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Friday 3rd October The Heritage Orchestra Lizzy Parks Band DJ Cro plus guests The Town Hall 7.30pm (live music starts at 9) £15.00 Resonance night with The Heritage Orchestra and Lizzy Parks launching her new album on Tru Thoughts.
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Friday 3rd October Rush Hour Blues Tom Hill & Outsville Symphony Hall Foyer 5.30pm-7.00pm Free
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Tuesday 7th October John Escreet Group with Dave Binney CBSO Centre 8.00pm £12 £9 concessions and Birmingham Jazz Members John was a very busy pianist in London while he was studying at the Royal Academy and he is just as busy in New York where he has just completed his masters at the Manhattan School of Music. One of his regular gigging partners there is Dave Binney – a dynamic presence on the alto in the basement clubs of New York. They will be joined by new force on the scene, Tyshawn Sorey on drums.
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Friday 10th October Bishi Concrete 8pm In partnership with Shaanti & Sampad Singer, multi-instrumentalist and DJ Bishi has been described as the doyenne of hybrid music. Mixing traditional Asian instruments, English folk, electronic beats and lyrical melody, Bishi creates a unique soundworld that is pure British pop at heart. Tickets availbale from www.theticketsellers.co.uk |
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Friday 10th October Rush Hour Blues Dave Stapleton Quintet Symphony Hall Foyer 5.30pm-7.00pm Free
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Saturday 11th October Finn Peters Finntet The Polish Club 8.00pm £9 (£6 concessions & Birmingham Jazz members) Critically acclaimed F-IRE Collective flautist and saxophonist Finn Peters perfoms music from his latest album "Butterflies" on Accidental Records Tickets available to pre- book with no extra booking fee at www.theticketsellers.co.uk
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Friday 17th October Rush Hour Blues Tommaso Starace Band Symphony Hall Foyer 5.30pm-7.00pm Free
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| Friday 17th October Django Bates stoRMChaser Big Band special project CBSO Centre 8.00pm £15 (£10) This gig will be recorded for broadcast on Jazz On Three.
As Professor of Rhythmic Music at the Conservatory of Rhythmic Music (RMC) in Copenhagen, the don is taking a sabbatical to tour his regular college orchestra, StoRMChaser (RMC…see what he did there?). They have just completed a remarkable album, Spring is Here (Shall We Dance?) on the Lost Marble label, of original compositions. As you would expect, the music is clever, funny and witty. Plus, the added weight of a 19 piece orchestra adds an exciting dimension to Bates’s work we haven’t really heard since Loose Tubes.
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Tuesday 21st October Ingrid Laubrock Sleepthief Trio Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire 7.30pm £8 £6 concessions & Birmingham Jazz Members A welcome return to Birmingham Jazz for Ingrid, who is certainly one of the most interesting and original of the new generation of saxophoners. Sleepthief is a largely improvisation-based combination of Ingrid on saxes with the always startling Liam Noble on piano and the remarkable Tom Rainey on drums. This tour is in support of the group’s eponymously named debut album.
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Friday 24th October Rush Hour Blues The Live Box Presents Symphony Hall Foyer 5.30pm-7.00pm Free
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Tuesday 28th October Sid Peacock's Surge The Jam House 9.30pm Free Sid’s freewheeling, multi-inspirational Surge is on the loose again. Sid is an original and idiomatic influence on jazz Birmingham. So if you ask for no guarantees about what you may be letting yourself in for, then you should come and see this one. A great club venue. And no charge for entry! |
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Wednesday 29th October Jazz Club Partisans Well established as an edgy leading force in Brit jazz right now. With Phil Robson guitar, Gene Caldorazzo on drums and Julian Siegal on saxes. The Rainbow 8pm £3 www.myspace.com/thebandpartisans
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Rush Hour Blues Brigette Beraha Quartet Symphony Hall Foyer 5.30pm-7.00pm Free |
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