What's On Feb - Mar Eastside Jazz Club

EASTSIDE JAZZ CLUB

WHAT’S ON FEBRUA RY - M A RCH ’18

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WALTER SMITH III THU 15 FEB Birmingham City University

I’m delighted to share with you our next batch of gigs at Eastside Jazz Club. Be sure to get in early for the guest nights which have been approaching capacity crowds in most cases.

The Exit Velocity sessions are your chance to experiment with some currently unknown names that are hotly tipped to be the significant movers and shakers of the future jazz scene, so get in quick and be the first to hear them!

nights sell out weeks in advance, so you really have to be swift for those dates.

Jeremy Price

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

Highlights for me will be Walter Smith III that will be part of a BBC broadcast for Radio 3 Jazz Now, and Chris Mapp’s Gonimoblast. And just so you know, Afro-Cuban

THU 1 FEB

CLARK TRACEY, GARETH WILLIAMS, ARNIE SOMOGYI: BRITISH STANDARD TIME 6.30pm support Josh Taylor Quartet 7.45pm main show £10 (£8) Best Drummer in the British Jazz Awards 2016 & 2017, Clark Tracey is joined by piano virtuoso Gareth Williams and one of the UK’s outstanding bass talents, Arnie Somogyi.

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

MIKE GIBBS

WED 7 FEB

FEBRUARY

EXIT VELOCITY: NICK ADAMS 6.30pm support Percy Pursglove Small Band 7.45pm main show £8 (£6) Nick Adams piano/keyboard Josh Taylor electric bass Charlie Johnson drums Lewis Sallows alto saxophone

MON 5 FEB

ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: THE MUSIC OF MIKE GIBBS

Pianist Nick Adams and his band experiments with links between jazz, funk and hip hop, taking inspiration from musicians such as Darryl Reeves, George Colligan, Roy Hargrove and Robert Glasper.

Join them on a journey of explorative grooves and harmonies.

Director Mike Gibbs 6.30pm £8 (£6)

THU 8 FEB

STELLA ROBERTS

It is a great honour to welcome composer, arranger and trombonist, Mike Gibbs as guest director of the jazz orchestra.

6.30pm support Lewis Sallows 7.45pm main show

Originals, arrangements and inspired reworkings by the man himself, directed in person. A rare opportunity, not to be missed.

Stella Roberts piano Chris Young alto saxophone Sean Gibbs trumpet Richard Foote trombone Stuart Barker bass Euan Palmer drums

TUE 6 FEB

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

£8 (£6)

Lead by pianist and composer Stella Roberts, this band will be playing arrangements of compositions and recordings from Mica Levi, Nina Simone and Brad Mehldau.

Expect music drawn from a number of subjects, ideas and moments of utter confusion.

Jazz combos perform music from the masters.

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

Ellington Orchestra

MON 12 FEB

ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA 6.30pm

Walter Smith III

£8 (£6) Last in the series of our Ellington Orchestra performing tunes from the legendary Live at the Chicago Blue Note 1959 album.

THU 15 FEB

TUE 13 FEB

6.30pm support Aidan Pope 7.45pm main show

JAZZ CANON: THE MUSIC OF JOHN COLTRANE Directed by John O’Gallagher and Percy Pursglove 6.30pm £8 (£6) The first in our series looking at the work of master trumpet player and composer, Tom Harrell.

WED 14 FEB

EXIT VELOCITY: CLARK TRACEY SMALL BAND 6.30pm support Clark Tracey 7.45pm James Romaine £8 (£6)

WALTER SMITH III £15 (£10) Andrew Bain drums Mike Janisch bass Walter Smith III is widely recognised as an adept performer, accomplished composer, and inspired educator. Tonight he joins us in support of his 5th album as a band leader, Twio.

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C O N S I S T E N T LY E M E R G I N G AS AN IDENTIFIABLE VOICE AMONG THE MASSES ALL ABOUT JAZZ

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

MON 19 FEB

FRI 23 FEB

ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: THE MUSIC OF BILL HOLMAN

AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Director Jeremy Price 6.30pm

6.30pm support 7.45pm main show £15 (£12) A night of salsa music for dancing!

£8 (£6)

MON 26 FEB

The first in a series of the jazz orchestra’s final project for the term: The music of Bill Holman, the multiGrammy winning artist most commonly known for his long association with the Stan Kenton Orchestra.

ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA: EARLY DUKE

TUE 20 FEB

JAZZ CANON: THE MUSIC OF JOHN COLTRANE 6.30pm £8 (£6)

WED 21 FEB

EXIT VELOCITY: ARAM BAHMAIE 6.30pm £8 (£6)

6.30pm £8 (£6) Performing Early Duke Ellington, focusing on music from the Cotton Club that firmly established Ellington in the public imagination.

TUE 27 FEB

JAZZ CANON: THE MUSIC OF JOHN COLTRANE 6.30pm £8 (£6)

WED 28 FEB

EXIT VELOCITY: NOAH STONE TRIO 6.30pm

THU 22 FEB

£8 (£6)

ARNIE SOMOGYI’S JUMP MONK WITH CLARK TRACEY, TONY KOFI, JEREMY PRICE AND LIAM NOBLE 6.30pm support James Owston 7.45pm main show £10 (£8) This stellar line-up includes some of the leading figures in British jazz today. Expect passion and fireworks from the front line, pushed on by one of the best rhythm sections around.

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

Arnie’s Jump Monk

MARCH

WED 7 MAR

EXIT VELOCITY: MIKEY GEE

THU 1 MAR

TOM DUNNETT QUARTET

6.30pm

6.30pm support Oli Stanton

£8 (£6)

7.45pm main show

Mikey Gee piano Kai Chaurensy drums James Owston bass Lewis Sallows alto saxophone

£8 (£6) Superb trombonist alumnus, Tom Dunnett brings together a sextet of up and coming London musicians and graduates on the Birmingham scene.

Inspired by the Bill Evans Trio and the concept of ‘collective improvisation’, the Mikey Gee Quartet takes a relaxed approach to playing. This allows each member to contribute however they see fit in any given moment, whilst upholding and being part of a collective sound.

The Train and the River

Jazz Orchestra

THU 8 MAR

GUEST ARTISTS: THE TRAIN AND THE RIVER MON 5 MAR

6.30pm support Rafael Lopes 7.45pm main show

JAZZ ORCHESTRA: THE MUSIC OF BILL HOLMAN

£15 (£10) Guitar double bill featuring a solo performance by Fred Thelonious Baker and guitarist Jez Franks in a trio with Andy Panayi and Jeremy Price.

6.30pm £8 (£6)

TUE 6 MAR

JAZZ CANON: THE MUSIC OF TOM HARRELL

The latter pay homage to one of the great legendary trios, Bob Brookmeyer, Jimmy Giuffre and Jim Hall who were noted for their The Train and the River piece in the film of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, Jazz on a Summer’s Day.

6.30pm £8 (£6)

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

TUE 13 MAR

JAZZ CANON HIGHLIGHTS 6.30pm £8 (£6)

Chris Mapp

FRI 9 MAR

CHRIS MAPP’S GONIMOBLAST WITH BRASS & STILLEFELT 7pm The Lab

A selection of Jazz Canon highlights from this and the previous term; Wayne, Herbie, Ornette, Horace Silver and Tom Harrell.

WED 14 MAR

EXIT VELOCITY: HARRY WEIR’S SYKLON 6.30pm support 7.45pm main show £8 (£6)

£12 Tickets available via www.thsh.co.uk This one off performance sees Gonimoblast collaborate with a brass ensemble of friends and allies, to play new music written by bassist Chris Mapp. Additionally Annie Mahtani (BEAST) will use the surround sound system to specialise the performance with an immersive visual reaction to the music from Chromatouch. It’s safe to say you won’t have heard or seen anything like this before.

Stillefelt, also led by Chris, merges written material with improvised passages, liberal use of guitar effects pedals and audio processing to create sound beds for soaring trumpet and guitar lines over hypnotic grooves.

Presented in association with Jazz Department

MON 12 MAR

ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA: EARLY DUKE 6.30pm £8 (£6)

THU 15 MAR

JAZZ DEPARTMENT GALA CONCERT 6.30pm £15 (£12) Featuring highlights of the club dates so far including Ellington Orchestra with a special guest appearance from Clark Tracey, a jazz vocal spectacular, Gospel Choir and Afro Cuban Orchestra.

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

EASTSIDE JAZZ CLUB MONDAYS

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, Charlie Parker, John 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.

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