Events

Friday 2nd July
Symphony Hall Foyer
5:30 – 7
£free

This is the second of the poll winers concerts as we had a dead heat in the poll for best band of 2009.  Chris leads a great quintet with a stong funky base to its jazz approach.

Saturday 3rd July and Sunday 4th July
Moseley Park
£48.50 (weekend pass), £28.50 (day pass) booking info

A fantastic new festival set in the wonderful surroundings of Moseley Park with a line-up catering for a huge range of tastes. Highlights include the Sun Ra Arkestra, Courtney Pine, Led Bib, Polar Bear, Portico Quartet plus the Birmingham Jazz stage.

SATURDAY
Main Stage
Sun Ra Arkestra
Quantic and his Combo Barbaro
James Taylor Quartet
Polar Bear
Led Bib
Sister Henry & The Prescriptions

Yardbird Stage
Leftfoot DJ Set
Lizzy Parks
The Fantastics!
Nick Pride & The Pimptones
The Getup
Groove Cartel

SUNDAY
Main Stage
Courtney Pine
Portico Quartet
Cymande II
Gary Potter Trio
The Bright Size Gypsies
Andy Hamilton & The Blue Notes
Steve Ajao

Birmingham Jazz Stage
Sara Colman
Moon Unit
Chris Bowden Trio
TG Collective Trio
MC3
Beebe
Birmingham Jazz Youth Group

More info at www.mostlyjazz.co.uk

Friday 9th July
Symphony Hall Foyer
5:30 – 7
£free

As part of the Annual Music for Youth festival we present our own youth group, now well established as a top young Birmingham band.

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Friday 16th July
Symphony Hall Foyer
5:30 – 7
£free

Pianist Martin Trotman played with Delano Mills at Rush Hour Blues in January; here he plays with his ownn group mixing in elemnts of gospel and blues to the jazz mix.

Tuesday 20th July
The Jam House
9.30pm
free entry

Local and widely followed trumpet player Bryan Corbett performs with Levi French on piano, Ben Markland on bass, Neil Bullock on drums.

Wednesday 21st July
Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
Doors open at 8pm
£10 advance tickets ( MOTD)

Soil & “Pimp” Sessions is an energetic Japanese club jazz band that have started to receive international recognition. The band consists of six members: Shacho (“agitator”), Tabu Zombie (trumpet), Motoharu (sax), Josei (keyboards), Akita Goldman (double bass) and Midorin (drums). Soil & Pimp were last in Birmingham three years ago at the Jam House so it’s been a while and well worth a try for a lively night out!

Tickets are available at: http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/

Ticket office : 0844 870 0000

This gig is a co-promotion with Leftfoot

Listen to Soil & Pimp sessions on Spotify:

Friday 23rd July
Symphony Hall Foyer
5:30 – 7
£free

Tom Hill  draws on material from contemporary jazz in this quartet that features saxophonist Ian Ellis.

Wednesday 28th July
Jazz Club at The Rainbow Courtyard
9pm
£4

A new trio led by Dan Nicholls on keys, featuring reedsman James Allsopp of Fraud and The Golden Age of Steam and drummer Dave Smith of Outhouse and countless other bands.  Dan is one of the most promising young players to come from the Conservatoire jazz course.  He now spends his time between his home in Stafford and Copenhagen playing and composing music.  Combining the best of the Birmingham and London scenes, this gig promises to sign off Jazz Club for the summer in style. From Dan himself:

“Mirror is a new ensemble interpreting and reworking the compositions of keyboardist Dan Nicholls. Featuring the distinctive voices of James Allsopp (reeds) and Dave Smith (drums), the music aims for a fluidity between written and unwritten and explores the unexplicable connections between sound and image.”