. Check social media. last Sunday lunch time of the month. www.artefactstirchley.co.uk Cherry Reds 8.30pm £5 donation Fizzle The Blue Piano Pictures: Garry Corbett Thursdays 24-26 Harborne Rd B15 3AA Fornightly gigs at The Lamp Tavern, & Silvershine Club at Corks elsewhere, free improv jazz with local, 0121 454 6877 The very best in Jazz music from national and international performers. www.thebluepiano.co.uk across the region and beyond every Organised by Andrew Woodhead. The Bonded Warehouse Thursday at 9pm. www.fizzlebirmingham.com 2 Canal Street, Stourbridge DY8 4LU 07849 638218 Corks Club 9pm £5 variable T. 01384 395 216 Jazz at the Spotted Dog Jazz at The Loft Bournville Social Club Regular weekly gig with local and Monthly gig hosted by Lewis Sallows’ 91 Franklin Road Bournville national musicians and a jam session. sextet showcasing special guests on Birmingham B30 2DN www.jazzatthespotteddog.co.uk swinging standards and original bournvilleworkingmensclub.co.uk compositions. @spotteddogjazz 0121 451 3427 Orjan Hulten - Sun 22nd Sept Jazzlines The Loft Lounge Bramall Music Building Town Hall Symphony Hall’s dynamic Fridays University of Birmingham B15 2TT programme of live jazz performances Jazz@The Tower www.birmingham.ac.uk and education projects across Hosted by Pippa Done Trio. Usually 0121 414 4414 Birmingham connecting people to jazz. last Friday of the month. Monthly jam Centrala Tori Freestone - Fri 8th Nov www.thsh.co.uk/jazzlines session for instrumentalists and Unit 4, Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley St 0121 644 6003 vocalists. B5 5RT Lim UN ited 8pm free DER Royal Birmingham Tower of Song 0121 439 3050 dis 25’ coun s Conservatoire/Eastside Jazz Sundays Cherry Reds tic ted kets* Club Sunday Jazz @ 1000 Trades 88-92 John Bright St B1 1BN Promoting international guest artists, Montly usually last Sunday - Lewis 0121 643 5716 the UK contemporary jazz scene & the Sallows and Steve Saunders with Corks Club/Silvershine best of young up & coming jazz talent. guest bands & jam session. 558 Bearwood Rd Smethwick B66 4TT www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire events- 1000 Trades Bands and jam 6.30pm 0121 429 2091 calendar Roasts & piano jazz 1-5pm 0121 331 5901 www.jazzinbirmingham.co.uk #23 www.facebook.com/groups/21031815773/ SEP TEMBER/ OCTOBER JAZZ201 9 IN BIRMINGHAM
September 2019 25 Wednesday 14 Monday 24 Thursday Matthew Carmichael Quartet The Songs Of Stevie Wonder with Beverley Knight Paul Booth Quartet: Travel Sketches 3 Tuesday Scottish tenor plays brings an all-star band Soul Queen Beverley with the Leo Green Orchestra Saxophonist with new band and CD release Henry Newman Band with Fred Webb (vocs) 8.30pm Donation (£5 8pm £43 7.30pm (support 6.30) £15/10 Mainstream, Bop and The Great American Songbook Jazz at Cherry Reds Symphony Hall Eastside Jazz Club 8.30pm Free 26 Thursday 15 Tuesday Stillefelt (see 23rd) Bournville Social Club Michael Janisch Band Somersaults (Delius/Brice/Sanders) + 8pm Beebe Quintet Artefact Multi-tasking, US/UK bassist’s new album launch Top UK saxophonist featuring original jazz fusion Jones/Onacko/Griffiths 25 Friday 7.45pm £15 (£10) 8.30pm Free Eastside Jazz Club Longstanding trio of improv legends plus new project Delano Mills’ Not Strictly Jazz The Jam House from Birmingham drummer Nathan England-Jones. ...with a touch of reggae and Grover Washington Phil Stevenson Trio 27 Friday Jake Henry The Lamp Tavern 7:30pm £7/5 Symphony Hall Cafe Bar 5pm Free Original and melodic groove-based hammond trio Fizzle Jazzlines Jazz influenced popular pianist 9pm Suggested £5 donation Frank Partridge’s Swing Session Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra Jazz at the Spotted Dog Cambridge St 7.00pm Free Pianist Frank’s Mainstream Jam Session Salsa music for dancing! Popular, book early 5 Thursday The Prince of Wales Orjan Hulten & Orion 8.30pm Free 7.45pm (support 6.30) £10/8 Chris Bowden presents: Mitch Perrins & Matt Bournville Social Club Eastside Jazz Club Acclaimed Swedish quartet on tour Urban Soul Family Jazz Jamaica All Stars: The Trojan Story Ratcliffe 1000 Trades 7.45pm £15/12/£5 A musical collective creating their own brand of fusion, Get ready to rocksteady with Gary Crosby and guests Chris performs with the exciting Mitch Perrins group Birmingham Jazz Jazz Jam Session with elements of Jazz, Gospel, and R'n'B. 7:30pm £12.50 8pm £8/£4 students Town Hall The Blue Piano Vocalists and instrumentalists all welcome The Jam House Admission Free 8.30pm Stillefelt (see 23rd) Jam Night with Vic Evans Jazzlines 9 pm till late. Mike Walker Quartet 8pm Veteran singer joins Blue Notes for classic numbers The Tower of Song Artefact Legendary guitarist in a rare Birmingham appearance Corks Club 9pm £5/4 28 Saturday Remi Harrris Silvershine The Notebenders with all-star band Exciting Jazz & Blues guitarist with unique style 6 Friday Big band set up by Andy Hamilton plays its monthly Jazz at the Spotted Dog 9pm Suggested £5 donation PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £12 Frank Harrison and Brigette Beraha concert The Way Home duo – piano & voice 16 Wednesday – 23 Wednesday Jazz Jam Session Symphony Hall Cafe Bar 1:30pm Free The Connection 1000 Trades 7.45pm £15/£12/£5 Jazzlines Vocalists and instrumentalists all welcome Birmingham Jazz Anna Mudeka’s Kure Kure (Faraway) Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s jazz musicians and 9pm till late. Vanessa Haynes The Tower of Song Ancient and modern Zimbabwe: music and theatre Theatre Company collaborate for this site-specific 26 Saturday Lead singer of Incognito sings Aretha Franklin The mac 7.30pm £10/8 performance of an iconic work breaking both fourth Birmingham 8.30pm £30 CSB The Notebenders PizzaExpress Live Penguin Cafe wall and inhibitions. Big band set up by Andy Hamilton plays its monthly 8 Sunday Arthur Jeffes’ cross-genre and quirky band Writer: Jack Gelber, Dir: Kristine Landon Smith, concert BIG BAND SPECIAL 7.30pm £27.50 - £38 Composer/M.D. John O’Gallagher Symphony Hall Cafe Bar 1:30pm Free Featuring the Notebenders, Kinda Dukish, Gareth Symphony Hall Jazzlines Samantha-Jayne 7.30pm £8 (£5.50) Lockrane with the Spotted Dog all-stars and the Eastside Jazz Club Stillefelt (see 23rd) Saxophonist full of emotion and expression. 17 Thursday J*A*C*K*E*D big band! Artefact 8pm Birmingham 8.30pm £12.50 The Connection (see 16th) 2:30pm £5 otd PizzaExpress Live Patti Boulaye ‘Aretha and Me’ Jazz at the Spotted Dog 29 Sunday Eastside Jazz Club 7.30pm £8 (£5.50) Brand new one-woman show 10 Tuesday The Andy Peate Band Chris Bowden Presents: Richard Foote Mercia Jazz Five PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £18 Mainstream, Swing and Dixieland Host Chris performs with top trombonist Swing and Dixieland ft Tony Billingsley (tpt) 27 Sunday 1.00pm Free 8pm £8/£4 students 8.30pm Free Bournville Social Club The Blue Piano The Andy Peate Band Bournville Social Club Kinda Dukish Big Band Mainstream, Swing and Dixieland Phil Sayer’s Born To Boogie Band Ellington & Strayhorn transcriptions Upbeat boogie-woogie with a four piece brass section October 2019 Bournville Social Club 1.00pm Free The Highbury 8.30pm £5/£4 Oscar Jerome 8.30pm Free 1 Tuesday The Jam House 18 Friday With a full band, following his show at Mostly Jazz Olivia Murphy Sextet Henry Newman Band with Fred Webb (vocs) The Connection (see 16th) Jazzlines Hare & Hounds 7.30pm £9 Young saxophonist presents a great band of her Mainstream, Bop and The Great American Songbook 7.30pm £8 (£5.50) contemporaries 8.30pm Free Eastside Jazz Club 28 Monday Bournville Social Club Pete Oxley Duo 9pm Suggested £5 donation Pete Harris 4 Ellington Orchestra – New Orleans Suite 1 Jazz at the Spotted Dog Two guitars creating swinging jazz Late career work from Ellington’s canon 13 Friday Guitar reminiscent of Benson Burrell and Metheny Symphony Hall Cafe Bar 5pm Free Mindaugas Stumbras Trio 8.30pm Free Jazzlines Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm set 1 7.30pm set 2 £10/8 The Jam House Me & 3 Glasgow-based star Lithuanian jazz guitarist 29 Tuesday Punkt vrt Plastik Joey Walter’s four sax extravaganza 1000 Trades 7.45pm £15/£12/£5 New Orleans Wanderers ft Stan Stephens Birmingham Jazz Cutting edge Berlin trio of Kaja Draksler piano, at 1000 Trades 7.45pm £10/£8/£5 Tom Hill Quartet Christian Lillinger drums and Petter Eldh double bass Birmingham Jazz Traditional Jazz a la Crescent City Wes Montgomery tribute with Lee Jone, guitar The mac 8pm £8.50/6/+MoreOTD 19 Saturday Bournville Social Club 8.30pm Free Fizzle/TDE The Connection (see 16th) 7.45pm £9/5 The Elusive Tree Ensemble The Bonded Warehouse A Hologram Maze: All Songs Are Love Songs 7.30pm £8 (£5.50) Bassistry Live David Austin Grey’s new project exploring jazz standards Eastside Jazz Club Scotland’s finest inc Doug Hough and Adam Jackson Dynamic vocal-led Nu Jazz band with 5-star reviews 9pm Suggested £5 donation 20 Sunday Jazz at the Spotted Dog 9pm Suggested £5 donation Jazz at the Spotted Dog Steve King Big Band Birmingham 8.30pm £15 4 Friday 30 Wednesday PizzaExpress Live Established and eclectic, keeping big band music alive Mark Lockheart - Days On Earth 17 Tuesday Alina Bzhezhinska Hip Harp Collective 12.30pm £10 EVENT HORIZON + Marshall/Woodhead Spectacular harp-led quintet ft Gareth Lockrane Moseley All-Services Club His most ambitious and personal work to date features Drum-led exploration plus acoustic cello/piano duo . 1000 Trades 7.45pm £15/£12/£5 21 Monday a jazz sextet and 30 piece orchestra. Birmingham Jazz The Connection (see 16th) The Lamp Tavern 7:30pm £7/5 Jazzlines Symphony Hall Stage 8pm £13 Fizzle Alvorada 7.30pm £8 (£5.50) Frank Partridge’s Swing Session Performing choro, instrumental music from Brazil Eastside Jazz Club 31 Thursday Pianist Frank's Mainstream Jam Session Birmingham 8.30pm £15 22 Tuesday Tim Berne with students + duo with Liam Noble PizzaExpress Live The Connection (see 16th) 8.30pm Free Fiercely independent New York saxophonist leads a UK Bournville Social Club 5 Saturday 7.30pm £8 (£5.50) band and presents student projects Call Me Unique Mary Halvorson “Code Girl” Eastside Jazz Club Doug MacLeod Eastside Jazz Club 6.30pm £15/12 Singer/songwriter: jazz, soul, futurebeats, and scat One of New York City’s most in-demand guitarists TDE/ Fizzle/RBC Blues guitar wizardry, soulful vocals and witty! The Jam House 8:30pm Free CBSO Centre £15 Atlas Jazzlines Jazzlines 8.30pm Free Bristol pianist Rebecca Nash’s unique band includes Forj The Jam House 6 Sunday Bon Accord vocalist Sara Colman Powerhouse twin-tenor quartet of Joe Wright, Josh Treppenwitz + Dunmall/Gibbs/Owston/Bashford 'Gypsy Jazz' / Parisian Swing / Bal Musette Hare & Hounds 8pm £10 Arcoleo, Nick Jurd and Jonathan Silk Award-winning Leeds-based piano trio plus new Jazzlines Bournville Social Club 8.30pm Free Jazz at the Spotted Dog 9pm Suggested £5 donation quartet from UK sax giant with new album The Lamp Tavern 2pm £7/5 Mike De Souza Trio 19 Thursday Fizzle Innovative guitarist borrowing from Deerhoof and Kinda Dukish Big Band 8 Tuesday Radiohead as well as jazz Ellington & Strayhorn transcriptions The Mercia Jazz Five with Tony Billingsley (tpt) Jazz at the Spotted Dog 9pm Suggested £5 donation The Highbury 8.30pm £5/£4 Small Group Swing and Dixieland Tickets 8.30pm Free 23 Wednesday 20 Friday Bournville Social Club The Connection (see 16th) Ticket prices are shown as a guide but check for accuracy Tom Hill’s Funk Machine Catherine Nightingale & Oz McGowan and for availability of concessions and cheaper tickets Eastside Jazz Club 7.30pm £8 (£5.50) Great funky jazz group led by bass player Tom Hill. Cool lounge classics: Nina Simone, Carole King etc bought in advance including Student prices. Symphony Hall Cafe Bar 5pm Free 8.30pm Free Stillefelt Jazzlines The Jam House Chris Mapp, Percy Pursglove and Thomas Seminar Theon Cross Sun-Mi Hong Quintet Notes Ford: electro acoustic composed/ improvised music. A Tuba player key to London's new young jazz scene Acclaimed Korean drummer based in Amsterdam Jazz four day residence at art gallery/cafe More information about each promoter is on the other side Hare & Hounds 7pm £10 9pm Suggested £5 donation Jazzlines at the Spotted Dog 8pm of the leaflet. Also please check with promoters and/or Red Kite Quintet Artefact 9 Wednesday BIM Trio venues before travelling. We have a Jazz in Birmingham Star quintet led by pianist Esben Tjalve Dan Kemshell/Olly Chalk Manchester based guitar trio featuring original music Facebook Group where updates appear: Birmingham Jazz 1000 Trades 7.45pm £15/12/£5 A new collaboration between guitarist and pianist Jazz at Cherry Reds 8.30pm Donations (£5) www.facebook.com/groups/21031815773/ Wendy Kirkland Jazz at Cherry Reds 8.30pm Donations (£5) Jazz pianist and vocalist launches her new album 10 Thursday The Jazzlines Half Term Jazz Sessions for 11-19s PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £15 Fizzle/Flatpack Present 21 Saturday Improvisation to film and AV performances from some Monday 28th – Wednesday 30th October 2019 10am - 4pm £110 Partisans of the city’s most exciting artists Three days of masterclasses with leading UK jazz musicians and educators for all young musicians Power-house band since 1996 touring sixth album Fizzle Artefact 7:30pm £10/8 and vocalists from Birmingham aged 11 – 19. Led by star trumpeter Laura Jurd. Limited to 30 places Apply at www.thsh.co.uk and search Jazzlines Half Term Jazz Sessions - deadline October 18th. Birmingham Jazz 1000 Trades 7.45pm £15/12/£5 11 Friday Surge Orchestra with Nifeco Costa’s Babock Djazz Rafiki Jazz Latest cross genre project from Sid Peacock's exciting Sheffield based jazz and roots collective spanning four big band: with Guinea Bissaun afro-latin continents CSB/Surge The mac 7.45pm £10/8 CSB The Crossing doors 7pm £10/8/5 students The Fontanas Live Chris Biscoe/Allison Neale Quintet Funky Brazilian soul to upbeat Afro-Latin. Versatile multi-instrumentalist and a stellar quintet PizzaExpress Live Birmingham 8.30pm £15 featuring Allison Neale, Colin Oxley, Jeremy Brown and 22 Sunday Matt Fishwick. Orjan Hulten’s Orion Jazz at NAC 7.30pm £15/13 students Acclaimed Swedish saxophonist brings his quartet Kim Cypher Band Orion to the UK in support of new album Minusgrader. “Funky saxophonist meets 1940's jazz singer” Jazz at NAC 7.30pm £14/12 students The Bonded Warehouse 7.45pm £9/5 24 Tuesday Sarah Gillespie The New Orleans Wanderers ft Stan Stephens American/British singer songwritter Traditional Jazz a la Crescent City Birmingham Jazz 1000 Trades 7.45pm £15/£12/£5 Bournville Social Club 8.30pm Free 13 Sunday Chris Young Quartet Taupe / Luxul / Andrew Woodhead + Johnny Hunter Hero of the Birmingham scene at his spiritual home Debut Birmingham show: Scottish scatter-skronk team Jazz at the Spotted Dog 9pm Suggested £5 donation Thinking/Not Thinking Centrala 7.30pm £7/£5 students