NOW EVERY FRIDAY AT BEAR TAVERN 498-500 Bearwood Road (corner of
Three Shires Oak Rd), Smethwick B66 4BX - 9pm (doors 8.30)
Christmas Jam with Vic Evans & The Blue Notes Thursday 23rd December
This Thursday we're having a big Christmas Jam at the Silvershine Jazz Club, featuring the melifluous tones of Vic Evans with the Blue Notes and some of the fabulous young musicians who have graced our stage during the course of the year, followed by a jam session!
Due to covid restrictions, this will be a table bookings only gig. Contact us to make a booking via Facebook, Instagram or our email
bearwoodjazz@gmail.com
We’ll keep you updated with any changes that might occur.
Looking forward to seeing you all!
John Smith & Malcolm Gibbons Guitar Quartet - 16th December
Ace guitarists Malcolm Gibbons and John Smith return to the Silvershine Club to bring us some more scintillating Jazz guitar. John and Malcolm are two of the
very best Jazz guitarists in the West Midlands and have played with some
of the best the region has to offer including our founder Andy Hamilton
MBE and Silvershine favourites the Steve King Big Band.
Completing the quartet are Ray "Pablo" Brown, who played on the Silvershine LP, on double bass and Hamilton family prodigy, Louis Hamilton Foad, on drums
This gig is a must for all lovers and players of guitar based music.
Soweto Kinch & The Blue Notes...
...play the Music of Andy Hamilton
Friday 10thDecember
9 years ago local sax star Soweto Kinch played with The Blue Notes to open the Silvershine Jazz Club.
This Friday he re-unites with The Blue Notes to play the music of the late, great Andy Hamilton MBE. For this one off special we are moving to the Harborne Village Social Club, 3 Serpentine Rd, Harborne, Birmingham B17 9RD. It promises to be a great night.
The night will also feature young musicians who have graced the Silvershine stage including:
Gabriel Amann - Trumpet
Archie Tulk - Saxophone
Alex Polack - Trumpet
Jasmine Belle - Saxophone
Opening the evening will be the Rebecca Wing Quartet, a very talented young group who are currently studying at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Rebecca Wing - Saxophone
Sam Casey - Bass
James Coni - Guitar
Ethan Wood - Drums
Steve Tromans Thursday 2nd December
Steve Tromans is promising a return to his roots with the Jazz standards repertoire for his gig on Thursday 2nd December. He will have a top rhythm section in Mike Green (db) and Miles (dr) Levin plus guests including saxophonists James Tartaglia and Garry Bywater.
He plans on being radical by not being radical. Just expect some darn good music informed by a lifetime of experimentation and finding out what works.
Vic Evans & The Blue Notes Thursday 25th November
Photo of Vic by Paul Hassell
This week it’s The Blue Notes, complemented by the melifluous tones of the wonderful Vic Evans on vocals.
It will be a Jam Night, so bring your instrument if you’ve got one!.
Torin Davies Quartet Thursday 18th November
Back in October Torin Davies provided the support act for US star turn Ari Hoenig. This Thursday he returns, headlining in his own right. His love of harmony led him to study Jazz Guitar at the Conservatoire, and he's already had the opportunity to perform with Dave Holland (at NYJC summer school) and Soweto Kinch among others.
Clearly a young jazzer on his way up he brings with him his quartet, also featuring our very own Aidan Amann (dr), plus Louis Stringer (db) and Dan Lockheart on sax.
Time to enjoy the future sounds of Jazz!.
Vic Evans & The Blue Notes FRIDAY 12th November
Photo of Vic by Paul Hassell
This week it’s The Blue Notes, complemented by the melifluous tones of the wonderful Vic Evans on vocals.
It will be a Jam Night, so bring your instrument if you’ve got one!.
Alfie Dean Quartet Thursday 4th November
Alfie Dean is a virtuoso jazz guitarist from London, currently now in his third year at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. A former “Tomorrow’s Warrior” he is now working along side Blue Moon Records. Alfie takes a modern approach with regards to his tone and arrangements of classic Jazz standards, while still incorporating the traditions of Bebop and its language within his melodic playing. Alfie’s influences include greats such as Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Mike Moreno and Peter Bernstein, demonstrating his passion for combining tradition with modern approaches.
His quartet features Dan Lockheart (below) on tenor sax, Ben Love on bass and one of our very own young virtuosos, Aidan Amann on drums.
