What's On - Eastside Jazz Club Oct - Nov '18

EASTSIDE JAZZ CLUB

WHAT’S ON

JEAN TOUSSAINT FRI 5 OCT

OC T OBER – NOVEMBER ’18

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Birmingham City University

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t’s great to be back to open our new season of gigs at Eastside Jazz Club. We have already become well known amongst promoters, agents and artists, now fielding a wide range of exciting propositions from the best of the best in contemporary jazz. The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Jazz department features heavily, with student gigs in both support and headline features, with staff also appearing as leaders and sidemen while we capitalise on major artist visits with masterclasses.

New to the format is the free space given to leading students to produce their own nights. I’m sure this will give us all new angles on where the scene might be heading in the future.

Tim Berne

Andre Canniere

Jeremy Price

Head of Jazz, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR @JazzTromboneUK

THU 11 OCT

TIM BERNE & MATT MITCHELL 6.30pm Guest artists with Ensemble 1 7.45pm Guest artists with Ensemble 2 9pm Guest artists feature

Highlights for me will be Tim Berne and Matt Mitchell’s three set gig, rounding off a three-day artist in residence partnership, and the legendary Jerry Bergonzi in our midst with a seriously swinging rhythm section. Two guitar highlights to watch are the Gilad Hekselman and Phil Robson dates. Gilad returns for an exclusive solo feature after his sell-out night last year, and Phil brings with him drum luminary, Clarence Penn, and New York tenor sax, Jed Levy.

£13

THU 18 OCT

THE DARKENING BLUE 6.30pm Support James Romaine 7.45pm & 9pm Main show

We welcome artists-in-residence Tim Berne and Matt Mitchell, leading lights in the contemporary free improvisation scene.

This gig will be the culmination of their work with senior jazz students during the week. The first two sets feature our guests performing with our young musicians with Berne and Mitchell providing the finale.

Thanks to TDE Promotions for facilitating this visit.

£10 (£8)

MON 15 OCT

‘A fine example of a stellar line-up achieving a remarkable amalgam of depth, warmth and sensitivity.’

JEAN TOUSSAINT QUINTET

JAZZ ORCHESTRA PLAYS CHARLES MINGUS

**** All About Jazz

7.15pm Support Shivraj Singh 8pm & 9.15pm Main show

6.30pm Set 1 7.30pm Set 2

‘Canniere’s instrumentals confirm his composing power...

The band is terrific.’

£13 in association with

£8 (£6)

**** The Guardian

FRI 5 OCT

Jean Toussaint

Director Jeremy Price The return of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Jazz Orchestra renews our established format of a first set of contemporary jazz compositions and a themed second set. Our opening theme this season is the ebullient and energetic music of Charles Mingus.

Jean Toussaint tenor sax Mark Kavuma trumpet Ashley Henry piano Daniel Casimir bass Ben Brown drums Grammy-winning saxophonist Jean Toussaint first came to prominence when he joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in 1982, after studying at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. Since moving to London in 1987, Toussaint has released ten critically acclaimed CDs as a leader. Tonight, he presents music from his 11th album, Brother Raymond.

Jean Toussaint is a key jazz tutor at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire while Daniel Casimir is a recent graduate.

FURTHER PROGRAMME DETAILS AVAILABLE AT WWW.BCU.AC.UK/CONCERTS

WED 17 OCT

EXIT VELOCITY 6.30pm Mikey Gee 7.30pm Tom Goodger £8 (£6) Contemporary and original jazz from the best of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s aspiring young artists.

Andre Canniere trumpet Tori Freestone saxophone Brigitte Beraha vocals Rick Simpson piano Tom Farmer bass Andrew Bain drums

FRI 19 OCT

LANGSTON HUGHES PROJECT Parkside 350 6.30pm Doors 7pm Main show £10 (£5) Produced by Kehinde Andrews The Langston Hughes Project is a joyous multi-media performance – in music, spoken word and visuals – of the legendary poet’s epic masterpiece Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz, Hughes’ homage to the struggle for artistic and social freedom at home and abroad at the beginning of the 1960s.

FURTHER PROGRAMME DETAILS AVAILABLE AT WWW.BCU.AC.UK/CONCERTS

TUE 23 OCT

WED 31 OCT

JAZZ CANON: THE MUSIC OF HERBIE HANCOCK

TOMMY FULLER PRESENTS

Pablo Held

© Rob Blackham

6.30pm Set 1 7.30pm Set 2

6.30pm Jazz combo 1 7.30pm Jazz combo 2

£8 (£6) Jazz bassist Tommy Fuller takes the role of producer/ performer in an exciting new series of collaborative gigs.

£8 (£6) Directors Percy Pursglove and John O’Gallagher Tonight we celebrate the music of Chicago-born Herbie Hancock, child prodigy turned icon of modern music. Hailed for transcending limitations and genres whilst maintaining an unmistakable voice, our Jazz Combos will be performing music penned by this true master of jazz in the first Jazz Canon of the season.

Jerry Bergonzi

6.30pm Support Oliver Stanton 7.45pm & 9pm Main show

6.30pm Support Matt Holmes: The Báwáá Project 7.45pm & 9pm Main show

£15 (£12)

£15 (£12) The return of the ever-popular Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, featuring the music of Jesus Alemany, Eddie Palmieri and Caravana Cubana.

Jerry Bergonzi saxophone Stephen Keogh drums Bruce Barth piano Mark Hodgson bass Combining a strong musical imagination, chord change mastery and tone influenced by John Coltrane, high-powered saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi leads esteemed musicians in the Jerry Bergonzi Quartet, as we showcase the very best in jazz music during this fabulous guest night.

MON 29 OCT

ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA 6.30pm Set 1 7.30pm Set 2

6.30pm Support Joe Steels 7.45pm & 9pm Main show

The Pablo Held Trio are one of the most lively and significant groups on the contemporary European jazz scene. Featuring pianist Pablo Held and his long standing trio of bassist, Robert Landfermann, and drummer, Jonas Burgwinkel, the group embrace the risk of radical spontaneity.

This cohesion is based on friendship and on the creative desire to constantly enter unknown territories, and for this concert they are joined by outstanding UK jazz musician, Percy Pursglove, on trumpet.

‘One of the great groups in music today’. John Scofield © Guillaume Laurent

Ellington Orchestra returns after too long a break, re-establishing the format of popular Ellington favourites in set 1 followed by a themed set 2. Our opening theme is Black, Brown and Beige.

This gig is part of Birmingham City University’s celebration of Black History Month.

SATORI

UFQ 8pm Set 1 9.05pm Set 2 £15 (£8)

Josephine Davies saxophone James Maddren drums Dave Whitford bass Satori is a Buddhist word meaning a moment of illumination or clarity. It emphasises the interplay between practice and enlightenment, which could be said to correspond to the craft and art of improvised music.

Satori, Josephine Davies’s main solo project, released their eponymous debut last year on Whirlwind Recordings to widespread international acclaim and are releasing their second in November 2018.

PAUL DUNMALL QUINTET FEATURING HAMID DRAKE (DRUMS) TUE 6 NOV

JAZZ CANON: THE MUSIC OF HERBIE HANCOCK

Joe Broughton, Paloma Trigás, Tom Chapman and Dan Walsh are Urban Folk Quartet. The award-winning UFQ have ignited international audiences with their high-energy, genre-defying acoustic music since 2009.

6.30pm Support 7.30pm Main show

‘There’s a palpable electricity to a UFQ gig that surges through the band and into the crowd. One of the tightest line-ups I have ever seen.’ Songline

Directors Percy Pursglove and John O’Gallagher

FURTHER PROGRAMME DETAILS AVAILABLE AT WWW.BCU.AC.UK/CONCERTS

£10 (£8)

FRI 9 NOV

FRI 2 NOV

£8 (£6)

THU 8 NOV 6.30pm Support Noah Stone 7.45pm & 9pm Main show

JERRY BERGONZI QUARTET

AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA

PABLO HELD TRIO AND PERCY PURSGLOVE £13 in association with

THU 1 NOV

FRI 26 OCT

MON 5 NOV

£8 (£6)

6.30pm Support Will Markham 7.45pm Main show £13 (£8) £6 Students The last tour of this quintet led by Paul on sax with the inspirational Hamid Drake on drums, Percy Pursglove on trumpet, Steve Tromans on piano, Dave Kane on bass was such a success that we take great pleasure in bringing it back. Paul will be debuting new material for this four-date tour for which we are delighted that the Birmingham date will take place in Eastside Jazz Club.

6.30pm Jazz combo 1 7.45pm Jazz combo 2 FURTHER PROGRAMME DETAILS AVAILABLE AT WWW.BCU.AC.UK/CONCERTS

WED 14 NOV

Almagro Ensemble

LEWIS SALLOWS PRESENTS

6.30pm Set 1 7.30pm Set 2

6.30pm Set 1 7.30pm Set 2

Promising jazz guitarist Aidan Pope takes the role of producer/ performer in an exciting new series of collaborative gigs.

THU 15 NOV

PHIL ROBSON, JED LEVY, OLI HAYHURST AND CLARENCE PENN

CROSSING JAZZ BOUNDARIES

6.30pm Support Francis Tulip 7.45pm & 9pm Main show

2.30pm Asaf Sirkis and the Carnatic Song 5.30pm Trio Nova Flamenco 8.30pm Almagro Ensemble - Tango Performance

£15 (£12)

£15 (£10) Join us for a one-day festival demonstrating and performing song, dance and music designed to challenge the jazz stereotype. Expect classical Indian musical instruments, flamenco and tango, as a host of the most talented artists are brought together to perform in Birmingham with new and exhilarating sounds in tow.

WED 28 NOV

AIDAN POPE PRESENTS £8 (£6)

SAT 10 NOV

Stan Sulzmann

Phil Robson guitar Jed Levy saxophone Oli Hayhurst bass Clarence Penn drums Phil Robson, the internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning guitarist and celebrated composer brings his latest US band which features the great saxophonist Jed Levy who shares the composer’s role with Phil on this occasion.

The quartet also features the great American drummer Clarence Penn and fantastic bassist Oli Hayhurst. Expect an innovative and contemporary approach whilst drawing on the vast tradition of jazz, across the whole spectrum of styles with emphasis on strong melodies and grooves.

SAT 24 NOV

STAN SULZMANN – NEON ORCHESTRA 8pm Recital Hall £23 in association with

Giant of the UK jazz scene, Stan Sulzmann celebrates his 70th Birthday with this special project. Immensely well-respected for his unique voice, as both player and composer, the orchestra showcases Stan Sulzmann’s arrangements of music by many of his favourite British composers, including Iain Ballamy, Nikki Iles and John Taylor. A cross generational project, mixing veterans of the scene (Stan, Henry Lowther, Mark Nightingale) with a number of young rising stars (Josh Arcoleo and Alex Munk amongst others).

MON 26 NOV

ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA

JAZZ CANON: THE MUSIC OF WAYNE SHORTER MON 12 NOV

6.30pm Set 1 7.30pm Set 2

JAZZ ORCHESTRA PLAYS CHARLES MINGUS

£8 (£6)

6.30pm Set 1 7.30pm Set 2

Directors Percy Pursglove and John O’Gallagher

£8 (£6) Director Jeremy Price

FURTHER PROGRAMME DETAILS AVAILABLE AT WWW.BCU.AC.UK/CONCERTS

Gilad Hekselman

THU 29 NOV

GILAD HEKSELMAN 6.30pm Support Stan Newman 7.45pm Main show

6.30pm Set 1 7.30pm Set 2

£15 (£12)

£8 (£6)

Having secured a reputation as one of the most promising guitarists in New York since his arrival in 2004, Gilad Hekselman has gone on to share the stage with some of the greatest artists in the New York jazz scene, playing all major jazz clubs in the city.

In an exclusive gig for Eastside Jazz Club, we’re excited to welcome Gilad back for a one-off solo performance.

MON 26 NOV – THU 29 NOV TUE 20 NOV

£8 (£6) Up-and-coming saxophonist Lewis Sallows takes the role of producer/performer in an exciting new series of collaborative gigs.

TIN MEN AND THE TELEPHONE The Lab Tin Men and the Telephone is an Amsterdam-based band exploring electrics, projected visuals and audience participation in combination with jazz and improvised music to create a one-of-a-kind multimedia experience.

Presenting works created from fluid interplay between audience and performer over the course of the residency, you’re invited to join us for something utterly unexpected.

‘The struggle to force something highly unmusical into beautiful music has a great potential to intensify the experience, both for performer as for the listener.’

Tony Roe, Artistic Director

Gilad Hekselman guitar

FRI 30 NOV

AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA 6.30pm Support Matt Holmes: The Báwáá Project 7.45pm & 9pm Main show £15 (£12)

FURTHER PROGRAMME DETAILS AVAILABLE AT WWW.BCU.AC.UK/CONCERTS

EASTSIDE JAZZ CLUB MONDAYS

THURSDAYS

BIG BAND NIGHTS

GUEST NIGHTS

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Jazz Orchestra and Ellington Orchestra perform.

International jazz artists and bands drawn from the immediate jazz scene.

6pm Doors 6.30pm-7.15pm Set 1 - Repertoire selection 7.30pm-8.15pm Set 2 - Suite

6pm Doors 6.30pm-7.15pm Support Set 7.45pm-8.30pm Guest Artists Set 1 9pm-9.45pm Guest Artist Set 2

TUESDAYS

FRIDAYS

JAZZ CANON Jazz Combos perform music of the masters and luminaries of jazz such as Wayne Shorter, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, Parker, Coltrane and Herbie Hancock.

6pm Doors 6.30pm-7.15pm Set 1 - Jazz Combo 1 7.30pm-8.15pm Set 2 - Jazz Combo 2

WEDNESDAYS

FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ From singer-songwriters to our Afro-Cuban Band and anything from folk-jazz, gypsy and swing.

6pm Doors 6.30pm-7.15pm Support Set 7.45pm-8.30pm Friday Night Session 1 9pm-9.45pm Friday Night Session 2

WANT MORE?

EJC PRESENTS Royal Birmingham Conservatoire students take on the role of producer/performer in this exciting new series of collaborative gigs.

For full information on our upcoming gigs, including biographies and backgrounds on our esteemed line-ups, visit bcu.ac.uk/concerts

6pm Doors 6.30pm-7.15pm Set 1 - Jazz Combo 1 7.30pm-8.15pm Set 2 - Jazz Combo 2

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road B4 7XR FOR UPDATES AND NEWS OF EASTSIDE JAZZ CLUB EXPERIENCES FOLLOW:

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