As part of the Birmingham Jazz Festival you can experience Jazz whilst you shop in The Mailbox every day of the festival starting between 12-12.30pm. International artist include, Dixieland Crackerjacks, The Netherlands (4th), Djngo’s Castle, Spain (8th), Budpest Ragtime Band, Hungary (9th) and Bourbon Street Stompers, Germany (11th).
Please check the programme for more details.
Friday 30 May 2008
Local star returns to festival
Birmingham based trumpeter Bryan Corbett and his quartet, will be playing at the Ha Ha Bar & Grill at 3pm on Sunday 13th July. Bryan has been featured as a Jerwood Rising Star at Cheltenham International Jazz Festival and has performed with such notables of the international jazz scene as Jane Monheit, Curtis Steigers, Spike Robinson and Kenny Baker.
www.bryancorbett.co.uk
www.bryancorbett.co.uk
Thursday 29 May 2008
Birmingham Jazz Youth Ensemble play at the Symphony Hall
Birmingham Jazz’s high-rated youth big band, Birmingham Jazz Youth Ensemble, is the product of Creative Big Band sessions at the CBSO Centre.
You can see them on Saturday 4th July at Symphony Hall, Level 3 Bar (5.30pm)
You can see them on Saturday 4th July at Symphony Hall, Level 3 Bar (5.30pm)
Aaron’s back for 2008
We are delighted to confirm that Chicago violinist Aaron Weinstein is returning to the Birmingham Jazz Festival. Aaron’s previous appearances were in 2006, when he was recognised, at the age of 20, as being one of the most exciting emerging jazz talents. Aaron’s recent developments include a duo album with John Pizzarelli for Arbors and appearances with Frank Vignola and Jane Monheit.
Places/dates you can see Aaron include: Wednesday 9th July at Hotel Du Vin (1pm) and at the Copthorne Hotel (6.30pm) and on Thursday 10th July 2008 at the Pavilions (1.30pm) and The Living Room (8pm).
Places/dates you can see Aaron include: Wednesday 9th July at Hotel Du Vin (1pm) and at the Copthorne Hotel (6.30pm) and on Thursday 10th July 2008 at the Pavilions (1.30pm) and The Living Room (8pm).
Wednesday 28 May 2008
Jazz in the Jewellery Quarter
On Saturday July 5th it’s your chance to enjoy the music of West Country singing star Becky Brine and her Rhythm Boys (the Big Peg – from 11.00 am) and trumpet star and new festival patron Digby Fairweather (St. Paul’s Square – from 12.30 pm) in the stunning surroundings of Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter whilst browsing round the Jewellery Quarter Arts and Designer Craft Market.
Taste of Birmingham 2008
The 2008 Taste of Birmingham event is scheduled for Cannon Hill Park on July 11-13. The Midlands’ finest restaurants will take part, including Michelin-starred Simpsons, award-winning Opus and top Indian establishments Lasan and Itihaas, plus Aria, Filini, Hotel du Vin, Malmaison, Thai Edge, The Oriental, plus Ludlow’s La Becasse. Chefs appearing at the event include Antony Worrall-Thompson and Andreas Antona. Visitors have the chance to taste and sample French wine, Italian coffee and English produce! The Birmingham International Jazz Festival is providing an international mix of music for the afternoons of July 11-13, with the Swedish Jazz Kings, Australia’s Misinterprotato and Hammond organ trio, Pedalmania.
Information on Taste of Birmingham: channel4.com/taste or telephone 0871 230 5581
Information on Taste of Birmingham: channel4.com/taste or telephone 0871 230 5581
Sunday 25 May 2008
Jazz at the Museum
Last year for the first time the Jazz Festival included a special event at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley. Jazz at the Museum added jazz to the many attractions at the Black Country site, from vintage tram to authentic local pub to non-conformist chapel. This highly successful event is to be repeated in 2008, with top-class jazz from the Bourbon Street Stompers and Val Wiseman. Tickets are available on 0121 520 8054.
Saturday 17 May 2008
New faces for Birmingham in 2008
The 24th Birmingham International Jazz Festival (July 4-13) is based on the same principle that has worked so well for many a year: events (at least 150 this year) all across the city and its surrounds, nearly all of them free of charge, with locations ranging from the conventional to the downright unpredictable, with jazz musicians playing in a variety of settings in 3 or 4 day residencies.
This year’s Birmingham, as in many recent years, is particularly strong on European bands, with old favourites like the Budapest Ragtime Band, Germany’s Bourbon Street Stompers and the New Orleans Jump Band, Mike Izatt’s ever-popular multi-national force from the Costa del Sol, and some exciting new faces. Equally multi-national are the Swedish Jazz Kings, with Swedes like Tomas Ornberg and Olle Nyman joined by outstanding Australian trumpeter Bob Barnard and UK players Martin Litton and Spats Langham. The Netherlands’ Dixieland Crackerjacks have, since 1994, built a reputation as one of the foremost bands in the classical jazz field, laying stress on ‘the swinging and happy sounds stemming from the 20s and 30s’ while Les Zauto Stompers from France similarly insist that ‘the audience must be as happy in the hall as the musicians are on the stage’! For real youthful exuberance, though, Birmingham goes a bit further afield, to Melbourne, Australia, for the Red Hot Rhythmakers, a nine-piece led by multi-instrumentalist Michael McQuaid (trumpet and reeds), and to Utah, for the Brigham Young University big band, Synthesis.
Two of last year’s big successes return: American saxophonist Carol Sudhalter and Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis. A new face to the festival is the outstanding American saxophonist Greg Abate with a CV that takes in Berklee College (in the 1970s), the Ray Charles Orchestra and a prolific recording career with Candid. Nashville-based singer-songwriter Suzahn Fiering brings her unique talents to the festival, as does Sally Night, British-born, Cannes-based where she works with many of the best French and Italian jazz musicians.
Add in a selection of Britain’s finest, deployed in all kinds of enterprising musical combinations and geographical locations, and it’s pretty obvious that Birmingham 2008 will, as usual, fill the city with the best of jazz.
This year’s Birmingham, as in many recent years, is particularly strong on European bands, with old favourites like the Budapest Ragtime Band, Germany’s Bourbon Street Stompers and the New Orleans Jump Band, Mike Izatt’s ever-popular multi-national force from the Costa del Sol, and some exciting new faces. Equally multi-national are the Swedish Jazz Kings, with Swedes like Tomas Ornberg and Olle Nyman joined by outstanding Australian trumpeter Bob Barnard and UK players Martin Litton and Spats Langham. The Netherlands’ Dixieland Crackerjacks have, since 1994, built a reputation as one of the foremost bands in the classical jazz field, laying stress on ‘the swinging and happy sounds stemming from the 20s and 30s’ while Les Zauto Stompers from France similarly insist that ‘the audience must be as happy in the hall as the musicians are on the stage’! For real youthful exuberance, though, Birmingham goes a bit further afield, to Melbourne, Australia, for the Red Hot Rhythmakers, a nine-piece led by multi-instrumentalist Michael McQuaid (trumpet and reeds), and to Utah, for the Brigham Young University big band, Synthesis.
Two of last year’s big successes return: American saxophonist Carol Sudhalter and Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis. A new face to the festival is the outstanding American saxophonist Greg Abate with a CV that takes in Berklee College (in the 1970s), the Ray Charles Orchestra and a prolific recording career with Candid. Nashville-based singer-songwriter Suzahn Fiering brings her unique talents to the festival, as does Sally Night, British-born, Cannes-based where she works with many of the best French and Italian jazz musicians.
Add in a selection of Britain’s finest, deployed in all kinds of enterprising musical combinations and geographical locations, and it’s pretty obvious that Birmingham 2008 will, as usual, fill the city with the best of jazz.
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