DIARY NOTE FOR JAZZ GIG - GOERS

DIARY NOTE FOR JAZZ GIG - GOERS

This Friday, September 5th, 8pm at Artrix, School Drive, Bromsgrove, Worcs, B60 1AX,
Digby Fairweather and Val Wiseman present their entertaining Jazz Goes To The Movies concert where they perform some great tunes from jazz biopics in the company of Julian Marc Stringle, Geoff Gower, Craig Milverton, Len Skeat and Bobby Worth.
Box Office: 01527 577330

Over at The Public in West Bromwich Town Centre, The Delta Diva, Suzahn Fiering from Nashville, Tennessee plays from 8pm to 11pm on Friday 5th and rockabilly specialists The Toy Hearts do similarly on Saturday 6th - admission is free. Looking ahead at The Public, you can hear Richard Hughes Trio (12th) Kel Elliott Band (13th) Tom Hill Trio (19th), Lexie Stobie Band (20th) Djangology (26th), Adam Phillips Trio (27th).

Free 5pm Sunday sessions at The Kings Head on the Hagley Road in Bearwood kick off with Kel Elliott Band (14th), Becky Brine Rhythm Boys (21st), Tipitina (28th), and Steve Steinhaus Swing Quartet (October 5th). If these are successful, then the management promise a regular Sunday slot for live music.

The very interesting Caz Bar in Union Street in Stratford-Upon-Avon had such a good time with Tipitina in August, that they have decided to do it again on Monday 29th September from 8pm to 11pm and admission is free.

The October edition of The Jazz Rag magazine will be issued on September 25th and include a piece on the Birmingham International Jazz Festival. The Jazz Rag is a 36 page A4 magazine and a great read. Normally priced at £2.75 a copy, you can have a sample copy just by sending an A4 size self addressed envelope with a 69 pence stamp to:

THE JAZZ RAG
P.O. BOX 944
EDGBASTON
B16 8UT