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JUNE ’10 LISTINGS

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June Bands - June Venues - June Festivals
July/August Listings

BANDS

Jazz Every Thursday at Bearwood Corks Club
Byran Corbett, Andy Hamilton, Kinda Dukish & Steve Ajao
SEE THURSDAY LISTINGS

www.bearwoodjazz.co.uk

Andy Hamilton & the Blue Notes
Thursday 10th & 17th June - Bearwood Corks Club 558 Bearwood Rd, B66 4BT £4/3
0121 429 2091 - bearwoodjazz.co.uk
Also one Saturday each Month at the Symphony Hall Foyer Bar
& the last Sunday at the Drum, Potters Lans, Newtown (Check venue for details)

Apex Jazz & Swing:
Tues 1 Harp, Albrighton
Sun 6 The Public, West Bromwich
Thurs 10 Burton JC
Sun 13 Westwood Club, Coventry

Barbara and All That Jazz:
Sat 12 Captains Day, Walsall Golf Club
Tues 15 Victoria Pub, Chase Terrace
Mon 21 Northfield RBL
Fri 25 Upton JF

Burton Big Band
Wednesday 2nd May - Henhurst Social Club, Burton 8.30 p.m.

Casey Greene
Casey Greene:
Sun 13 Casey Greene & Simon King - Mytton & Mermaid, Atcham 7pm
Sat 26 Quiver - Abraham Darby Academy, Madeley 7pm

Four Oaks Big Band:
Thurs 10 Toby Inn, Sutton Park

Fat Chops Big BandFAT CHOPS
Sun 11 July Special Guest Vocalist Lorraine Craig £9 - 01675 442050
Tascos, Hazelwell Lane, Stirchley B30 2PR

Jazzstrata:
Sun 6 & 20 Malthouse, B’ham

JB Jazz & Blues Bands:
Wed 2 Kings Head, Upton on Severn
Fri 4 Summersault, Rugby
Sun 6 Kilkeney, Andoversford
Fri 11 Royal George, Birdlip
Sun 20 Highnam Court
Fri 25 Muggery, Upton JF
Sat 26 Muggery, Upton JF
Sun 27 Anchor, Upton JF

Martinique JB:
Mon 14 & 28 Royal Oak, Stonnall
Sun 20 Harp, Albrighton

Midland Youth Jazz OrchestraMYJO
Sat 5 June 3-5pm - Centenary Square, Birmingham - Part of the Climate Change Festival
Mon 7 June 8.30pm Guest Vocalist Carole Westwood - Bolehall Manor, Tamworth
Tue 15 June 8pm Double Concert with Birmingham University Big Band ‘The Underground’, The Guild of Students, B’ham Uni
Wed 16 June 8pm With special guest - Swedish trumpeter Lasse Lindgren “Plays in the Spirit of Maynard Ferguson” - Northfield British Legion (now known as Charles Engelbach Memorial Club) Quarry Lane, Northfield - Tickets £10
All Enquiries: 01675 442050

Out Of The Blue
Out of the Blue Jazz Orchestra:
Sun 20 Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa 1.30pm 0121-373 5971

Southside Big Band:
Wed 16 Stadium, Kings Heath 8.30pm £7 0121-475 6177

SKBBSteve King Big Band:
Fri 11 Bonded Warehouse, Stourbridge
7.30pm £7 0121-550 1564

Swing Museum:
Mon 7 White Swan, Stratford
Sun 13 B’ham Botanical Gardens
Sat 19 Squirrel, Rugby
Sat 26 Deddington Market, Oxford

Zenith Hot Stompers:
Sun 6 Solihull RBL
Sat 26 Dudmaston Hall, Quatt

June Bands - June Venues - June Festivals
July/August Listings

VENUES

Where events aren't given please refer to the advert in the magazine or ring the venue.

VARIOUS DAYS

Bartons Arms, B’ham
Tel: 0121 3335988 144 High St, Aston

Friends Of UptonFriends of Upton JF:
NEXT DATE 16th July

Hanley Castle High School
8pm £14/£12 01684 593794

Harp, Albrighton:
Tues nights & Sun 1pm

Old Joint Stock, B’ham:
Sundays 1-3pm Jazz with House Band
Wed 23 Trio FJS 7.30pm

SOLIHULL BRITISH LEGION JAZZ AT UNION ROAD – SOLIHULL ROAD OPPOSITE BEATTIES
Sundays 1pm
Sun 6 Zenith Hot Stompers

Evenings 8pm
Thursday May 10th The Sharmanaires 8.15pm £4

Tower of Song:
107 Pershore Rd South, B30 3JX
Every Thurs Crossroads Blues
Club Monthly 1st Saturday Freddie Pirotta’s ‘Hip’ Operation £5 on door

Trumpet, Bilston
Trumpet, Bilston:
FEBRUARY:
Tue 1 Dutch Lewis Quartet
Wed 2 Casablanca 5
Thu 3 Patsy Gamble Trio
Fri 4 Swing Parade
Sat 5 New Washboard Syncopators
Sun 6 Trevor Emeny’s Birthday Bash
Tue 8 Steve Pacitto Band
Wed 9 Sheila Fawkes and the Guys
Thu 10 Carol Westwood + Archie Cotterell Trio
Fri 11 Swing Parade
Sat 12 Ron Hills + Tony Pipkin Quintet
Sun 13 Sambuca Diaries
Tue 15 Ben Holder Band
Wed 16 Mercia Jazz 5
Thu 17 Roy Forbes Quartet
Fri 18 Swing Parade
Sat 19 Old Comrades
Sun 20 TBYB Quartet
Tue 22 The Morgan Brothers Band
Wed 23 Blue Yonder
Thu 24 All the way from Denmark:**Mike Owen & Woodland Jazz Band**
Fri 25 Swing Parade
Sat 26 Steve Pacitto andn the Good Fellas
Sun 27 Henry Newman Band
Tue 29 Style Unlimited
Wed 30 Mike Turner Band

(01902) 493723

MONDAYS

Tamworth M&M, Bolehall Manor
Mon 7 MYJO with Guest Vocalist Carole Westwood 8.30pm

8:30pm - Phone (01827) 58654

The Crown, Post Office Lane, Alrewas Alt Mons 8.30 FREE 01283 790 328

Hill Social Club, S/C:
Monthly 2nd Monday Second City Jazz Quartet

8.30pm £2 0121-308 2688

Northfield RBL: Quarry Lane
June 7 Europa
June 14 Heart of England
June 21 Barbara and all that Jazz
June 28 Dixie Doodlers
0121-475 3719

White Lion, Walsall:
Monthly 1st Monday Little London

Jazz Quartet 8.30pm 01922 628542

TUESDAYS

Bournville
Bournville Jazz Club, Mary Vale Road
June 1 Henry Newman Band with Janice Wiliamson (vocs)
June 8 Bryn Venus and Friends
June 16 Frank Partridge’s Swing Session
June 22 Harry Christian’s Mercia Jazz Five
June 29 The New Orleans Wanderers

FREE 0121-459 5101

Corner Pocket Jazz & Blues:
Monthly 2nd Tuesday

Monthly 2nd Tues Coventry Schools FPA Club, Spon St/Hill CV1 3AY St 8pm £5

Perry Hill Tavern: Perry Hill Rd, Oldbury
Old Comrades 8.45pm

Wheatsheaf, Old Bath Rd, Leckhampton:
Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday

01242 525371

WEDNESDAYS

Jazz ConnectionNOW CLOSED, SORRY!

K2K2 KASHMIRI RESTAURANT Alcester Rd, Moseley Village from 8.30pm till late.
Live Jazz every Wednesday alternating between Tim Amann, Sam Rogers & Friends, and Edgar Macias & Friends
TEL: 0121 449 3883
Advanced reservations advised

Knowle Royal Brit’ Legion: Warwick Rd, Knowle First Wed of month
Residents: Johnny Everett's Red Dragon Jazzmen with Ruth Frith
8.30pm £3 01564 773253

Leamington Rugby Club:
Wed 9 Loco Mundi 7.45pm £6

Old Joint Stock: Temple Row West, B’ham B2 5NY
7.30pm Free 0121-200 1892

Sutton Coldfield Jazz Club Sutton Town Football Club, Coles Lane
June 2 Brian Mellor’s Jazz Banditts
June 9 New Orleans Heat
June 16 Sussex Jazz Kings
June 23 Antique Six
June 30 Louisiana Joymakers

8.30pm £3 0121-308 4660

Town Hall, B’ham:
Wed 2 Robert Fonseca

7.30pm 0121-780 3333

THURSDAYS

 Bearwood Corks Club, Bearwood Road, B66
3rd June - Bryan Corbett Quartet £5/4
10th & 17th June - Andy Hamilton & The Blue Notes £4/3
24th May - Kinda Dukish £4/3
1st July Steve Ajao Quartet £4/3
Doors 8.30pm Starts 9pm - 0121-429 2091

Burton Jazz
Burton Jazz Club, Marston's Social Club
June 3rd Dave Stradwicks Sussex Jazz Kings
June 10th The Martinique Jazz Band
June 17th John Everetts Red Dragon Jazz Band
June 24th The Savannah Jazz Band
July 1st Mike Lovell’s Six in the Bar with Rosie Stella

8.30pm £7 01283 548159

George Huxley JC
George Huxley’s Jazz Club Monthly
Old Silhillians Club House, Knowle
Monthly last Thursday

8.30pm £8/£7 01564 730098

The Kings HeadKing's Head, Lichfield
Thurs 10 Five Town Footwarmers

Monthly 2nd Thursday 8.30pm FREE

Pavilions Pub:
229 Alcester Rd South, B14 6DT
Monthly 1st Thursday

9pm 0121-441 3286

St Peter’s Church, Elford:
Thurs 3rd - 7.30pm

01543 263538

FRIDAYS

Bonded Warehouse:
Fri 11 Steve King Big Band

7.30pm £7 01384 377797

Kings Heath Cricket Club:
Fri 4 Quill 12.30pm

pier 39 Pier 39, Sutton C’field:
Live Jazz Every Friday

0121-323 4600

rhb-logoRush Hour Blues
Symphony Hall Level 3 Bar 5.30-7pm

Summersault, Rugby:
Fri 4 JB3
Fri 11 Julie Edwards Trio
Fri 18 Ian Hill Trio
Fri 25 Ralph Allin Trio

01788 543223 www.summersault.ltd.uk

Symphony Hall, B’ham:
Fri 25 Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

7.30pm 0121-780 3333

SATURDAYS

Jazz On The WaterJazz on the Water:
CORRECTION - Richard HEATH on Saturday 12th June
Ann Duggan on Saturday 19th June

Jazz on the Water kicks off at 2.30pm from the Gas Street Basin, Birmingham and usually costs £7. For full details ring 0121 236 7057

The Hive, Shrewsbury:
Sat 12 Mark Nightingale & Shrewsbury

Jazz Trio 8pm 01743 234970

New Life Baptist Church, Kings Heath, B14 7JZ
Every Saturday

7.00pm - Refreshments available

Pavilion, Shenstone:
Monthly 1st Saturday

01283 535502

Redwood Club 96 Bristol St B5 7AH
Edgar Macias & friends

2.30-5.30pm Free 0121 6225216

Waterworks Club
Waterworks Club:

Nautical Club, Bishopsgate St, B’ham
Sat 5 June 2010 JOHN DUNMORE’S BOOGIE BAND
Sat 19 June 2010 THE OLD FASHIONED LOVE BAND

SUNDAYS

Actress & Bishop, Ludgate Hill, B'ham
Lunch with Dean Beresford (Drums), Danny McCormack (piano) & Al Gare (bass) plus guests
2pm FREE 0121-236 7426

Bartons Arms, Aston:
3.30pm 0121-333 5988

Carriage House, Market Square, Higham Ferrers NN10 8DJ
Sunday 6th June - Jucamaya

THE DRUM 144 Potters Lane Aston · Birmingham · B6 4UU
Andy Hamilton & the Blue Notes - Last Sunday in the month

@ 12.30pm – 3.30pm. Admission is FREE

Harp, Albrighton
1.00-3.00pm FREE

Old Brown Jug: Bridge St, Newcastle-Under-Lyme Trad
Trad Jazz 12.30pm Free

12.30pm Free 07751 964815

Old Wagon and Horses: Stourbridge Rd, Ismere, Nr Stourbridge
Last Sunday of month Howard Sheldon Ensemble (26th April)

8.30pm Free 01299 823278

Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales, Cambridge St, B'ham
Sun 6 Phil Sayer
Sun 13 Trevor Burton Band
Sun 20 Palm Strings
Sun 27 Steve Ajao’s Blues Giants

4pm (new later time) FREE 0121 643 9460

Scarlet Pimpernel - Tennal Rd, Harborne, B32 2JE
Scarlet Pimpernel:
Tennal Rd, Harborne
• Live Jazz Every Sunday • 3pm • Free Entry except *
6th June “Non Strictly Jazz” Sunday. Featuring Edgar Macías, piano; Johnny Caswell, guitar; Roger Inniss, Basses; Bob Lamb, drums. Also invited guests. IMPORTANT: The performance time for this sunday only will be from 5.30 to 8.30 pm Free admission
13th June Edgar Macías & Friends, featuring Miles Levin, drums; Frank Leadon, vocals; Richard Adey, accordion. Also invited guests. Performance time: 3 to 6 pm Free admission
20th June “Swing From Paris” plus One Featuring Fenner Curtis, violin; Andy Bowen, guitar; John Vickers, doublebass plus Edgar Macías, piano. Performance time: 3 to 6 pm Free admission
27th June Edgar Macías & Friends, featuring (TBC) doublebass. Also invited guests. Free admission

3pm 0121-426 0930

Stratford Jazz (Modern),
- NEW PERMANENT VENUE - The Chapel, 1 Shakespeare Street, (Upstairs Function Room) Stratford-upon-Avon CV38 6RN

06 June £6 Jim Blomfield Trio - Jim (p) Tosh Wijetunge (b) Mark Whitlam (d)
13 June £6 Stekpanna & The Russians - Steve Kershaw (b) Peter Svard (d)
Mads Kjolby (g) Leonid Vintskevich (p) Nikola Vintskevich (s)
20 June £8 Shanti Paul Jayasinha Quintet - Shanti Paul Jaysinha (t & fh) Patrick Clahar (ts) John Crawford (p) Andres Lafone (bg) Davide Giovannini (d)
27 June £6 Interplay Quintet - Adrian Litvinoff (b) Neil Hunter (p) Alan Wakeman (s & fl) Richard Baker (tb) Dave Ballen (d)

01789 298 607 - www.stratfordjazz.org.uk

Verve Bar, Rugby:
Monthly 3rd Sunday 4pm Jazz Jam with Ian Hill and Graham Dent

Westwood Club, Coventry: Fortnightly 12.30pm £3
Sun 6 Dene River JB
Sun 13 Apex Jazz & Swing
Sun 20 Matt Palmer’s Swing Thing
Sun 27 No Session

contact westwoodjazz@live.co.uk

June Bands - June Venues - June Festivals
July/August Listings

FESTIVALS & EVENTS

June 20 - 6.30pm
Midsummer Big Band Evening with Garry Allcock’s All Stars

Birmingham Botanical Gardens £12 (£19 advance) 0121-454 1860

June 10-13
Kirkcudbright Jazz Festival

www.kirkcudbrightjazzfestival.co.uk 01557 330467

June 24-27
Lichfield Jazz & Blues Festival:

Lichfield Rugby Club, Tamworth Rd, WS14 9JE 01543
262223 www.lichfieldarts.org.uk

Each weekend June 19-July 17
Music in the Garden - Hosted by Dame Cleo Laine

01908 280800 www.stables.org

July 9
Notebenders Big Band - In aid of The Andy Hamilton Trust

Ladywood Arts & Leisure Centre, B16 8TR 7.30pm Tickets £7 - Adults
£5 - Cons, Family of 4 - £20
0121-454 3678 www.notebenders.org

June 25-27
Upton-on-Severn Jazz Festival - Down by the Riverside

01684 593254 www.uptonjazz.co.uk

Marlborough Jazz Festival

This gloriously atmospheric and exciting weekend is an opportunity to see over 90 different bands and performers from all over the world gathered together in the picturesque and historic market town of Marlborough.

You can spend as much or as little time as you want in each of the town’s 20 venues. You’re never more than a short stroll away from a performance!


To book your tickets please call the Box Office on 01672 515095 or 08443 350822 (calls cost 5p per minute from a landline). Or Email:
boxoffice@marlboroughjazz.co.uk

And remember to check our website for the latest news:
www.marlboroughjazz.co.uk


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