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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 Picture: Garry Corbett 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