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Birmingham Jazz MayEJN Administrator | Various articles | 2011-05-09 |
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| Birmingham Jazz May Gigs
  Esther Miller & Al Gurr
Friday 6th May
Jazz at Bohemia from 7.30pm
Bohemia Restaurant 23 Oak Tree Lane Selly Oak Fabulous monthly jazz sessions in the intimate and contemporary setting of Bohemia Restaurant, Selly Oak. This month featuring popular jazz singer Esther Miller with pianist Al Gurr.
£25.00 for live music and a three course meal from 7.30pm.
Advance booking essential.
Book by phone - 0121 471 2713 - or online - eatbohemia.co.uk
 Ben Markland Quintet
Tuesday 24th May
The Jam House 8.30pm, free Birmingham based bass player Ben Markland leads this exciting quintet featuring Percy Pursglove on trumpet, Lluis Mather on saxophone, Pete Harris on guitar and Neil Bullock on drums.
 Big Cat
Wednesday 25th May
Jazz Club at The Rainbow Warehouse Garden (indoors space) 9pm, £5 Led by bass player Ruth Goller, a dynamic young jazz musician integral to the London contemporary scene, Big Cat is the larger version of her trio Small Cat. She is perhaps best known for her work with genre bursting group, Acoustic Ladyland.Ruth is joined in Big Cat by Kit Downes on Hammond, James Allsopp on saxophone and Tim Giles on drums.
 Rush Hour Blues
Symphony Hall Foyer Fridays, 5.30-7.00pm Free!
Friday 6th May :NO GIG
Friday 13th May:Mark Goodchild Sextet
Friday 20th May:John Martin Quartet
Friday 27th May:Midlands Youth Jazz Orchestra
Friday 3rd June:Tim Amann Poll Winner concert
Friday 10th June:Fret & Fiddle
Coming Up
 A Celebration of the Life and Music of Tony LevinSaturday 18th June
MAC,8pm £10 (£7 BJ members and concessions) Box Office : 0121 4463232 Buy Tickets online This concert celebrates Tony Levin’s major contribution to jazz in UK and brings together some of his closest musical colleagues to perform in his memory. Tony was born in Birmingham on January 30th 1940 and lived just past his 71st Birthday. He lived much of his life in Birmingham, but spent his early years as an evacuee in Shropshire and returned there in the last 20 or so years of his life. But he was always active in playing, promoting and latterly teaching in Birmingham.
Tony Levin was strongly influenced by the drumming of Elvin Jones, and was widely respected drummer in a straightahead style, but was increasingly attracted by ‘free jazz’ playing, especially in the group Mujician. So for this tribute to Tony, we have invited players associated with his free playing to play one set and others who played with Tony in more ’straight’ contexts to play another set. Playing the free set will be Tony’s three colleagues from Mujician, saxophonist Paul Dunmall, pianist Keith Tippett and bass player Paul Rogers. Joining them will be two drummers: Tony’s son Miles Levin and Mark Sanders. For the ’straight’ set we concentrate on a few of the great saxophonists that Tony loved to play with: Ray Warleigh on alto, Jean Toussaint, Stan Sulzmann on tenor and soprano saxophone supported by a great rhythm section of John Taylor on piano, Arnie Somogyi on bass and Clark Tracey on drums.
In each set there will be changing configurations of players with changing partnerships. All the musicians will be playing for expenses only and all proceeds will be donated to Tony’s favourite charity: Blue Chairs: Shropshire Blood Trust Fund.
 Mostly Jazz Festival
Mostly Jazz Festival 2011
Taking place from Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd July the second Mostly Jazz Festival is shaping up to be full of big names such as Festival headliners The Cinematic Orchestra and The Matthew Herbert Big Band and interesting local artists like Steve Tromans Debop Band and Lluis Mather & Noose. The festival will bring three days of live soul, funk and jazz to the beautiful setting of Moseley Park.
The Birmingham Jazz stage on Saturday 2nd July will feature:
Lluis Mather & Noose Tenor saxophonist, clarinetist and composer Lluis Mather leads his ensemble featuring Holly Thomas on vocals Matt Ratcliffe on piano and Euan Palmer on drums. The ensemble draws on influences from poetry by Tennyson, Frost and Larkin and uses mathmatical applications as exploration points in the compositions and improvisation within the music. An exciting and contemporary jazz ensemble their performance at Mostly Jazz Festival will include material from their debut album High Windows and their new album due out soon.
The Steve Tromans Debop Band
A Love Supreme (Coltrane, arr. Tromans)
“I will do all that I can to be worthy of thee, O Lord…”
- John Coltrane, 1964 The Steve Tromans Debop Band was first formed back in 2004, driven by a desire to perform Tromans’ re-working of John Coltrane’s seminal A Love Supreme suite. Having evolved through a number of different configurations, this performance at the 2011 Mostly Jazz Festival will see the current Debop Band return to the music that motivated its initial founding.
Steve Tromans – piano and direction
Miles Levin – drums Chris Mapp – bass Levi French Trio
Pianist Levi French leads his trio featuring Mike Green on bass and Carl Hemingsley on drums. Known for his performances on Hammond organ as well as piano Levi has developed a large following in the region and is a funky choice for Mostly Jazz Festival!
Chris Young Sextet
An excellent young band with influences from the contemporary New York scene and have performed at Cheltenham Jazz Festival on the Budvar Stage. The Sextet features Chris Young on alto sax, Lottie Hodgson, vocals, Tom Ford on guitar, Liam Halloran on vibes, Dan Cassimir on bass and Ben Kane on drums.
Birmingham Jazz Ensemble
The Birmingham Jazz Ensemble are a group of young musicians who have been involved in various creative ensemble projects with Birmingham Jazz ,Sound it out and Musical Director Sid Peacock over a period of around 5 years . This group of young musicians have now become a gigging ensemble and have performed at a variety of venues across the city including Town Hall Birmingham for Hello Digital 2010 and Rush Hour Blues at Symphony Hall Foyer. They have been developing their own material at coaching sessions from acclaimed New Orleans and now London based trumpet player Abram Wilson and are delighted to be back at Mostly Jazz Festival to showcase the results!
Will Jenkins -Trumpet
Alicia Gardener-Trejo- Tenor Saxophone
Peter Lewis- Alto Saxophone
Reuben James-Piano
James Banner- Bass
Jonathan Brown- Guitar
Ric Yarborough- Drums
Facebook group: Birmingham Jazz Ensemble
For more details including how to book tickets please go to www.mostlyjazz.co.uk
Other gigs
 Al Jarreau The Greatest Hits Tour
Sunday 24th July Symphony Hall 7.30pm £24.50, £29.50, £34.50*
* Plus £2 fee per transaction on all bookings except purchases made in person at the Box Office.
‘Jazz FM presents....Al Jarreau: The Greatest Hits Tour.
On July the 24th Al Jarreau plays the prestigious Symphony Hall as he returns to Birmingham for the first time in over 15 years.
An iconic figure in the history of R&B, Soul and Jazz and a true living legend, Jarreau has seven Grammy awards to his name and is the only artist to have won Grammy’s in Jazz, R&B and Pop. His unique vocal style has seen him reach worldwide acclaim.
Expect to hear his greatest pieces of work such as We’re in This Love Together, After All, Take Five, Moonlighting and many more.
For tickets go to www.thsh.co.uk or www.ticketline.co.uk’
Jazz at the Spotted Dog
Alcester Street, Digbeth Great live jazz session run by saxophonist Mike Fletcher every tuesday from 8pm presenting local young bands. Free entry and student and musican drinks offers.
Fizzle at The Lamp Tavern,
Barford St, B5 6AH
9pm start. £5/3.
Great selection of real ales.
Tuesday 10th May: Nick Jurd Trio - Nick Jurd/Nick Rundle/Chris Draper + Walt Shaw Solo - gongs and singing bowls
Tuesday 24th May: Mike Hurley(piano) Nick Stephens(bass) Tony Marsh(drums) Tuesday 7th June: Jonny Marks(voice) Steve Beresford(electronics/piano) + Mike Hurley solo piano Tuesday 21st June: Paul Dunmall(sax) Barry Edwards(guitar) Tony Bianco(drums) Tuesday 5th July: Barry's Trio - Barry Edwards/Mark Sanders/Trevor Lines Birmingham Jazz , Studio 8 Fazeley Studios, 191 Fazeley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SE +44 (0)121 2247380 info@birminghamjazz.co.uk www.birminghamjazz.co.uk
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