Friday 22nd May

The Necks

CBSO Centre

8.00pm

£13 (£9 for concs and BJ members)

A group which has been together for twenty years, recorded over a dozen albums, several film soundtracks and performed at several world-class venues including multiple performances at the Sydney Opera House. As their dedicated followers know, their performances are entirely improvised consisting of two pieces evolving over around 50 minutes each and are an experience that has to be heard to be believed. Their mix of ambient, jazz and hypnotic groove based music has built an enthusiastic cult audience in their home Australia, Europe and the USA. Chris Abrahams on piano, Lloyd Swanton bass and Tony Buck on drums.

"one of the most extraordinary groups on the planet...not so much a trio as a revolutionary consortium redefining music... “ THE GUARDIAN

Click on link to book online

http://www.thsh.co.uk/view/the-necks

Box office : 0121 780 3333

http://www.thenecks.com/

Tuesday 26th May

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Town Hall

7.30pm

World-renowned saxophonist Branford Marsalis, born in 1960, has always been a man of numerous musical interests, from jazz, blues and funk to such classical music projects as his Fall 2008 tour with Marsalis Brasilianos. The three-time Grammy winner has continued to exercise and expand his skills as an instrumentalist, a composer, and the head of Marsalis Music, the label he founded in 2002 that has allowed him to produce both his own projects and those of the jazz world’s most promising new and established artists.

The New Orleans native was born into one of the city’s most distinguished musical families, which includes patriarch/pianist/educator Ellis and Branford’s siblings Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason. Branford gained initial acclaim through his work with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and his brother Wynton’s quintet in the early 1980s before forming his own ensemble. He has also performed and recorded with a who’s-who of jazz giants including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock and Sonny Rollins.

Branford Marsalis saxophone
Joey Calderazzo piano
Eric Revis bass
Jeff Tain Watts drums

TICKETS
£25.00

Available at:
http://www.thsh.co.uk/view/branford-marsalis-quartet

or: 0121 780 3333

http://www.branfordmarsalis.com/

Wednesday 27th May

Twelves Trio

Jazz Club at The Rainbow

8.30pm ( band on at 9.00pm)

£3.00

A stripped-down version of bass player Riaan Vosloo’s Examples of Twelves band which features Mark Hanslip on Tenor and Tim Giles of Fraud fame on drums. Drawing comparisons with Polar Bear, the music is a is a heady mix of Coltrane-esque ballads, dark twenty-first century waltzes, subtle hooks and tumbling Mingus-inspired grooves . With influences ranging from American magic realist dramas to obscure hip-hop and traditional folk, this is perfect Jazz Club fare.

Friday 29th May

The Invisible

The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
8pm

A co promotion with club veterans Leftfoot (celebrating their 9th year of putting on the finest club nights in Birmingham ) The Invisible began as guitarist David Okumu's solo project but now has a life of it's own. Featuring Ton Herbert on Bass and Leo Taylor on Drums, their debut album on Matthew Herbert's Accidental Records has received praise from the mainstream music press with Mojo describing it as "Ambitious, affecting brillaince". Certainly one not to miss , especially as the night includes a set from legend Norman Jay on the decks.

Tickets £10.00 advance plus booking fee from:

www.theticketsellers.co.uk

0844 870 0000

www.hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk/

www.myspace.com/theinvisiblethree