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Happy New Year
The New Year starts off with two exciting new partnerships for Birmingham Jazz.
The jazz scene in Birmingham has been thriving in recent years and we can now announce two new festivals that will be bringing a broad range of jazz to Birmingham in 2010.
Harmonic
Harmonic is a brand new artist-led jazz festival for 2010. New bands and new music from the finest local and international musicians including Claudia Quintet, Paul Dunmall, Sara Colman, Chris Mapp and many more. For full line-up and ticket information visit the website at http://www.harmonicfestival.co.uk
Mostly Jazz Festival
Mostly Jazz Festival is the UK’s newest jazz festival and the only, open air, one site festival, exclusively dedicated to contemporary jazz, funk and soul.
Set in the lush surroundings of Moseley Park, Birmingham’s eleven-acre woodland glade only two miles from the city centre. July 3rd & 4th 2010 is set to be a weekend to remember, we hope you can join us there. We'll be using 2 stages sitting right next to each other to showcase our artists. During changeovers on the main stage you need only turn your head to catch the freshest up and coming talent on our second stage. On Sunday Birmingham Jazz will be hosting the second stage, programming a day of highly talented local Jazz musicians.
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Tuesday 19th January
Tha Jam House, St Pauls Square
9.30pm
Free Entry
Chris Beebe Quintet are very popular with our Rush Hour Blues audiences and is a great way to start our excellent series for 2010.The Quintet features some of the strongest local players with Chris on saxophones, Bryan Corbett on trumpet , Levi French on keys, Tom Hill on bass and Neil Bullock on drums.
Gilad Atzmon Quartet
Friday 22nd January
CBSO Centre, Berkeley Street
8pm
£13 (£11 Members & Concessions)
Tickets: 0121 767 4050
Gilad is one of the hardest working musicians in the country. Saxophonist, band leader, producer, writer and Blockhead it’s a small wonder he has time to tour at all. This date is the last of a UK tour for this project which features Gilad’s Orient House Ensemble and the Sigamos String Quartet playing interpretations of Charlie Parker’s legendary Strings recordings, as well as some new works by Gilad. The combination of Atzmon’s unparalleled bebop virtuosity with stunning string arrangements promises to create a special performance.
Sam Wooster, Alex Merritt, Mark Sanders & John Edwards
Tuesday 26th January
lamp Tavern, Barford Street
9pm
£5 (£3 Members & Concessions)
A Birmingham Jazz co-promotion with stalwarts of the UK scene Fizzle. This gig continues a great Birmingham Jazz tradition of giving two young players the challenge of playing with two greats of the UK free jazz scene: drummer Mark Sanders and bass player John Edwards. Trumpet player Sam Wooster and saxophonist Alex Merritt are both promising young graduates of the conservatoire.
Led Bib
Wednesday 27th January
Jazz club at The Rainbow
9pm, £4
With a Mercury Music Prize nomination under their belt for their latest release Sensible Shoes this band really is firing on all cylinders for their return to Jazz Club. The band are not just some Johnny-come-latelies however, their Mercury nomination was for their fourth album. Add to that extensive touring around the UK, and you get a band which are sounding tighter and more mature than ever before. Their sound owes as much to rock as it does to jazz, and is “like a hot chainsaw through butter” (The Wire). We can’t wait!
Jan Garbarek Group
with very special guest Trilok Gurtu
Town Hall
7.30pm
£25, £22.50, £18
Jan Garbarek is the defining voice in European Jazz, with his intensely atmospheric playing that is both timeless and modern; ethereal and earthy; austere and warm. This will be his first appearance in Birmingham since 2004, and features Indian master percussionist Trilok Gurtu making this a must-see performance.
Rush Hour Blues
Symphony Hall Foyer Friday 5.30-7pm Free!
Friday 8th January : Bryan Corbett Quartet
Friday 15the January : Edgar Macias Latin Jazz Quintet
Friday 22nd January : Adrian Litvinoff & Interplay
Friday 29th January : Delano Mills Tribute to Grover Washington
Friday 5th February: Kairos 4tet
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