Swing Blues and a Little Jazz
LIFE with Sue Fear
• 4th April •
`Life` featuring Sue
Fear and her quartet will be performing
songs from the 30s to the 50s of early swing, jazz and a little jazz
blues. Covering songs by Sarah Vaughan, Helen Humes, Ruth Brown, Diane
Krall, Peggy Lee, Big Momma Thornton and more.
Her choice of songs has become increasingly popular around the Midlands
music circuit delivering an authentic, mellow vibe complimenting these
classic songs that from childhood remain forever in her heart.
If you like your Jazz a little Bluesey,
or you Blues a little Jazzy,
this is the gig for you!
Trevor Lines Quintet
• 11th April •
Trevor Lines always uses
his many contacts in the Jazz World to bring quality musicians to the
Silvershine Club and, once again, this gig is no exception.
The quintet has Richard Foote (trombone), Bruce Coates and (sax) Ben Thomas (trumpet) confirmed for
front line with Trevor on double bass and Mark Sanders on drums.
Trevor Lines has been a
stalwart at Bearwood Jazz for many years playing with Andy Hamilton and
The Blue Notes and various other combos. When he puts together his own
band he always uses his academic connections to put on something
special. Indeed it was Trevor who introduced us to the wonderful Arabella Sprott. This time is no exception as he brings two top quality recording artists to the Silvershine Club.
Richard Foote is a composer, trombonist and leader of nine-piece brass band outfit Young Pilgrims, whose recent release Little Things (Stoney Lane Records) received national radio attention. Festival appearances include Love Supreme, Lunar Festival, Manchester Jazz Festival and Paris Jazz Festival to name a few. Foote has performed across Europe with Keith Tippet’s Octet, Beats & Pieces Big Band and Riot Jazz.
Bruce Coates is a saxophonist and a Senior Lecturer in Music at Newman University,
Birmingham, who has performed and recorded with some of the world's top
improvisers including Paul Dunmall, John Edwards, Lol Coxhill, Mark
Sanders. He is the co-founder of the Birmingham Improviser's Orchestra
(BIO) and the founder of FrImp, a regular meeting of improvising
musicians.
Ben Thomas is a talented trumpeter and composer with many years of experience
creating music with an array of inspirational musicians. A versatile
musician, Ben has worked at the highest level in TV, radio and the
concert stage with various innovative artists producing and recording
music in a wide range of styles from chart topping experimental pop to
ethereally meditative chamber groups.
Mark Sanders apart from working as a Lecturer at Leeds College of Music and Guest Tutor at The Royal Academy of Music, Mark has had a varied career working with musicians as diuverse as Jah Wobble, Cleveland Watkiss and has a long discography covering many genres. - www.marksanders.me.uk
This is a high powered Jazz Quintet!
Vic Evans with The Blue Notes
• 18th April •
It’s Vic and the boys this coming Thursday. It will be a Jam Night, so bring you’re instrument if you’ve got one.
The Blue Notes
☆ Easter Holidays Jam ☆
• 25th April •
Last week's jam session was so good that we've decided to have another one this week. Vic Evans, The Blue Notes and some great guests, but all abilities welcome, so bring along your instruments and we'll have us a Ball!
Vic Evans with The Blue Notes
• 2nd May •
It’s Vic and the boys this coming Thursday. It will be a Jam Night, so bring you’re instrument if you’ve got one.
Also we have a few more dates for you to put in your diary:
- Henry Newman Band 9th May.
- Spoon Forkers Joe Remeny 16th May.
- Bon Accord 23rd May.
- Blue Notes with the Outer Circle 30th May.
- Malcolm Gibbons and John Smith 6th June.
- Vic Evans and the Blue Notes 13th June.
- Alex Clarke and the Bluenote 20th June.
- Shaine Dorsey Band 27th June.
- Vic Evans and the Blue Notes 4th July.
Henry Newman Band
• 9th May •
Henry Newman always brings a cracking little band to Bearwood Corks and often drops a few surprises into the line up.
The Soft Forkers
• 16th May •
The Soft Forkers are pleased to have guitarist David Lloyd Henry (AKA Gabby) onboard to complete the line up as a special guest at the Silvershine Jazz Club. Gabby is a versatile guitarist and session musician who plays established jazz and soul acts as well as leading reggae artists.
The Soft Forkers are co-led by JoJo Remeny and Jimmy Dunstan and features Chaz West on bass.
- JoJo Remeny studied composition at Birmingham Conservatoire for 4 years with the late great virtuoso violinist and composer John Mayer who pioneered Indo jazz fusion music in the 1960s. JoJo wrote his first fusion symphony called "Bombay is Weeping " for his unique fashion show/concert and was premiered at Adrian bolt Hall in 2013 accompanied by a 52 piece orchestra...
...JoJo Remeny currently devides his time designing and making womenswear and men's suits for his brand and playing music with jazz ensembles.
- Jimmy Dunstan studied classical music and was destined to become a classical pianist before the jazz idiom influenced him to change direction.
Bon Accord (Gypsy Jazz) - 23rd May
Bon Accord is a truly wonderful Gypsy Jazz
outfit, that plays toe-tappingly sweet music inspired by the music of
Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli’s Quintet of the Hot Club of
France.
The difference is that whilst most Gypsy Jazz
bands today consist entirely of stringed instruments. Django, however,
also recorded with accordionist Gus Viseur and clarinettist Hubert
Rostaing. Bon Accord follows this lead with a line-up of accordion,
clarinet, guitar and double bass, playing both well-known and more
contemporary Gypsy Jazz numbers plus French and Latin pieces.
As Spring moves in to Summer warm your souls with
some toe-tappingly sweet Gypsy Jazz!
now have their own website at bonaccordmnusic.com
THE BLUE NOTES
with Outer Circle - 30th May
Outer Circle are a group of young Jazzers, still in education and learning fast. They feature Archie Tulk (sax) and Alex Polack (trumpet) who played Soweto Kinch’s Flyover Show and are now with the magnificent MYJO big band as well as the amazing young drummer Louis Hamilton-Foad. These are musicians who have often jammed with the Blue Notes, but tonight they take advantage of school half term to perform their own set.
The night will also feature a set by The Blue Notes, featuring the melifluous tones of veteran vocalist Vic Evans.
Come and enjoy some wonderful Jazz, the
music the transcends generations and
is still as cool as it ever was!
p.s. If you're coming by public transaport you can always take the Outer Circle (№11) bus route.
