Inner Space plays Jazz of a rare warmth and immediacy – compositions for improvisers with roots in both jazz and free improv. Loz Speyer’s writing for the band creates space for the group to explore new areas and discover where the music might GO, while drawing deeply on the Jazz tradition, all the way back […]
A new constellation of three remarkable musicians who are exploring the compositions by bassist Henrik Jensen. With a strong focus on interplay the trio blurs the lines between the composed and improvised material. An open sound that allows for a lyrical approach but also appreciates the high energy of rhythmic complexity in both swing and […]
Pianist Nick Manz showcases his burgeoning skill-set, which has already seen him dazzling on TV in the notoriously tough BBC Young Jazz Musician final in 2022. With him will be his fast-developing Trio Lígia. Nick attended the Junior Department at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, studying with Percy Pursglove and Mike Williams. After his A Levels […]
Pianist and composer Basil has been a mainstay of the Brutish Jazz scene since the early nineties. He brings his popular and powerful quartet to the Jewellery Quarter. Basil’s interest in music and the piano started at junior school. His quest to become a jazz musician started in earnest when he undertook classical piano lessons […]
South African harmonica player, pianist and educator Adam Glasser is known internationally as a specialist in township jazzand chromatic harmonica. One of the few remaining veteran UK based exponents of South African township jazz, he toured and recorded with Dudu Pukwana in the mid 80s, played keyboard for Pinise Saul’s SA Gospel Singers, was for 16 years musical director of legendary SA vocal group […]
The Nigel Price Organ Trio, nominated for the 2021 Parliamentary Jazz Award for ‘Best ensemble’ (they won in 2010) and winners of the 2016 British Jazz Award for ‘Best Small Group’ will be playing selections from their vast back catalogue as well as the recently released and critically acclaimed album ‘That’s it. Right there.’ Nigel […]
A startling young jazz vocalist and a new words-and-music jazz show. This specially-curated show is presented with a mostly female band. In the end of course the music does the talking, and this concept delivers a swinging show mixing well-known jazz standards and contemporary sounds. Inezais a Rwandan-born Belgian Jazz singer, based in London. She […]
A new project from local jazz hero. His lifetime fascination with the work of Thelonious Monk has led to this reimagining of some of Monks iconic tunes. For this gig it will be also a new line up with a duo of Xhosa with mature pianist virtuoso Pat Thomas, a central figure in British & […]
Grounded in the vibrant sounds of gospel and jazz, Lucy-Anne Daniels is a vivid storyteller, creative improviser, and fierce performer. With ‘a voice mature beyond her years’ (The Scotsman, Jim Gilchrist), Lucy-Anne’s effortless control of melody and powerful interpretation of lyric, invite you to partake in a musical communion. For this performance, she debuts a […]
Birmingham Jazz Presents: David-Austin-Grey – Glowseeker (featuring Heidi Vogel)
David is developing a new short commission for the festival, using a mixture of arrangements and original compositions; all on a theme of Cuban Jazz for instruments and voice. A mixture of arrangements and original compositions and is a joyful exploration of Cuban music and the songs of the legendary Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer. Line […]
Back in 2019 Filthy Lucre commissioned Byron to write music for 8 musicians responding to Peter Shenai’s “Hurricane Bells” . Peter is a contemporary artist who has cast 5 bells, whose shapes are modelled on the structure of Hurricane Katrina— the storm that devastated New Orleans in 2005. These cyclonic, irregularly shaped bells produce a tonally complex web of sounds reminiscent of Chinese bells and gongs. […]
From Scratch is a band that started literally from scratch following the initiative of Birmingham Jazz; to play one of our Club Nights. From Scratch is led by two musicians emerging from the Andy Hamilton’s Blue Notes: Mark Hamilton, his son on saxes and Ralf DeCambre on guitar. For this gig they will be performing […]
