Birmingham Jazz

Links Visit our friends and partners from around the world.
Wax Poetics Media Partner Wax Poetics is a bi-monthly journal focused on all aspects of hip-hop production, record collecting, and musical history. http://digital.waxpoetics.com/
Ropeadope Media Partner Music, Culture & Clothing. The home of Dj Logic, Philadelphia Experiment, The Word, John Medeski, North Mississippi All-stars, Marco Benevento, Robert Randolph, Bullfrog, Charlie Hunter, Sex Mob, Karl Denson and more. http://www.ropeadope.com/
Venues The wide variety of Venues Birmigham Jazz uses. CBSO Centre Map City Center venue used for some of our larger gigs in The Series. http://www.cbso.co.uk Town Hall Map Home to our largest events including the Resonance clubnight. http://www.thsh.co.uk Symphony Hall Map The Foyer area hosts our free, weekly Rush Hour Blues Sessions. http://www.thsh.co.uk The Polish Club Map A great little atmospheric venue used for some of our gigs in The Series. The Rainbow Map Digbeth's most progressive music pub and the home of Jazz Club http://www.myspace.com/rainbowevents The Hare and Hounds Map The heart and soul of Kings Heath and an occasional venue for us too. http://www.hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk/contact.html The Jamhouse Map Regular Birmingham Jazz gigs can be found at this Jewellery Quarter venue. http://www.thejamhouse.com/ The Glee Club Map Occasional Birmingham Jazz venue. http://www.glee.co.uk/
Other Friends of Birmingham Jazz (in no particular order!) Jazz Services The leading national jazz organisation in the UK. http://www.jazzservices.org.uk Arts Council England The national development agency for the arts in England, providing funding for a range of arts activities. http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/ Serious Serious is an international producer of jazz, world and contemporary music. http://www.serious.org.uk Cheltenham Jazz Festival World class Jazz festival curated by our Artistic Director Tony Dudley-Evans. http;//www.cheltenhamfestivals.co.uk London Jazz festival Top-class festival produced by our friends at Serious. http://www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk European Jazz Network Europe-wide association of producers and presenters of creative jazz and improvised musics. http://www.ejn.it Jazz UK Jazz UK is the grassroots news journal of the UK jazz community with a print-run of over 30000. http://www.jazzservices.org Jazzwise The UK's leading jazz monthly. http://www.jazzwise.com Birmingham Post The finest news coverage in Birmingham. http://www.birminghampost.net/ Peter Bacon The Midland's leading Jazz journalist. http://thejazzbreakfast.wordpress.com/ Garry Corbett Excellent Birmingham-based photographer. his page features many photos of Birmingham Jazz gigs. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejazzbuddha Leftfoot The best long-running clubnight in Birmingham and occasional Birmingham Jazz partner. http://www.hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk Babel Records Jazz label, home to London UK jazz talents Christine Tobin, Billy Jenkins, Acoustic Ladyland and Polar Bear. http://www.babellabel.co.uk CMN - Contemporary Music Network The Contemporary Music Network has been at the forefront of the contemporary music scene for 35 years. http://www.cmntours.org.uk Punch Educational musical activities for young people. Workshops on DJing, Mcing, percussion and other musical skills. http://www.punch-records.co.uk PRS Foundation The PRS Foundation is the UK's largest independent funder purely for new music of any genre. http://www.prsfoundation.co.uk Birmingham City Council Long-time supporter of Birmingham Jazz. http://www.birmingham.gov.uk Birmingham Conservatoire Now part of BCU and home of the country's most progressive Jazz Degree course. http://www.conservatoire.bcu.ac.uk Sound It Out Birmingham's leading Community music organisation and partner of Birmingham Jazz. http://www.sounditout.co.uk Vision Festival An avant-Jazz Festival produced every year during the summer in downtown New York. http://www.visionfestival.org Capsule Birmingham's most innovative art and music promoters, with the ears of true fans and a DIY commitment providing a regular flow of cutting edge, vital new music and art. http://www.capsule.org.uk Sampad Sampad is a dynamic development agency for South Asian Arts based in Birmingham. http://www.sampad.org.uk BCMG Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. http://www.bcmg.org.uk Cobweb Collective Cobweb Collective is a community of musicians and music lovers, supporting and promoting the vibrant new music scene here in Birmingham. http://www.cobwebcollective.com BBC Radio 3 The home of top quailty Jazz radio programs including Jez Nelson's Jazz on 3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/ Birmingham Music A free service for musicians and bands from Birmingham UK. http://www.birminghamusic.com Jazz West Midlands A free listings magazine, look out for it at a venue near you. http://www.jazzwestmidlands.co.uk
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