Events

Thursday 3rd June
Hare & Hounds
9.30pm
£7 ( £5 concessions)

Once again Birmingham Jazz has teamed up with the fabulous Hare & Hounds in Kings Heath.  After the great success of Nils Petter Molvaer in February we present another boundary stretching trumpeter in Erik Truffaz whose music shares an affinity with NPM. Truffaz is adored for his audacious collaborations, his generous personality, as well as brilliant music. For this gig, Erik will be joined by, on the drums, the great Philippe Garcia and on the mic, Sly Johnson of the Saïan Supa Crew.

www.eriktruffaz.com/

Friday 4th June
Symphony Hall Foyer
5:30 – 7
£free

Saturday 5th June
CBSO Centre
8pm
£13 (£11)

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Neil is at the forefront of new British jazz. His style is fresh, unpredictable, confident, unconventional, as well as extremely accomplished. A professional since his teenage years, Neil’s musical experience in the more popular areas of the music, such as with the Brand New Heavies and backing pop diva Gabrielle, mean that many coming to jazz from contemporary soul and R’n’B have found his style particularly accessible. With Richard Sadler on bass and Evan Jenkins on drums, the trio will be supporting the launch of their third highly-acclaimed album, Radio Silence.

www.neilcowleytrio.com/

Thursday 10th June
mac theatre
8pm
Ticket prices: £10
(£7 BJ members and concessions)

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Birmingham Jazz is delighted to launch its new partnership and its associate organisation position with  mac with this attractive double bill.   Robert Mitchell is an acclaimed pianist composer whose trio features Tom Mason on bass and Shaney Forbes on drums.  Its music blends  contemporary jazz with elements of  hip hop and broken beats.

In the first set Birmingham Conservatoire alumnus Ivo de Greef plays pieces inspired by Keith Jarrett’s iconic Koln solo piano concert.

Friday 11th June
Symphony Hall Foyer
5:30 – 7
£free

Tuesday 15th June
The Jam House
9.30pm
Free entry

The Jim Wynn Nonet was formed with the intention of exploring the songbook of Tadd Dameron, the pianist and arranger coined by Dexter Gordon as the “Romanticist” of bebop.  Many of Dameron’s compositions have become well known standards in the jazz repertoire such as ‘Good Bait’, ‘Tadd’s Delight’, ‘Ladybird’ and ‘If You Could See Me Now’.  The Nonet is largely comprised of graduates of the Birmingham Conservatoire’s jazz course including Jim Wynn on piano, Huw Morgan, Chris Morgan and Lluis Mather on saxes, Rob Anstey on trombone, Kieron Mcintosh on trumpet and Tim Thornton on bass.

Friday 18th June
Symphony Hall Foyer
5:30 – 7
£free

Friday 25th June
Symphony Hall Foyer
5:30 – 7
£free

Wednesday 30th June
Jazz Club @ The Rainbow, Digbeth
9pm
£4

Our jazz club series continues with one of the hardest working musicians in Birmingham.  Barely a week passes without drummer Jim Bashford making an appearance somewhere, but rarely with his own band.  Here he leads a quartet featuring Icelandic guitarist Hilmar Jennson who toured with Outhouse last year.  Jim is also joined by Outhouse’s Robin Fincker on sax.  The band will be playing original music by Jim and Hilmar.