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EASTSIDE JAZZ CLUB

EASTSIDE JAZZ CLUB THURSDAYS

BIG BAND NIGHTS

GUEST NIGHTS

Birmingham Conservatoire Jazz Orchestra and Ellington Orchestra perform alternate weeks.

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

6pm Doors 6.30pm-7.15pm Set One- Repertoire selection 7.45pm-8.30pm Set Two - Suite 9pm close

6pm Doors 6.30pm-7.15pm Support Set selected from the Exit Velocity sessions 7.45pm-8.30pm Guest Artists Set One 9pm-9.45pm Guest Artist Set Two 10.15pm close

TUESDAYS

Look out for when we extend our weekly sessions into the weekend

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.

FRIDAYS

6pm Doors 6.30pm-7.15pm Set One- Jazz Combo One 7.45pm-8.30pm Set Two- Jazz Combo Two 9pm close

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

WEDNESDAYS

EXIT VELOCITY Contemporary and original jazz from the best of the Conservatoire’s aspiring young artists.

6pm Doors 6.30pm-7.15pm Set One- Jazz Combo One 7.45pm-8.30pm Set Two- Jazz Combo Two 9pm close

FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ 6pm Doors 6.30pm-7.15pm Support Set selected from the Exit Velocity sessions 7.45pm-8.30pm Friday Night Session One 9pm-9.45pm Friday Night Session Two 10.15pm close

COMING SOON SATURDAYS

COMMUNITY NIGHT Opening up to community music groups, schools and music services as well as our own Jazz Junior Department.

WHAT’S ON

MONDAYS

DECEMBER ’17-JA NUA RY ‘18 Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road B4 7XR

JOHN TURVILLE TRIO PLUS ROBBIE ROBSON THU 7 DEC

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Birmingham City University

Here we go with the second brace of two months worth of amazing gigs from Eastside Jazz Club.

Come and be part of this super positive new ascendant star in the UK jazz scene!

It’s great to see we are building a regular audience who gravitate to one type of night or another. Please feel encouraged to explore the different themed nights Monday to Thursday and watch out for when we extend into Fridays.

Jeremy Price

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

We’ve had several sell-out nights so far so please book ahead early to guarantee a seat. Some truly heavy-weight artists have already endorsed the club as having a great acoustic to play and listen in and audiences are settling in to the authentic jazz club mode of a great night out.

MON 4 DEC

ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA: NUTCRACKER CHRISTMAS Director Jeremy Price 6.30pm £8 (£6) Get into the swing of Christmas with this special seasonal performance of Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker.

THU 7 DEC

GUEST ARTISTS: JOHN TURVILLE TRIO PLUS ROBBIE ROBSON 6.30pm Support 7.45pm Main Show £10 (£8) John Turville

TUE 5 DEC

JAZZ CANON: THE MUSIC OF ORNETTE COLEMAN

John Turville piano James Maddren drums Dave Whitford bass Robbie Robson trumpet John Turville is one of the leading jazz pianists of his generation, and has won multiple awards for his two trio albums including MOJO’s #3 Jazz Album of the Year (2012), and ‘Best Album’ in the Parliamentary Awards 2011.

Directors Percy Pursglove and John O’Gallagher 6.30pm £8 (£6)

WED 6 DEC

ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: LET IT BE TOLD Director Jeremy Price

EXIT VELOCITY: SIENA JAZZ

6.30pm

Director Dan Kinzelman

£8 (£6)

6.30pm

Enjoy arrangements of South African Township music by Julian Argüelles in this regular Big Band night at Eastside Jazz Club.

£8 (£6) Paolo Acquaviva trombone Lorenzo Pellegrini guitar Alessandro Mazzieri bass Evita Polidoro drums Dan Kinzelman tenor sax Our erasmus partners from the famous jazz programme in Siena join us for a week culminating in this performance.

Photo credit: Greg Milner

MON 11 DEC

TUE 12 DEC

JAZZ CANON: THE MUSIC OF ORNETTE COLEMAN Directors Percy Pursglove and John O’Gallagher 6.30pm £8 (£6)

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WED 13 DEC

MON 8 JAN

EXIT VELOCITY

ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: THE MUSIC OF MIKE GIBBS

Director Andrew Bain

6.30pm

6.30pm

£8 (£6)

£8 (£6)

TUE 9 JAN

THU 14 DEC

EASTSIDE JAZZ CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY

JAZZ CANON: THE MUSIC OF ORNETTE COLEMAN

5pm

6.30pm

£10 (£8)

£8 (£6)

Sara Colman leads a Christmas jazz vocal spectacular followed by the last performance of Ellington’s Nutcracker.

Please note early start.

WED 10 JAN

THU 11 JAN

TUE 16 JAN

EXIT VELOCITY

GUEST ARTISTS: CLOUDMAKERS

6.30pm

6.30pm support band 7.45pm main show

JAZZ CANON: THE MUSIC OF HORACE SILVER

FRI 15 DEC

AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA

£8 (£6)

Cloudmakers

6.30pm

Director Paul Booth

£15 (£12)

£8 (£6)

5pm salsa dance class 6.30pm support band 7.45pm main show

Jim Hart vibes Dave Smith drums Mike Janisch bass Antonio Trio Huang alto sax Hannes Riepler guitar

WED 17 JAN

£15 (£12) A collaboration between Conservatoire jazz and percussion departments, this night of salsa music is for dancing! Early booking is advised.

5pm salsa dance class. Practice authentic salsa dance moves with a professional instructor before hitting the dance floor in front of the live band. Free to ticket holders.

Cloudmakers’ soundworld defies category yet draws influence from a diverse range of music traditions, while maintaining a devotion to raw energy. Expect in the moment risk taking, a dedication to deep groove and rhythm, and strong melody.

EXIT VELOCITY 6.30pm £8 (£6)

MON 15 JAN

ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA: LIVE AT THE CHICAGO BLUE NOTE 1959 6.30pm £8 (£6) Ellington Orchestra’s favourite club venue was the now famous Chicago Blue Note run by Frank Holzfeind. In this series of concerts we are using the legendary recording from this venue in August 1959 to try and recapture some of this spirit and to keep the flame burning for live big band jazz in a club setting.

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Ellington Orchestra

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WED 24 JAN

FRI 26 JAN

EXIT VELOCITY

AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA

6.30pm

Director Andrew Bain

£8 (£6)

5pm salsa dance class 6.30pm support band 7.45pm main show £15 (£12) A collaboration between Conservatoire jazz and percussion departments, this night of salsa music is for dancing! Early booking is advised.

5pm salsa dance class. Practice authentic salsa dance moves with a professional instructor before hitting the dance floor in front of the live band. Free to ticket holders.

MON 29 JAN

ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA: LIVE AT THE CHICAGO BLUE NOTE 1959 THU 25 JAN

GUEST ARTISTS: TRISH CLOWES – MY IRIS Russ Johnson

THU 18 JAN

MON 22 JAN

GUEST ARTISTS: RUSS JOHNSON & JOHN O’GALLAGHER

ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: THE MUSIC OF MIKE GIBBS

6.30pm support band 7.45pm main show

6.30pm £8 (£6)

£10 (£8) Guest of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire jazz department, Russ Johnson, Director of Jazz Studies, University of Wisconsin, Parkside plays with his long term friend and jazz department tutor, saxophonist John O’Gallagher.

TUE 23 JAN

JAZZ CANON: THE MUSIC OF HORACE SILVER

6.30pm support band 7.45pm main show £13 Tickets available via www.thsh.co.uk Saxophonist and composer Trish Clowes leads My Iris, a new quartet featuring the talents of Chris Montague, Ross Stanley and James Maddren.

Presented in association with

6.30pm £8 (£6) The second in our series of Monday night gigs featuring choice cuts from Duke Ellington’s seminal live album from 1959.

TUE 30 JAN

JAZZ CANON: MUSIC OF HORACE SILVER 6.30pm £8 (£6)

WED 31 JAN

EXIT VELOCITY 6.30pm £8 (£6)

6.30pm £8 (£6)

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

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