Summer Jazz Club:Weds 28th July at The Rainbow
2010.07.21 | 0 comments
Posted by : Birmingham Jazz
Mirror : Nicholls / Allsopp / Smith
Wednesday 28th July
Jazz Club at The Rainbow Courtyard
9pm
£4
Birmingham Jazz ends this season of Jazz Club with an incredible band led pianist and composer Dan Nicholls. Featuring reedsman James Allsopp of Fraud and The Golden Age of Steam and drummer Dave Smith of Outhouse and countless other bands. Dan is one of the most promising young players to come from the Conservatoire jazz course. He now spends his time between his home in Stafford and Copenhagen playing and composing music. Combining the best of the Birmingham and London scenes, this gig promises to sign off Jazz Club for the summer in style. From Dan himself:
“Mirror is a new ensemble interpreting and reworking the compositions of keyboardist Dan Nicholls. Featuring the distinctive voices of James Allsopp (reeds) and Dave Smith (drums), the music aims for a fluidity between written and unwritten and explores the unexplicable connections between sound and image.”
Dan’s music can be found here:
http://www.myspace.com/risquearts
Jazz Club will be back in the Autumn with the 5th Anniversary Series starting on Wednesday 27th October.
Troyka at Jazz Club at The Rainbow
2010.03.23 | 0 comments
Posted by : Birmingham Jazz
Wednesday 24th March
Jazz Club at The Rainbow
9pm
£4
Rounding off our mini series of jazz bands with a rock influence are London based Troyka. Tipped to follow hot on the heels of bands like Polar Bear and Portico Quartet as the next big thing in British jazz. Their eponymous album on Edition Records was in Jazzwise’s top 10 albums of 2009 and Time Out describes them as being “like King Crimson for the Ipod Generation”. The band cites influences as being Wayne Krantz, Aphex Twin, Tim Berne and Steely Dan and features the stellar line up of Kit Downes on organ, Chris Montague on guitar and Joshua Blackmore on drums.
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