Birmingham Jazz joins forces with Fizzle tonight to present two very promising young players who recently graduated from the jazz course at Birmingham Conservatoire, trumpeter Sam Wooster and saxophonist Alex Merritt playing with two giants of the free jazz scene in Europe: Mark Sanders on drums and John Edwards on bass. Both Sam and Alex will play individually in a trio with Mark and John and then there will be a final quartet set. We all know that the graduates of the jazz course have really enlivened the scene here, and these two players are two of the most promising.
The gig is part of the Fizzle season and takes place at the Lamp Tavern in Barford Street; for details and a map see here. Music starts at 9pm.
This is the first gig of a busy week. Led Bib play the Rainbow tomorrow (Wednesday 27th); see my blog here . Then on Friday I strongly recommend Delano Mills’ tribute to Grover Washington at Rush Hour Blues at 5.30 in Symphony Hall foyer followed by the great Jan Garbarek at the Town Hall at 7.30. More on the latter later in the week.
Tags: Alex Merritt, Birmingham Jazz, Fizzle, Jan Garbarek, John Edwards, Led Bib, Mark Sanders, Rush Hour Blues, Sam Wooster, Symphony Hall, The Lamp Tavern, Town Hall
