Jazz Club is our monthly session at The Rainbow pub in Digbeth. The program covers music from right across the spectrum of Jazz, but predominantly focuses on young, dynamic (and often loud!) bands.
In the past we’ve had sets from Soweto Kinch, Chris Bowden, Robert Mitchell’s Panacea, Fraud, The Hub (New York) and the John Randall Quintet to name a few. The future looks just as bright with many great established and up-and-coming artists confirmed.
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Below you’ll find recordings of some of the gigs we’ve presented at this session. We’ll be updating this page regularly so it’s well worth checking back to see what treats we have in store….
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Zed-U
25th November 2009
Shabaka Hutchings – sax & clarinet
Neil Charles – bass
Seb Rochford – drums
Zed-U are Shabaka Hutchings, Neil Charles and Tom Skinner. Their debut album, Night time on the middle passage was launched last year to critical acclaim and was played to death in the Birmingham Jazz office. For their gig at Jazz Club in November, Tom had a more than able replacement in Polar Bear’s Seb Rochford. Zed-U describe themselves as playing music they’d like to hear and luckily, it’s music we like to hear too. Launch the jukebox here.
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Sam Wooster Quartet
28th October 2009
Sam Wooster – trumpet
Jimmy Brewer – guitar
Tom Sinnett – bass
Jim Bashford – drums
Sam is a graduate of the conservatoire jazz course, and leads this band of fellow graduates. Very much influenced by Cuong Vu’s approach to soundscaping and texture (we were lucky enough to have Cuong Vu at Jazz Club earlier in the year – see below), Sam presented an electrifying set of original material back in October. Launch the jukebox here.
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Twelves Trio Mark Hanslip – Tenor Recorded and Mixed by Peter Maxwell-Dixon An excellent set from this trio led by Riaan Vosloo from the bass chair. The keen-eared among you may notice that it’s not actually a trio as they were joined by the excellent Rob Updegraff on guitar. Launch the jukebox here. You’ll need Flash player installed to playback this gig. Get it here. |
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The Convergence Quartet Taylor Ho Bynum – Cornet, etc. Recorded and Mixed by Peter Maxwell-Dixon The Convergence Quartet had had some excellent reviews before their debut gig at Jazz Club, and it was easy to see why. Featuring Taylor Ho Bynum from New York, their debut album “Convergence Quartet – Live in Oxford is well worth checking out, as was this excellent gig. Launch our jukebox here. You’ll need Flash player installed to playback this gig. Get it here. |
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Zappajazz Aaron Diaz – Trumpet Recorded and Mixed by Peter Maxwell-Dixon This band of young Birmingham musicians is led by Trumpeter Aaron Diaz. As the name suggests, they play Frank Zappa tunes with a jazz twist. This set consists of excellent arrangements of classic Zappa tunes by Aaron but don’t take our word for it, launch our jukebox here and listen for yourself. You’ll need Flash player installed to playback this gig. Get it here. |
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The Final Terror
Pete Wareham – Sax Recorded and Mixed by Peter Maxwell-Dixon The Final Terror were our visitors to Jazz Club back in February this year. Led by Acoustic Ladyland’s Pete Wareham, and with appearances at Cheltenham Jazz Festival and on Jazz on 3 under their collective belt. We bring you this gig recorded exclusively for Birmingham Jazz.. Launch our jukebox here. You’ll need Flash player installed to playback this gig. Get it here. |
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Cuong Vu & The Vu-tet Cuong Vu – Trumpet Recorded and Mixed by Peter Maxwell-Dixon A very special set at Jazz Club from New York Trumpeter Cuong Vu and the amazing Vu-tet. This was an unmissable gig, but if you didn’t make it you can listen again by launching our mp3 player here. You’ll need Flash player installed to playback this gig. Get it here. |
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