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29TH BIRMINGHAM

JULY 5TH TO 14TH 2013JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL

INTERNATIONAL

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COUNCILLOR IAN WARD

“It is with great pleasure that Birmingham is welcoming the Birmingham International Jazz and Blues Festival for another year. The festival is again hosting big names from across the world with performances at over 80 venues across the city. This year is even more prestigious, as Birmingham welcomes back the British Jazz Awards to the Jewellery Quarter.

This is an important event for Birmingham and is an opportunity for everyone to see mostly free live music and events at different venues.

I really enjoyed the event last year and this year's line up looks to be even better.”

COUNCILLOR IAN WARDDeputy Leader ofBirmingham City Council

www.birminghamjazzfestival.com

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ACkNOWLEDGMENTS www.birminghamjazzfestival.com ACkNOWLEDGMENTS

THE BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL PO Box 944, Edgbaston, Birmingham B16 8UT

www.birminghamjazzfestival.com www.birminghamjazzfestivaltv.com Phone: 0121 454 7020 Email: [email protected]

Performances are free unless denoted otherwise. In restaurant performances, accepted etiquette applies in terms of dining.


Festival Patron: Digby FairweatherAdvisory Board: John Hemming MP, Derek Inman, John James,Danny Longstaff,Cllr. Phillip Parkin,John Patrick, Rev. Richard Bashford, Cllr. Rob Sealey Festival Director: Jim SimpsonCommercial and Development Director: Tim Jennings Business and Marketing Manager: Yue Yang Planning & Development: Russell Fletcher & Nick Hart Programme Editor: Ron SimpsonProgramme & Publicity Design: Nerys James ([email protected]) Co-ordination: Etienne Cassat, Domitille Napoletano, Molly Wright, Sophie Monk, Sidra Akhtar.Photographer: Merlin Daleman (www.merlindaleman.com) Jazz Shop Project Manager: Laurence Thatcher Media: Elliot Lewis, William North, Abigail Pay, Tom Jeavons, Kerri O'Shea, Chiamaka Chike-Obuekwe, Georgina Shortland, Mantas Jankus, Tramy Le, Amber ShanahanChinese Media Managers: Zhirong Yu and Shasha ZhangSupport Team: Thomas O’flaherty, Lu Liu, Yuru Chen, Yanni Chen, Yuanyuan Cui, Bo Wei Li, Linghu Jing, Dongni Li, Yuting Han, Yiqiong Zhang, Xuyang Li, Yue Chen, Chunyu Tang, Mi Lan, Xi Chen, Liying Wang, Yanzhi Yang, Feng Gao, Zhihong Li Technical Manager: Matthew Graham Technical Support: Aminah Omurungi, Amy Russell , Andre Wray , Anton Williamson, Anthony Baker, Benjamin Hall , Chris Todd, Charlotte Brecknell , Conor Molloy, Darius Rhone, Davyd Bagby, Dionne Webb, Hassan Elahi, Georgina Burton, Halen Mangan, Henry Moody, Jamie Fairhurst, Joelle Symons, Josh Stone, Kamal Huggens-Kolade , Malika Nyala Palmer, Matt Graham, Miles Page, Nathalie Colen, Rakesh Madhusoodanan, Sophie Louise Fyler, Thomas WebbVolunteers: All of those people who we don’t yet know, but will surely become valuable team members. Artists Booking: Big Bear Music Agency 0121 454 7020 [email protected] Equipment: PMT Lawley Middleway Birmingham B4 7XX - 0121 359 5056 136Mobile Communications: Cartel Communications 0121 622 5555 Digital Signage & Video: One Digital Solutions (www.chambertv.co.uk)Accountants: David Cutter & Co (www.davidcutter.co.uk)Book-keeper: Juliet Kenny Special Thanks To: Ailsa Raine, Andy Twigg, Anna Fawcett, B.C.U.: Craig Hamilton, Izzy MacLachlan, Matt Grimes, Nathan Tromans, Oliver Cox, Phil Thomson, Rob Gibb, Barry Winter, Ben Luk, Bohdan Piasecki, Botanical Gardens, Bournville College: Cara Wheatley, John Potter, Julijus Grickevicius, Kelly Rogers, Phil Bancroft, Carol & Tony McKeon, Charlotte Bailey, Chris Maher, Chris Mason, Colin Higgins, Cultural Attache, Danielle Acock, Dave Everitt, David Moorhouse, David Pardoe, Dawn Bennett, Dudley Castle, The Electric Cinema: David Baldwin & Thomas Lawes, Forever Yang Dance Company, Fred Shaw, Gary Chapman, Gavin Slappendel, Gay Faulkner, Gemma French, Gerrard Baldwin, Graham Smith, Graham Wrigley, Iain Sharratt, Irene De Boo, Jabbar Khan, James Lagneau, James Wheeler, Jenny Wilkes, Jilly Cosgrove, Jo Sweet, John Bunce, Julia Lockett, Kat Murray, Kate Fittall, Ken Banks, Kevin Bolton, Krystyna Atkins, Laura Cox, Lawrence Smith, Lee Benson, Leon Shutkever, Linas Paulauskis, Lithuanian Embassy, Lithuanian Jazz Federation, Lucy Burnett, Lynn Hood, Madeleine Tye, Mark Utley, Matt Hutchings, Matt Scriven, Michelle Irving, Mike Bushell, Music Export Lithuania, Paddy Barton, Paul Cole, Paulo Jacinto, PCP Printers, Peter Hendry, Rachael Dyson, Rachel West, Richard Morris, Richard Westhead, Rita Valiukonyte, Rob Sealey, Roy Davis, Sandra Whitehouse, Sarah Chinnock, Sarah Thornton, Simon Hartland, Solveiga Rusyte, StarCity: Mark Wilson & Silvia Jukes, Stephen Cresswell, Stephen Spencer, Tahreen Kutub, The Asylum, Tony Elvin, Tony Potter, Vicky Stone, Warwick Printing.

THE JAZZ FESTIVAL BOARDBehind this short, sharp celebration of jazz, blues and related music lies many months of planning and organisation. Driving this forward is the Jazz Festival Advisory Board, a very special group of people who freely give up time, expertise and enthusiasm in order to help shape this Festival. Without the benefit of their wisdom, knowledge and encouragement it would be impossible.

Rev. RichardBashford

Derek Inman

John Patrick

John Hemming MP

John James Cllr. Philip Parkin

Danny Longstaff Cllr. Rob Sealey

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tweet us your festival pictures and reviews at @birmjazzfest and #brumjazzfest

SPECIAL FESTIVAL HOTEL RATEThe Hampton by Hilton hotel on Broad Street, the festival’s Partner Hotel, is offering a preferential rate to festival-goers. A double, twin or single room with breakfast is £59.

Contact 0121 329 7450 or visitwww.hbhbroadstreet.co.uk and use the code JF1 to get the special rate. Hampton by Hilton, 200 Broad Street, B15 1SU

We would like to thank

THE LITHUANIAN EMBASSYand

MUSIC EXPORT LITHUANIA for enabling the festival to present two splendid bands from that country, each making their first UK

appearance.They are Sheep Got Waxed and Giedre Kilciauskiene/

Andrej Polevikov

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A WORD FROM THE PATRONwww.birminghamjazzfestival.com


Recession? What Recession? While the rest of the world is trampolining from double to triple-dip and back again, the Birmingham International Jazz and Blues Festival strides on; apparently joyfully and magnificently impervious to the current cutback culture.

Once again, as Summer arrives, the Festival team has assembled a ten-day programme so packed with stars, it’s amazing that every other UK venue hasn’t had to put up the “house closed” signs. Two hundred live events spread all over the city give us the chance to enjoy dozens of premier names from every corner of our jazz scene.

The Festival has always set out to celebrate international, national and local stars in a crazy-quilt of styles from most countries known to man. And this year is no exception. Don’t miss violinist Tim Kliphuis (internationally hailed as the musical son of the legendary Stephane Grappelli) flying in from Holland, and for newer names, try catching Sheep Got Waxed (Lithuania), Potato Head Jazz Band (Spain), Melissa Lauren (Canada), Grainne Duffy (Ireland), Giedre Kilciauskiene & Andrej Polevikov Quartet (Lithuania). UK first-timers include teenage Alex McKown, The Barrett

Brothers, The Flamin’ Mamies, Grace Lancaster and The Jonny Hepbir Trio.

But live music does not a whole festival make, and this year the Festival celebrates music on film and in the spoken word; as well as Jitterbug Shanghai-style. There is an enviable variety of venues far away from the smoky dives which were once the music’s home. Take a trip to Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens, Blakesley Hall, Sarehole Mill, Soho House, just some of the venues which celebrate the beauties of the music in matching surroundings.

There is also a very special fundraiser for the ailing Birmingham saxophone star Mike Burney, one of this country’s finest players. An army of musicians and friends headed by Roy Wood and his Band, The Steve

Gibbons Band and King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys are all donating their services for this very worthy cause.

And last, but of course never least, there are the British Jazz Awards – The Jazz Oscars – which since 1987 have (without pomp, circumstance or political consideration) continued to recognize the most worthy talents in present-day UK jazz activity. This year they return triumphantly to their home city and St Paul’s Church in the Jewellery Quartet. The presentation ceremony will be followed by the pollwinners concert and later an afterparty at The Drop Forge.

And – from me – have a wonderful time!

Digby FairweatherFestival Patron

DigbyFairweather


www.birminghamjazzfestival.com FRIDAY 5TH JULY 2013

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12:00City Centre BACKYARD MUSIC BOYS

12:30The Mall, Sutton Coldfield The BARReTT BROTheRS

12:30The MailboxDIgBY FAIRweATheR QUARTeT 13:00The Jazz Shop, Great Western ArcadewRITe DOwn SpeAK Up (pOeTRY) 13:10 The Barber Institute of Fine Arts ShRevepORT RhYThM (geRMAnY)

14:30 Solihull Arts Complex DIz hOneYBeAR wATSOn

17:00Symphony Hall Café Bar ISSIe BARRATT AnglO-InDIAn OCTeT (a Jazzlines promotion)

17:00 The Crown, Corporation Street The BROOMBUSTeRS

17:00 The Brasshouse Sheep gOT wAxeD (lIThUAnIA)

17:00 Hampton By Hilton, Broad Street zIngAROS new gYpSY TAngO (ARgenTInA)

18:00 The Water's Edge Bandstand ShRevepORT RhYThM (geRMAnY) 18:00 Cucina Rustica STeve AjAO QUARTeT 19:00 The Crown, Station Street 58 DelUxe

19:00 Café Rouge, MailboxDIz hOneYBeAR wATSOn 19:00 StarCity STARCITY SwIng SeSSIOn featuring Ben Cummings, Digby Fairweather (trumpets), Mark Nightingale, Roy Williams (trombones), Alan Barnes (reeds), Brian Dee (piano), Len Skeat (double bass) & Steve Brown (drums)

19:30 The Lord Clifden The TRevOR BURTOn BAnD

19:30The Garden House The ChASe jAzzMen

19:45The Old Joint Stock Theatre gIlAD ATzMOn wITh The ORIenT hOUSe enSeMBle (a Birmingham Jazz promotion) £12, £10 conc. 20:00 The Sharman’s CrossThe ARThUR BROwn jAzz BAnD 21:00 Fleet Street KitchenzIngAROS new gYpSY TAngO 21:00 Le Truc The BARReTT BROTheRS

STAR CITY SWING - THE BEST OF BRITISHNo Birmingham Jazz Festival is complete without a jam session, for it all began with the now-legendary M&B Jam Session of 1984 in Cannon Hill Park when an all-star line-up fronted by Humphrey Lyttelton recorded an award-winning album and provided the inspiration for the Festival which duly launched the following year. A young pretender to Humph’s crown was one of the stars of that long-ago memorable evening of great jazz, one Digby Fairweather, who has now stepped into Humph’s shoes as one of the finest UK jazz trumpet players, and also as Patron of the Jazz Festival. In recent years StarCity has proved the ideal venue for these Jam Sessions which owe much to the formula devised by Buck Clayton, and are not wild thrashes dominated by musical gymnastics but are extremely musical affairs with everyone playing for each other. This year’s line-up is the usual judicious mix of the best of British Jazzers.

www.birminghamjazzfestival.com SATURDAY 6TH JULY 2013


12:00Great Western Arcade ShRevepORT RhYThM (geRMAnY)

12:30 Artwork Gallery & Café C-jAM

12:30 The Sacks Of Potatoes BOB hAll & DAve peABODY

12:30 The Mailbox Sheep gOT wAxeD (lIThUAnIA)

12:30 The Mall, Sutton Coldfield The ChASe jAzzMen

13:00 Soho House DIz hOneYBeAR wATSOn

13:00 The Jazz Shop, Great Western Arcade pOeTRY AlIghT (pOeTRY)

13:00 Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery zIngAROS new gYpSY TAngO (ARgenTInA)

14:00 StarCity jITTeRBUg KIDS MATIneeFree Dance Class-Children

15:00 The Gosta Green DIgBY FAIRweATheR QUARTeT

15:00 The Brasshouse The BROOMBUSTeRS

17:00 StarCity STRICTlY jITTeRBUgFree Dance Class-Adults

17:30 The Sacks Of Potatoes DIz hOneYBeAR wATSOn

18:00 The Arcadian Sheep gOT wAxeD (lIThUAnIA)

18:00 Portofino, Jewellery Quarter ShRevepORT RhYThM (geRMAnY)

18:00 The Water's Edge Bandstand DevOn YOUTh jAzz ORCheSTRA

19:00 Winterbourne House & Gardens The jAzz RAMBleRS£5.50/£4.50

19:00 StarCity KIng pleASURe &The BISCUIT BOYS

19:00 Fiesta Del Asado zIngAROS new gYpSY TAngO (ARgenTInA)

19:30 The Garden House DIgBY FAIRweATheR QUARTeT

19:30 The Lord Clifden The gReAT BIRMInghAM TROMBOne COMpAnY

20:00 The Gosta Green The ChASe jAzzMen

20:00 Country Girl new ORleAnS hOTShOTS

20:00 The Wellington BOB hAll & DAve peABODY

21:30 Vue Cinema, StarCityThe BlUeS BROTheRS (FIlM)£8.60/£5.55

King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys & The Blues Brothers Band

www.birminghamjazzfestival.com SUNDAY 7TH JULY 2013


12:30The Mailbox The pOTATO heAD jAzz BAnD (SpAIn)

12:30Moseley All Services Club FAT ChOpS BIg BAnD wITh gReg ABATe (USA)£9

13:00The BearBOB hAll & DAve peABODY 13:00 Blakesley Hall The ARThUR BROwn jAzz BAnD

13:00 Harvey Nichols ShRevepORT RhYThM (geRMAnY)

13:00 The Belfry ROY FORBeS wITh The BRIAn Dee TRIO

14:00 The Botanical Gardens MICK FOSTeR QUARTeT£7/£4.75

14:00 Hotel Du Vin jOhn heMMIng & The SISTeRS OF jAzz 15:00 The Brasshouse C-jAM

15:00 The Electric CinemaThe ARTIST (FIlM)£7.40/£5

17:00 Slug & Lettuce ShRevepORT RhYThM (geRMAnY)

17:00 O'Neill's, Solihull The gReY gOOSe BlUeS BAnD 18:00 The Junction The pOTATO heAD jAzz BAnD (SpAIn)

18:30 The Solomon CutlerMICK FOSTeR QUARTeT

19:00 StarCity The gOOD lOvelIeS (CAnADA)

19:30 The Lord ClifdenBOB hAll & DAve peABODY 20:00 Miller & Carter, The Mailbox BRIAn Dee & len SKeAT 20:30 O'Neill's, Broad Street The SAMBUCA DIARIeS

SHOWS IN BOTANICAL GARDENSThere are few more attractive settings anywhere for an open-air concert, especially with a picnic. This year the bandstand will be inhabited by two contrasting and extremely unusual bands that share a common aim. That is, to entertain. On Friday 12th the fabulously glamorous Lola Lamour brings her 12 piece band, The Lamours,to town for their much-anticipated Birmingham debut. Horns a-plenty, stunning girl backing singers and a driving rhythm team provide the perfect backdrop for the sensational Ms. Lamour. Bob Kerr and his Whoopee Band will close this year's festival on Sunday 14th with probably the wildest, maybe the funniest, certainly the silliest jazz show on this planet. The music is inspired by Spike Jones & The City Slickers, and owes much to the anarchic comedy of The Marx Brothers and Monty Python. Bandleader Kerr has an illustrious background as founder-member of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, leader of New Vaudeville Band hitmakers with the multi-million selling Winchester Cathedral. The Birmingham Mail wrote "an extraordinary and gloriously idiosyncratic phenomenon."

PLEASE NOTE: This programme is correct at time of going to press. The Festival organisers cannot be held responsible for any loss or inconvenience caused as a result of any inaccuracies.

www.birminghamjazzfestival.com MONDAY 8TH JULY 2013


12:00 Snow Hill Station Square* The pOTATO heAD jAzz BAnD (SpAIn) 12:30 The Mailbox TIM KlIphUIS TRIO(The neTheRlAnDS)

12:30 The Brasshouse BROwnFIelD BYRne hOT SIx 12:30 The Mall, Sutton Coldfield MATT pAlMeR'S MIllennIUM eAgle jAzz BAnD

13:00 The Jazz Shop, Great Western Arcade wRITeR'S BlOC (pOeTRY)

17:00 Church Street Square *The pOTATO heAD jAzz BAnD (SpAIn) 19:30 The Lord Clifden The pOTATO heAD jAzz BAnD (SpAIn)

20:00 The Hyatt Regency Hotel BROwnFIelD BYRne hOT SIx

20:00 The Solomon CutlerC-jAM

20:00 Miller & Carter, The Mailbox TIM KlIphUIS TRIO(The neTheRlAnDS)

20:30CEM ClubThe ARThUR BROwn jAzz BAnD £1 to guests

*Wet weather alternative: Old Joint Stock

POETRY AT THE JAZZ SHOP: APPLES AND SNAkESSpoken word poetry is not what you think. It’s faster, more dangerous, funnier and more alive. Come and see what all the fuss is about! Apples and Snakes has worked with the Jazz and Blues Festival to put together a programme of eight lunch-time shows at the Jazz Shop to challenge your preconceptions and gently tickle your brains. Each show has been curated by a local group or community (which is listed in the Artists A-Z) to provide a cross-section of the very best new spoken word from the region.Apples and Snakes is the leading organisation for performance poetry in England, with a national reputation for producing exciting and innovative participation and performance work in spoken word. Apples and Snakes works in partnership with creative individuals and organisations across the country to produce high-quality artistic experiences – including work with, for and by young people – that raise the profile of spoken word and push the boundaries of the artform, artists and audiences. The organisation offers professional development for artists including advice, training and performance opportunities at a local, national and international level, with a particular focus on nurturing emerging talent and championing marginalised and disenfranchised voices.More about Apples and Snakes:Email [email protected]@applesWMhttp://applesandsnakes.orghttps://www.facebook.com/groups/applesandsnakeswestmids/

Potato Head Jazz Band

www.birminghamjazzfestival.com TUESDAY 9TH JULY 2013


11:00 Birmingham MarketsSAUCe CITY jAzz 12:00Birmingham Cathedral Grounds* The BACKYARD MUSIC BOYS 12:30 The Red Rose Shopping Centre, Sutton ColdfieldThe jAzz RAMBleRS

12:30 The Mailbox SIMOn SpIlleTT QUARTeT 12:30 The Brasshouse gIeDRe KIlCIAUSKIene & AnDRej pOlevIKOv QUARTeT (lIThUAnIA) 13:00 The Jazz Shop, Great Western Arcade nAKeD lUngS (pOeTRY) 17:00 Church Street Square *The BACKYARD MUSIC BOYS 18:00 Electric Cinema lAST ShOp STAnDIng (FIlM)Introduced by Pip Piper (director) and Rob Taylor (Blue Hippo). Post-film Q&A with Piper, Taylor and Jim Shannon (The Diskery)£7.40/£5 18:30 Lightwoods Park Bandstand The jAzz RAMBleRS

19:00 Lasan TIM KlIphUIS TRIO(The neTheRlAnDS)

19:00 Ibis Birmingham City Centre The jOhn pATRICK SeSSIOn with Digby Fairweather, Dave O’Higgins, Chris Walker, John Patrick, Zoltan Dekany, Adrian Mackintosh 19:30 The AsylumMIKe BURneY BeneFIT COnCeRT featuring The ROY wOOD BAnD, STeve gIBBOnS BAnD, KIng pleASURe & The BISCUIT BOYS and many more of Mike’s friends. All proceeds go to Mike Burney.£10

19:30 The Lord Clifden SIMOn SpIlleTT QUARTeT

20:00 The Sun On The HillgRACe lAnCASTeR QUARTeT

20:00 The Tally-Ho Club The MIDlAnD YOUTh jAzz ORCheSTRA with Mark Nightingale, The Great Birmingham Trombone Company and Jack Cooper (USA) £10

20:00 Pushkar MelISSA lAURen TRIO (CAnADA)

20:30 The Jam House KenT DUChAIne (USA)Free before 21:00. £5 After

FILM AT THE FESTIVALFour excellent and very different movies that all have some sort of a connection to jazz or blues. The Electric Cinema is showing Last Shop Standing, the acclaimed documentary about independent record shops, and The Artist, the Oscar-winning non-talkie (almost!) set in the Jazz Age and with some soundtrack jazz. Another look at the Jazz Age comes in Some Like it Hot, the delightful Monroe-Curtis-Lemmon comedy and a warning to jazzers about the company they keep – this to be shown at mac.No question about the blues credentials or entertainment value of The Blues Brothers, but the festival screening will stir memories of Birmingham blues-lovers of the time King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys opened for the Blues Brothers Band at the Alexandra Theatre. Now the film will be shown at the Vue Cinema on Saturday July 6th after the King Pleasure concert in StarCity!


www.birminghamjazzfestival.com WEDNESDAY 10TH JULY 2013


12:00 Snow Hill Station Square* lewIS FlOYD henRY 12:30 The Brasshouse enRICO TOMASSO wITh The BRIAn Dee TRIO

12:30 The Mall, Sutton Coldfield The jOnnY hepBIR TRIO 12:30 The Mailbox gRACe lAnCASTeR QUARTeT 13:00 SelfridgesMelISSA lAURen TRIO (CAnADA)

13:00 The Jazz Shop, Great Western Arcade SpeAK Up (pOeTRY)

14:00 Sutton Coldfield Library ReMI hARRIS TRIO

17:00 Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill gIeDRe KIlCIAUSKIene & AnDRej pOlevIKOv QUARTeT (lIThUAnIA) 17:00 Church Street Square*lewIS FlOYD henRY

19:30 St Paul's Church 2013 BRITISh jAzz AwARDS pReSenTATIOn AnD peRFORMAnCe£15 / £11.50 / £7.50 19:30 The Lord Clifden The jOnnY hepBIR TRIO 20:00 O'Neills, Broad StreetThe gRAInne DUFFY BAnD(IRelAnD)

20:00The Roadhouse 58 DelUxe, DeRRICK D & The BACKBOneS, CAROUSel CIRCUS, ReeDBASS£5

20:30 MAC SOMe lIKe IT hOT (FIlM) £7, £5 concessions 20:30 The Drop Forge BRITISh jAzz AwARDS AFTeRpARTY with ROY FORBeS and The BRIAn Dee TRIO

2013 BRITISH JAZZ AWARDS-BACk TO BIRMINGHAMSince 1987 the British Jazz Awards, known as The Jazz Oscars, have recognised the best in British jazz in 12 individual categories, plus two for bands and two industry awards for new and reissued CDs. In their original form the Awards took place in the Grand Hotel, Birmingham, so it is with particular pleasure that we return the ceremony to Birmingham as part of the Birmingham International Jazz and Blues Festival which began in the city two years before the first Jazz Awards ceremony. Thanks to the generous support of the Jewellery Quarter BID the 2013 Jazz Awards ceremony will take place in St. Paul's Church on July 10th at 7.30 pm. As always the presentation is followed by the Poll Winners Concert which is likely to be one of the musical highlights of the festival, though, for obvious reasons, the musicians can’t be named yet! Then the evening is rounded off by the British Jazz Awards Afterparty at the Drop Forge with Roy Forbes and the Brian Dee Trio.

BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCILBirmingham City Council has supported the Festival throughout its 29 year existence and is the longest-standing sponsor. Unwaveringly over the years the City has worked with the Festival and helped to establish it as a leading international event and an important part of the City's Arts & Culture portfolio.

*Wet weather alternative: Old Contemptibles

www.birminghamjazzfestival.com THURSDAY 11TH JULY 2013


12:00Birmingham Cathedral Grounds The DIxIe STROlleRS*

12:30 The Brasshouse The gRAInne DUFFY BAnD (IRelAnD)

12:30 The Red Rose Shopping Centre, Sutton ColdfieldBeCKY BRIne

12:30 The MailboxMelISSA lAURen TRIO (CAnADA)

13:00 Number 9 The Gallery BROOKS wIllIAMS (USA)

13:00 The Jazz Shop, Great Western Arcade CAnnOn hIll COlleCTIve (pOeTRY)

17:00 Church Street Square* The jAzz RAMBleRS

18:30 Hyatt Regency Hotel BeCKY BRIne AnD heR RhYThM BOYS

19:00 All Bar One RICKY COOl

19:30 The Lord Clifden gIeDRe KIlCIAUSKIene & AnDRej pOlevIKOv QUARTeT (lIThUAnIA)

19:30 MAC BROOKS wIllIAMS (USA)

20:00The Junction The gRAInne DUFFY BAnD (IRelAnD)

20:00O’Neills, Broad Street The DIxIe STROlleRS

20:30 The Jam House The wIll jOhnS BAnDFree before 9pm/£5 after

20:30Silvershine Jazz Club The BlUe nOTeSpast and present£5

THE HERITAGE TRAILJazz is traditionally associated with seedy dives and smoky bars, but times have changed. Whilst there are events in bars (no longer smoky!), the festival extends into many sites and institutions which are part of the city’s heritage and cultural traditions. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University presents Shreveport Rhythm and Roy Forbes and the city’s main Art Gallery welcomes the Zingaros New Gypsy Tango Band from Argentina. The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter presents Val Wiseman sings with Brian Dee and Len Skeat. Soho House, the Georgian mansion that Matthew Boulton called home and where he hosted meetings of The Lunar Society, presents Diz Honey Bear Watson. Blakesley Hall, a late 16th century timber-framed manor house in Yardley, hosts the Arthur Brown Jazz Band and and Sarehole Mill, an 18th Century watermill in Hall Green features Judy Eames and The Kaminsky Connection. The Winterbourne House, former home of John Nettlefold, with its fine botanical gardens, is the venue for the Jazz Ramblers and the Botanical Gardens in Edgbaston, as usual, plays a major part in the festival with four events.Of course the city’s architectural landmarks, from the Cathedral Grounds to Victoria Square, are the perfect backdrop to music events – and even when the festival moves out of town there’s no escaping history. Dudley Zoo hosts gigs by Ricky Cool (12th) and The Jiveoholics (13th) in the shadow of the Norman keep of Dudley Castle.


Visit www.birminghamjazzfestivaltv.com to see film of performances from earlier Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festivals(in partnership with www.chambertv.co.uk)

www.birminghamjazzfestival.com FRIDAY 12TH JULY 2013


11:00Victoria SquareTIpITInA

11:00 Birmingham Markets The BACKYARD MUSIC BOYS 12:30 The Mall, Sutton Coldfield jOhn pAUl gARD hAMMOnD ORgAn TRIO 12:30 Touchwood BeCKY BRIne 12:30 The Mailbox The wIll jOhnS BAnD

13:00 The Jazz Shop, Great Western Arcade hIT The ODe (pOeTRY) 13:10 The Barber Institute of Fine Arts ROY FORBeS wITh The BRIAn Dee TRIO AnD ART TheMen 15:00 Victoria Square lInDY pOp

16:30 Victoria Square lInDY pOp

17:00 The Crown Corporation Street jOhn pAUl gARD hAMMOnD ORgAn TRIO

17:00Symphony Hall Café Bar wAlSAll jAzz ORCheSTRA(A Jazzlines promotion) 17:00 The Brasshouse TIpITInA

17:00The Jazz Shop,Great Western ArcadeChIneSe whISpeRS

18:00 Victoria SquareART TheMen QUARTeT

19:00Blackheath Library MelISSA lAURen TRIO (CAnADA)

19:00 The Crown, Station Street The gReY gOOSe BlUeS BAnD 19:00 The Water's Edge Bandstand The wIll jOhnS BAnD

19:00 The Botanical Gardens The lAMOURS £15, £10 concessions

19:30 Dudley Zoo & Castle RICKY COOl£5/£3 19:30 The Lord Clifden lInDY pOp

19:30 The Garden House vAl wISeMAn, BRIAn Dee & len SKeAT

19:30 Colmore Bar & Grill BeCKY BRIne AnD heR RhYThM BOYS

20:00 The Sharman’s CrossSTeve AjAO QUARTeT

20:00 De Vere Village Urban Resort The BROOMBUSTeRS 20:30 The Drop ForgeART TheMen QUARTeT

21:00 Le Truc leS zAUTO STOMpeRS De pARIS (FRAnCe)

BRINDLEYPLACE FILM FESTIVALThe popular Brindleyplace Outdoor Film Festival returns to Birmingham on 8th to 14th July. Boasting the theme of Momentous Movies, the free film festival will showcase favourites such as Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Lion King and Grease as voted for by the public making it a real ‘must-visit’ event for the summer.Info: www.brindleyplace.com/film-festival 0121 643 6866

www.birminghamjazzfestival.com SATURDAY 13TH JULY 2013


11:00Victoria SquareThe BlACK MOUnTAIn jAzz & BlUeS BAnD

11:00 Birmingham Marketsnew ORleAnS hOTShOTS

12:00 Cadbury World The DIxIe STROlleRS£14.95/£10.95

12:00 Museum of The Jewellery Quarter vAl wISeMAn, BRIAn Dee, len SKeAT

12:30 The Mailbox The Alex MCKOwn BlUeS BAnD

12:30 The Mall, Sutton Coldfield jOhAnnA gRAhAM QUARTeT

12:30 The Gosta Green The KRUpA COnneCTIOn

13:00 The Jazz Shop, Great Western Arcade wORD Up (pOeTRY)

14:30 Sant Nirankari Satsang Bhawan new ORleAnS hOTShOTS and The ChIneSe jITTeRBUg SQUAD

14:30 Sam's Jazz On The Water BeCKY BRIne£8

14:30 Touchwood BOBBY wOODS TRIO

15:00 Victoria Square The FlAMIn' MAMIeS

15:00 The Brasshouse The jIveOhOlICS

15:00 The Sacks Of Potatoes leS zAUTO STOMpeRS De pARIS (FRAnCe)

16:00 Bournville Village Green The BlACK MOUnTAIn jAzz & BlUeS BAnD

16:30 Victoria Square The FlAMIn' MAMIeS

17:00 The Arcadian The ChIneSe jITTeRBUg SQUAD

17:00Bournville Village GreenThe DIxIe STROlleRS

17:30 The Gosta Green jOhAnnA gRAhAM QUARTeT

18:00 Victoria Square MelISSA lAURen TRIO (CAnADA)

19:00 Hampton By Hilton, Broad Street BeCKY BRIne

19:00 Waters Edge Bandstand The FlAMIn' MAMIeS

19:30 Dudley Zoo & Castle The jIveOhOlICS£5/£3

19:30 The Lord Clifden The KRUpA COnneCTIOn

19:30 The Garden House The Alex MCKOwn BlUeS BAnD

20:00 De Vere Village Urban Resort RICKY COOl

20:00 The PublicROY FORBeS wITh The BRIAn Dee TRIO

20:00 The Sacks Of Potatoes The DIxIe STROlleRS

20:00 The Wellington leS zAUTO STOMpeRS De pARIS (FRAnCe)

21:00 O'Neils, Solihull The BOBBY wOODS BlUeS BAnD

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12:00 Botanical Gardens The InDIgO KIngS£7/£4.75

12:30The Mailbox leS zAUTO STOMpeRS De pARIS (FRAnCe)

13:00 The Bear The FlAMIn' MAMIeS

13:00 Sarehole Mill jUDY eAMeS & The KAMInSKY COnneCTIOn 13:00 Touchwood ReMI hARRIS TRIO 13:00 The BelfryThe DIgBY FAIRweATheR BIg FOUR 14:00 Hotel Du Vin ROY FORBeS wITh The BRIAn Dee TRIO

15:00 The Station, Kings Heath The ARThUR BROwn jAzz BAnD 15:00 The Brasshouse RICKY COOl

16:00 New Inn Harborne BIg jOe pleASURe 16:30 Locanta Bar & Restaurant pAInT nIghT wITh AlexAnDRA hOMAnS £25

17:00 Slug & Lettuce The DIgBY FAIRweATheR BIg FOUR 17:00 O'Neill's Solihull 58 DelUxe 17:00 O'Neill' s, Broad Street jUDY eAMeS & The KAMInSKY COnneCTIOn 18:00 Café Rouge, MailboxReMI hARRIS TRIO

19:00 Botanical Gardens BOB KeRR & hIS whOOpee BAnD £15, £10 concessions

19:30 The Lord Clifden leS zAUTO STOMpeRS De pARIS (FRAnCe)

PAINT NIGHT GOES JAZZProfessional artist Alexandra Homans will guide budding painters through a two and-a-half hour painting session, where everyone, possibly fuelled by the odd drink, will produce a finished piece of art. An Italian buffet is provided.

JITTERBUG kIDS MATINEEThe Jitterbug craze dominated American dance halls during the 1930s heyday of Swing. The rest of the world joined in the fun when U.S. servicemen took it global during World War II. Now youngsters aged up to 16 have an opportunity to learn to dance a basic and energetic form of Jitterbug, The Charleston Stroll, with free lessons followed by a dance session at StarCity in Nechells on Saturday 6th July. The lessons are delivered by Alistair Fitzgerald of Strictly Jitterbug supported by The Chinese Jitterbug Squad. Parents and friends are welcome to this free two hour session.See page 11 calendar

VENUES www.birminghamjazzfestival.com VENUES


ALL BAR ONEBrindleyplace, Broad Street B1 2HL0121 644 5861

THE ARcAdIAN cENTRE70 Hurst Street B5 4TD0121 622 5348

ARTwORk GALLERy & cAFé Templefield Square, Wheeleys Road, Edgbaston B15 2LJ0121 440 4659

THE ASyLUM38 Hampton Street, B19 3LS0121 233 1109

THE BARBER INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS University of Birmingham,Edgbaston B15 2TS0121 414 7333

THE BEAR TAVERN 500 Bearwood Road, Bearwood B66 4BX0121 429 1184

BIRMINGHAM MARkETS Edgbaston Street B5 4QL0121 464 8349

BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM & ART GALLERy Chamberlain Square B3 3DH0121 303 1966

BLAckHEATH LIBRARy 145 High Street, Rowley Regis B65 0EA0121 559 1884

BLAkESLEy HALL Blakesley Road, Yardley, B25 8RN0121 464 2193

BOTANIcAL GARdENS Westbourne Road, Edgbaston B15 3TR0121 454 1860

BOURNVILLE VILLAGE GREEN Sycamore Road, Bournville B30 1UE0121 374 2139

THE BRASSHOUSE44 Broad Street B1 2HP0121 633 3383

cAdBURy wORLd Linden Road, Bournville B30 2LU0844 880 7667

cAFé ROUGE, THE MAILBOx 61 Wharfside Street B1 1XL0121 665 6437

cATHEdRAL GROUNdS Colmore Row B3 2QB0121 454 7020

cEM cLUB Quarry Lane, Northfield B31 2PY0121 475 1032

cHURcH STREET SqUARE Church Street B3 2RT0121 454 7020

cOLMORE BAR & GRILL 3-6 Waterloo Street B2 5PG0121 616 4442

THE cROwN, cORpORATION STREET 180 Corporation Street B4 6UD0121 236 7318

THE cROwN, STATION STREET65 Station Street B5 4DA0121 643 4265

THE cOUNTRy GIRL 1 Raddlebarn Road, Selly Oak B29 6HJ0121 472 7639

cUcINA RUSTIcA 24 Ludgate Hill, Jewellery Quarter B3 1DX0121 233 2277

dE VERE VILLAGE URBAN RESORTTempus Drive, Tempus Ten, Walsall WS2 8RL0871 222 4610

THE dROp FORGE 6-10 Hockley Street,The Jewellery Quarter B18 6BL0121 448 4578

dUdLEy ZOO & cASTLE Queen Mary’s Ballroom, The Broadway, Dudley DYI 4QB01384 215313

THE ELEcTRIc cINEMA 47 Station Street B5 4DY0121 643 7879

FIESTA dEL ASAdO 229 Hagley Road, Edgbaston B16 9RP0121 455 9331

FLEET STREET kITcHENFleet Street, Islington Gates, Summer Row B3 1JH0121 236 0100

THE GARdEN HOUSE 160 Hagley Road, Edgbaston B16 9NX0121 454 8315

GOSTA GREEN Holt Street B7 4BG0121 359 0044

GREAT wESTERN ARcAdE Colmore Row B2 5HU0121 236 5417

HAMpTON By HILTON BROAd STREET 200 Broad Street B14 1SU0121 329 7450

HARVEy NIcHOLS The Mailbox B1 1XL0121 616 6027

HOTEL dU VIN25 Church Street B3 2NR0121 200 0600

HyATT REGENcy HOTEL 2 Bridge Street B1 2JZ0121 643 1234

IBIS BIRMINGHAM cITy cENTRE21 Ladywell Walk B5 4ST0121 622 6010

THE JAM HOUSE St Paul’s Square,The Jewellery Quarter B3 1QU0121 200 3030

THE JAZZ SHOpGreat Western Arcade, Colmore Row, B2 5HU0121 454 7020

THE JUNcTION212 High Street, Harborne B17 9PT0121 428 2635

LASAN Dakota Buildings, James Street, Jewellery Quarter B3 1SD0121 212 3664

LE TRUcThe Arcadian, 21 Ladywell Walk,Hurst Street B5 4ST0121 622 7050

LIGHTwOOdS pARkAdkins Lane, Bearwood B67 5DP0121 569 4740

LOcANTA BAR & RESTAURANT31 Ludgate Hill,Jewellery Quarter B3 1EH0121 236 7227

THE LORd cLIFdENGreat Hampton Street,Hockley B18 6AA0121 523 7515

MAc Cannon Hill Road B12 9QH0121 466 3232

THE MAILBOx61 Wharfside Street B1 1XL0121 632 1000

THE MALL, SUTTON cOLdFIELd210A Parade, Sutton Coldfield B72 1PA0121 355 1112

MARcO pIERRE wHITE STEAkHOUSE BAR & GRILL The Cube, 200 Wharfside Street B1 1PR0121 634 3433

MILLER & cARTER 178 Wharfside Street, Mailbox B1 1RN0121 643 7738

MOSELEy ALL SERVIcES cLUB 91 Church Road B13 9EA07718 650407

MUSEUM OF THE JEwELLERy qUARTER 75-79 Vyse Street B18 6HA0121 554 3598

NEw INN, HARBORNE 74 Vivian Road, Harborne B17 0DJ0121 426 3373

NUMBER 9 THE GALLERy Brindleyplace, Broad Street B1 2HS0121 643 9099

THE OLd JOINT STOck THEATRE4 Temple Row West B2 5NY0121 200 1892

O’NEILL'S BROAd STREET240 Broad Street B1 2HG0121 616 3678

O’NEILL’S, SOLIHULL Poplar Road, Solihull B91 3AB0121 711 3761

pORTOFINO 21 Frederick Street, The Jewellery Quarter B1 3HE0121 236 9929

THE pUBLIc New Street, West Bromwich B70 7PG0121 533 7161

pUSHkAR 245 Broad Street B1 2HQ0121 643 7978

THE REd ROSE SHOppING cENTRE The Lower Parade, Sutton Coldfield B72 1XX0121 454 7020

THE ROAdHOUSE Wharfside Leisure Complex, Lifford Lane, Stirchley B30 3DZ0121 246 2273

THE SAckS OF pOTATOES10 Gosta Green B4 7ER0121 503 5811

SAM’S JAZZ ON THE wATER Birmingham Canal Boat Services, Gas Street Basin B1 2JT07760 492965

SAREHOLE MILL Cole Bank Road, Moseley B13 0BD0121 777 6612

SANT NIRANkARI SATSANG BHAwAN Potters Lane, Wednesbury WS10 OAS0121 505 4005

THE SHARMAN’S cROSS 127 Prospect Lane, Solihull B19 1HT0121 733 4871

SILVERSHINE JAZZ cLUBBearwood Corks Club,558 Bearwood Road,Smethwick, B66 4BT0121 429 2091

SLUG & LETTUcE Waters Edge, Brindleyplace, 66 Broad Street B1 2HL0121 633 3049

SNOw HILL STATION SqUARE Colmore Row B3 2BJ0121 454 7020

SOHO HOUSESoho Avenue, Handsworth B18 5LB0121 554 9122

SOLIHULL ARTS cOMpLEx Central Library, Homer Road, Solihull B91 3RG0121 704 6962

THE SOLOMON cUTLER Regency Wharf, Broad Street B1 2DS0121 631 8930

THE STATION, kINGS HEATH7 High Street, Kings Heath B14 7BB0121 444 8749

ST. pAULS cHURcH St Paul’s Square B3 1QZ0121 236 7858

STARcITy Watson Road, Nechells B7 5SA0121 327 1140

THE SUN ON THE HILL 23 Bennetts Hill B2 5QP0121 448 7966

SUTTON cOLdFIELd LIBRARy Lower Parade, Sutton Coldfield B72 1XX0121 464 2274

SyMpHONy HALL cAFé BAR Symphony Hall, Broad Street B1 2EA0121 780 3333

THE TALLy HOEdgbaston Crescent B5 7RN01675 442050

TOUcHwOOd cENTRESolihull B91 3GJ0121 709 6900

VIcTORIA SqUARE Colmore Row, B2 4BA0121 454 7020

VUE cINEMA, STARcITy Watson Road, Nechells B7 5SA08712 240 240

wATERS EdGE BANdSTANdBrindleyplace, Broad Street B1 2DS0121 200 3115

THE wELLINGTON 37 Bennetts Hill B2 5SN0121 200 3115

wINTERBOURNE HOUSE ANd GARdEN 58 Edgbaston Park Road B15 2RT0121 414 3003

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58 dELUxE Formed originally in London, this five-piece blues band is now Birmingham-based. They specialise in their own versions of the material of blues greats past and present.

ALAN BARNESNo Birmingham jazz festival would be complete without the outstanding saxophonist/clarinettist Alan Barnes whose career since leaving Humphrey Lyttelton’s Band in 1992 has seen him playing with many top American jazzmen, collecting British awards galore in at least five categories, running his own Woodville record label and pursuing an active and successful career as composer and arranger. Birmingham audiences will especially remember his Marbella Jazz Suite.

ALEx MckOwNBy 2011 Alex was established as one of the young stars of British blues,

performing two shows at the Zinc Blues Festival in France and also appearing for the second time at the Colne Festival on the British Stage. The highlight of 2011 was a nomination in the British Blues Awards and inclusion in the Best Newcomer Poll by Blues Matters magazine. Another nomination in the 2012 British Blues Awards resulted in a letter of congratulations from the Houses of Parliament!

ART THEMEN The wonderfully original saxophonist Art Themen managed throughout a long and successful career as an orthopaedic surgeon to build a major reputation on the British jazz and blues scene, initially picking up national awards with the Cambridge University Jazz Band, then playing and touring with the likes of Alexis Korner, Mick Jagger and Jack Bruce before lending his Sonny Rollins-influenced tenor sax into many top jazz groups. Since retirement from medicine, Art has gone from strength to strength, with the British Jazz Award for tenor sax coming his way in 2008.

THE ARTHUR BROwN JAZZ BANdHaving led his own band for many years, trumpeter Arthur Brown joined Pete Allen’s band and then had a spell leading a band in

Alan Barnes


CBD FOOD FESTIVAL 2013One of the city’s top food and drink festivals is back for a third year in July. Taking place on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th July in Victoria Square, the CBD Food Festival showcases the fantastic culinary and beverage offering in Birmingham’s commercial quarter, Colmore Business District (CBD). Menu tasters will be served by 27 venues, priced from £1.50 to £5. The festival will present a packed entertainment programme, including CBD’s highly popular cookery and beverage making demonstrations. Visitors will also be able to enjoy live music as part of the Birmingham International Jazz & Blues Festival, which CBD will be participating in for the fifth year. Furthermore, look out for spontaneous outdoor theatre acts and performances from CBD’s choir, Colmore Chorus.



Spain. On his return to the Midlands, he formed his present band which appears regularly throughout the region and annually at the Birmingham Festival. Arthur remains dedicated to the robust buccaneering style of Dixieland.

THE ARTIST (FILM)Writer/director Michel Hazanavic’s 2011 film clocked up an astonishing series of achievements: three Golden Globes, seven BAFTAS, five Academy Awards, Best Actor Award for Jean Dujardin at the Cannes Film Festival. The first mainly silent film to win an Oscar since 1927, it was also the first French film to win Best Picture and Dujardin the first French actor voted Best Actor. A Hollywood backstage comedy-drama set in the years of the switch from silent to sound, it features tracks by Red Nichols, Duke Ellington and Rose Murphy.

BAckyARd MUSIc BOySFour piece acoustic band that is intent on capturing the excitement and verve of 1920s/1930s hot jazz. Lining up with clarinet, trumpet, sousaphone and banjo, led by Matt Palmer they are equally comfortable strolling or static onstage.

THE BARRETT BROTHERSInspired by the music of Django Reinhardt, The Barrett Brothers bring their own energetic and infectious take on Gypsy Jazz. They

tackle the intricacies of the genre’s jaw-dropping techniques and pace with apparent ease. Their repertoire spans a wealth of Reinhardt greats, including Nuàges, Minor Swing and Dark Eyes (brought to a wider consciousness more recently by Johnny Depp in the film Chocolat) to Dave Brubeck’s Blue Rondo á la Turk and Paul Desmond’s Take 5. Alongside original compositions, such as the bossa nova Millie Bug, works by J.S. Bach and The Beatles are also given a Gypsy twist.

BEcky BRINEThe West Country’s ‘Jazzeoke Queen’, Totnes-based Becky Brine will be remembered with affection by Birmingham patrons for her solo street entertainment. Always a little unconventional in her approach to marketing, Becky kick-started her jazz

The Barrett Brothers

SERVICE BIRMINGHAMWorking with the community to promote the arts sustainability and social inclusion. A joint venture company between Birmingham City Council and Capita that manages the council’s ICT and helps drive forward its ambitious business transformation programme. We are at the heart of the community and our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme is a cornerstone of our business. We try and “walk and talk” when it comes to being a good corporate citizen. Putting something back into the community is not a bolt-on for us, but an integral part of our approach and something that expresses our company’s values to the community we serve here in Birmingham.


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singing career by busking and still goes out to windy boulevards and sings to passers-by, finding it a great rehearsal space and a good excuse to dress-up in top hats and cocktail dresses!

BEN cUMMINGSBen has built a formidable reputation as a trumpeter over the last few years. Currently he has taken over the late Kenny Ball’s role in the continuing Kenny Ball Jazzmen, now led by Kenny’s son, the singer Keith Ball, but Ben’s range of work also includes working

with such diverse talents and in such different styles as Jacqui Dankworth, Jamie Cullum, Madness, the Humphrey Lyttelton Band and the Pasadena Roof Orchestra. Ben’s own influences include Chet Baker and Clark Terry. As a leader he takes charge of the Big Beat Band.

BIG JOE pLEASUREBig Joe is one of the great jazz and swing performers. When the Boss of the Blues holds sway, nobody is in any doubt who’s in charge. His ebullient singing is matched

by his fine tenor and baritone sax playing in a memorably swinging package.

THE BLAck MOUNTAIN JAZZ ANd BLUES BANd This band sets out to play music inspired by the numerous musical giants of New Orleans who gave birth to the music and whose influence continues to inspire jazz of all persuasions, regardless of idiom, to this day. A rough estimate will reveal an aggregate experience of approximately 250 years of playing New Orleans music by the six members of this band: John Minnion (trumpet), Jeff Matthews (reeds), Paul Munnery (trombone/guitar), Rachel Hayward (banjo/guitar), Derek Jones (bass) and Paul Spedding (drums). This includes spells by several of the band members with Ken Colyer, Sammy Rimmington, and the great Brummie New Orleanian Dan Pawson.

THE BLUES BROTHERS (FILM)The Blues Brothers, directed by John Landis, is an iconic musical comedy film from 1980 that has an ongoing afterlife in a 2000 sequel, tours of the Blues Brothers Band and any number of tribute shows and acts. The original tells the story of Jake and Elwood’s mission from God to re-form their band and save a Catholic

orphanage from closure, but is best remembered as the excuse for explosive car chases and the best of blues and soul from the likes of Aretha Franklin, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker and James Brown, not to mention the amazing Blues Brothers Band fronted by Jake (John Belushi) and Elwood (Dan Aykroyd).

BOB HALL ANd dAVE pEABOdyAcclaimed blues and boogie stars Bob Hall and Dave Peabody have made four albums together. Bob, described by Folk Roots as ‘the finest blues and boogie woogie piano player this side of the Atlantic’, first came to fame in the

rhythm’n’blues explosion of the 1960s, as a founder member of The Groundhogs and later Savoy Brown. Later he acted as accompanist to countless US bluesmen such as John Lee Hooker, Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter, Jimmy Witherspoon, Chuck Berry, Homesick James, Lightnin’ Slim and Charlie Musselwhite. Guitarist Dave Peabody has been voted Acoustic Blues Artist of the Year three times by the British Blues Connection and Blues in Britain magazine. He’s also been first choice accompanist for such American blues artists as Mississippi legend David ‘Honeyboy’ Edwards and Grammy Award winner Charlie Musselwhite.

BOB kERR & HIS wHOOpEE BANdAccording to its publicity Bob Kerr’s Whoopee Band is a jazz band which started in 1967 and continues to perform today. It is, of course, much more than that, possibly the last of the great comedy jazz bands that combine zany musical and visual humour with lively jazz and impeccable musicianship. The Whoopee Band was originally an offshoot of the eclectic Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and shared many similarities with other outfits of the time such as The New Vaudeville Band and The Temperance Seven. Bob himself, who is mainly featured on trumpet and cornet, was a member of both the Bonzos and the

PHOTOGRAPHER-AT-LARGEThe Festival's reputation for high-quality photography is largely based on the regular visits to Birmingham of photographer Merlin Daleman. This year is no exception, Merlin, who lives in North Brabant in Holland, again takes up residence in Birmingham. His success in the Netherlands has led to his winning The Silver Camera Award twice for Best Documentary Photographer. A graduate of the Royal Academy of the Arts in The Hague, he is a regular contributor to NRC Handelsblad and NRC Next.

Ben Cummings MIkE BURNEY BENEFIT CONCERT Mike Burney is one of the most significant jazz musicians this City has ever produced.Only his determination to stay in Birmingham prevented him from taking his place on the international stage. Nevertheless, he has consistently worked with major artists including Jimmy Cliff, Chaka Khan, The Syd Lawrence Orchestra and Roy Wood's Wizzard. He has recorded with U.S. bluesmen including Gene The Mighty Flea Connors and guitar legend Mickey Baker of Love Is Strange fame. Mike has featured in every Birmingham Jazz Festival, often appearing alongside top British and American musicians, always holding his own in top company, invariably gaining plaudits from the stars and sometimes blowing them right off the stage. Mike Burney will miss the festival this year. He is in the early stages of recovery from major surgery and currently unable to play. Inevitably, for a man who has dedicated his life to music, he has significant financial pressures. This is where his friends come in.His friends are far too numerous to fully list here, but they include Roy Wood, The Steve Gibbons Band and King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys. In addition there will be a host of surprise appearances from many of the fine musicians who understand the value of Mike Burney's contribution to our music.The performance is at The Asylum, Tuesday 9th July at 7.30 PM.All musicians have waived their fees. All proceeds go to Mike Burney. Any contributions from those who cannot attend can be sent by cheque payable to Mike Burney,to Jazz Festival. PO Box 944 Birmingham B16 8UT



New Vaudeville Band.Current members of Bob Kerr’s Whoopee Band are John ‘The Professor’ Percival, Malcolm Sked, Bert Lamb and Henri Harrison.

BOBBy wOOdSSinger Bobby Woods was born in Chicago and grew up surrounded by the sounds of jazz, blues and gospel greats. Now based in Birmingham and regularly featured at the city’s Jazz and Blues Festival, Bobby has appeared with Osibisa, Eddie Grant and Third World and has toured widely in Europe and Africa.

BRIAN dEEBrian Dee is a pianist of astonishing versatility. Much in demand as an accompanist (his work with Elaine Delmar particularly impressive), he is also a solo player of originality and technical complexity, having come into the music business alternating challenging groups led by the

likes of Tubby Hayes and Vic Ash/Harry Klein with working in swing bands such as the Eric Winstone and Ken Mackintosh orchestras, plus accompanying such singers as Lita Roza. In recent years Brian has made a reputation as a composer/songwriter, working with Val Wiseman to create Keeping the Flame Alive, devoted to the lives and works of the Bronte sisters.

BROOkS wILLIAMS (USA)‘A fret monster who has to be seen to be believed!’ – San Antonio LightLauded as one of the Top 100 acoustic guitarists of all time and one of the hits of the last two Birmingham festivals, Brooks Williams has been wowing audiences worldwide for nearly 24 years with his silky voice, hook-laden songs and rollicking acoustic guitar. Born in Statesboro, Georgia, he is now located in the rather different surroundings

of Cambridge, UK, but continues to play everywhere from Istanbul to Boston, from Detroit to Nairobi, and has gigged with such big names as Taj Mahal, Billy Bragg, Paul Jones and John Hammond.‘...classy, tasteful, bright and hugely enjoyable!’ – Blues Matters

THE BROOMBUSTERSThe Broombusters deliver a unique fusion of blues and reggae, rhythmic reggae basslines matched with gritty blues chords to create an original sound. The band takes influences from Bob Dylan, Elmore James, Jimi Hendrix and Muddy Waters, combined with reggae and good old-fashioned rock’n’roll. Leading the five-piece Broombusters is the charismatic Charlie ‘Wolfman’ Sylvester from the late 1970s disco soul band the J.A.L.N. Band which, managed by Pete Waterman, toured Europe for over 25

SUTTON COLDFIELD WELCOMES

29TH BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONALJAZZ & BLUES FESTIVALJULY5TH TO 14TH 2013

The Mall

Friday 5th The Barrett Brothers – 12:30Saturday 6th The Chase Jazzmen – 12:30Monday 8th Matt Palmer’s Millennium Eagle Jazz Band – 12:30Wednesday 10th The Jonny Hepbir Trio – 12:30Friday 12th John Paul Gard Hammond Organ Trio – 12:30Saturday 13th Johanna Graham Quartet – 12:30

The Red Rose shopping CenTRe

Tuesday 9th The Jazz Ramblers – 12:30Thursday 11th Becky Brine – 12:30

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Wednesday 10th Remi Harris Trio – 14:00

Bob Kerr & his Whoopee Band

Bobby Woods



years, had several chart successes and made many appearances on Top of the Pops.

BROwNFIELd ByRNEHOT SIxFormer bebop purists Jamie Brownfield and Liam Byrne have now turned their attentions to earlier jazz styles taking inspiration from Bix and Tram rather than Bird and Dizzy. Their new band, the Hot 6, formed in time for the 2012 Birmingham festival, plays the kind of jazz that really swings and doesn’t give you a headache. Featuring a rhythm section including such luminaries as Tom Kincaid, Andy Hulme, Jim Swinnerton and Jack Cotterill, they play classic jazz, as in everything from New Orleans through the Tin Pan Alley classics, the swing era, and mainstream jazz recalling the classic small groups of the 1930’s.

c-JAMC-JAM’s repertoire is large and varied, ranging from cool jazz sounds to stomping blues/R&B and soul favourites. The experienced line-up includes three ex-members of the Steve Gibbons Band, including Brian Badhams (keyboards and vocals), currently with Elkie Brooks. Brian Wilson (lead guitar/vocals) spent many years with the Gibbons Band, touring the States supporting The Who, and

working with the Ruby Turner Band for a number of years. Drummer Brendan Day’s 12 years with the Gibbons Band have been followed by work with the Dylan Project and Fairport Convention among many others. Bassist Frank Walker’s colourful music career includes working with Glenn Tipton in the Flying Hat Band and appearing with Alvin Stardust, whilst saxist Sam Rogers first came to notice with the Walsall Jazz Orchestra and was then offered a scholarship to study Music at Miami State University.

cANNON HILL cOLLEcTIVE (pOETRy)A cross-art-form collaboration between young artists supported through workshops and guidance from mac, with Carl Sealeaf, Amerah Saleh, Lexia Tomlinson, Danny Murphy, Sipho Eric Dube and Nafeesa Hamid.

THE cHASE JAZZMENThe band is made up of leading musicians who have a long standing history of playing traditional and popular jazz: Pete Ainge (trumpet & vocals), Alan Jagar (clarinet & saxes), Dave Boxold (guitar, banjo & vocals), Bob Pearse (double bass) and Jim Harney (drums). The music is drawn mainly from all popular composers and dates from the period between 1900 and 1950.

THE cHINESE JITTERBUG SqUAdOne of the hits of Birmingham 2012 was the troupe of Chinese jitterbug dancers who strutted their stuff with some of the jollier festival bands, including a performance for The Queen and Prince Phillip on their royal visit to Birmingham. There's more of the same this year! Look out for their daytime kids and adults jitterbug workshops on

Brownfield Byrne Hot Six Photo by Merlin Daleman



July 6th at StarCity, plus the unexpected delights of unscheduled appearances by the Jitterbug Squad.

dEVON yOUTH JAZZ ORcHESTRAThe Devon Youth Jazz Orchestra teaches young people from across the whole of Devon including Exeter, North Devon, South Devon, Torbay and Dartmoor to play and perform a wide variety of Jazz.DYJO has won many national awards over its history for its performances and educational programme, and continues to play to enthusiastic audiences in Devon and beyond. Recent festival performances have included music festivals throughout Devon, the Schools Prom at the Royal Albert Hall, the National Festival of Music for Youth in Birmingham and two appearances at the Montreux Jazz Festival. dIGBy FAIRwEATHERDigby Fairweather has taken on many roles at Birmingham over the years, in recent years occupying the position of Festival Patron. In 2008 he took over from the late Humphrey Lyttelton who had been with him at the very start (even, before the very start) of the Birmingham International Jazz Festival. They headed the two competing front lines in the 1984 M&B Jam

Session that gave rise to a full festival the following year. Digby’s achievements in jazz are far too numerous to itemise: as the author of many books, notably The Rough Guide (with Ian Carr and Brian Priestley), Notes from a Jazz Life and On the Road with George Melly; as leader of many top bands, including the award-winning Dig’s Half Dozen; as MD for top singers George Melly and Paul Jones; as archivist, broadcaster and tireless propagandist for jazz. In recent years his Half Dozen has won many British Jazz Awards for Small Group, following on his earlier individual awards for Trumpet and Services to British Jazz.

THE dIxIE STROLLERSThe Dixie Strollers are a new seven piece jazz band in the Dixie/New Orleans style of the 1920s-50s, made up of students from two of the top music conservatories in London. Between them the band have played in all of the major London jazz venues

including Ronnie Scott's, The Vortex, and the 606 Jazz Club, as well as at the London Jazz Festival, Royal Albert Hall and many others. Influenced by Alex Welsh, Kid Ory, Sidney Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong. The band feature a front line of trumpet, clarinet and trombone as well as a four-piece rhythm section.

dIZ HONEyBEAR wATSONTaking as his prime influence the piano style of New Orleans, a potent gumbo of barrelhouse, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and boogie woogie, Diz ‘Honeybear’ Watson is now one of its quintessential exponents. Diz’s great inspiration is Professor Longhair aka Henry Roland Byrd.

Since 1985 Diz has been living in Europe and making the occasional visit to the Caribbean and the U.S A., and he is now making quite

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a name for himself in Ireland. ‘They like the humour,’ says Diz, ‘especially when I do some of those old Cousin Joe tunes like Juice on the Loose and Evolution.”

ENRIcO TOMASSOWith his authentic jazz pedigree (father and uncle were both distinguished players) Enrico’s career was pretty much inevitable, especially when he heard Louis Armstrong and began a friendship with the great man. Enrico’s fiery trumpet can be heard in many different settings, stints with Ray Gelato, Echoes of Ellington and Acker Bilk side by side with studio work and appearances with such American stars as Warren Vache, Scott Hamilton, Dan Barrett, Marty Grosz and many others. Enrico is regularly nominated in the Trumpet category of the British Jazz Awards.

FAT cHOpS BIG BANdFormed in the mid 1990’s, Fat Chops Big Band quickly became one of the UK’s most exciting big bands. With members drawn from the professional scene in the Midlands, Fat Chops gigs always deliver in terms of style, swing and power.Performing regularly at the Tasco’s Club in Stirchley, Birmingham, Fat Chops performs music from the modern big band era with a repertoire drawn from the libraries of Buddy

Rich, Woody Herman, Maria Schneider and Bob Brookmeyer as well as from the great British pens of Allan Ganley, Mark Nightingale and Steve Gray.

THE FLAMIN’ MAMIESThe Flamin’ Mamies were formed in Liverpool in 2009 when four young ladies decided to pick up some instruments and learn to play the old-timey music they loved to dance to. The Mamies’ brand of toe-tapping fun is influenced by a wide range of genres, including 1920s/30s jazz, Tin Pan Alley, blues, Western swing and jug and washboard bands. In 2012 they became a five-piece with the addition of BenJemima Bobbins (clarinet, washboard and vocals) to the line-up of Lil’ Mamie Brown (guitar/vocals), Mandy Jane (tenor banjo/vocals), Ukulele Red (banjo, ukulele, vocals and kazoo) and Kirsty Walker (double bass).

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GIEdR kIL IAUSkIEN ANd ANdREJ pOLEVIkOV (LITHUANIA)Giedre, who is well-known to wide audiences in Lithuania and abroad as the lead vocalist of hip and extremely popular electro-punk bands Milky Lasers and Empty. Recently she is heard singing jazz and bossa nova in acoustic settings. No one could have doubted her professional skills and creativeness while listening to her in electronic fields, but her recently revealed versatility is astonishing and presents a completely different, even more powerful shape of her talent. She has a marvellous voice of unique sweet timbre, bright and wide palette, perfect pitch and controlled power, but there is something more that makes her perfomances so memorable and emotionally valid – intelligence and good taste. Pianist and arranger Andrej Polevikov, working with Giedre, is truly enjoying

the possibilities of her voice and all the benefits of fruitful and enriching collaboration. Being an admirer of traditional jazz and classic standard repertoire, Andrej fills the arrangements of well-known melodies with much space for improvisation and keeps the natural swing feeling while Giedre brings a special modern colour.

GILAd ATZMONGilad Atzmon is one of the most highly regarded jazz musicians playing todayand we are fortunate to have him back in Birmingham with the acclaimed Orient House Ensemble. By turns fiery, funny and funky the band will be playing tracks from their latest CD Songs of the Metropolis as well astheir back catalogue. The Orient House Ensemble features Atzmon’s brilliant playing on a variety ofinstruments, alto and soprano saxes, clarinet and accordion.

THE GOOd LOVELIES (cANAdA)Funny and upbeat, with just a pinch of sass, the Good Lovelies‘ textbook three-part harmonies, constant instrument swapping and witty on-stage banter have enlivened the folk music landscape since they joined forces in 2006 for their first show at Toronto’s funky Gladstone Hotel.How the Good Lovelies (Caroline Brooks, Kerri Ough and Sue Passmore) got together is a bit of a mystery: Sue remembers meeting her band mates during a limbo competition, Caroline thinks they met at a chess tournament, but Kerri is convinced they first crossed paths during a bar fight… Whatever the story may be, the ladies immediately realized they had something special, so they hit the road on a mission to charm Canadian audiences coast to coast. Their tireless rain or shine outlook and undeniable mutual respect

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have helped the trio weather years of constant touring. Lighthearted songwriting and irresistibly buoyant dispositions have made them the darlings of the summer festival circuit.

GRAcE LANcASTERComing from York, Grace is a 21 year old upcoming musician and performer who is moving down to drama school in London for professional training in September. She has been singing in local venues for the past few years supported by her father and younger brother. Although she has a passion for musical theatre she is also influenced by modern soul, gospel and jazz. Grace is also a competent alto saxophonist so her programme will showcase the multitalented youngster and will provide a breath of fresh air for the audience with her stunning vocals.

GRAINNE dUFFy (IRELANd)A singer-songwriter-guitarist from County Monaghan, Grainne Duffy is often compared to Bonnie Raitt whom she cites as an influence along with Linda Ronstadt, Keith Richards, Fleetwood Mac and Bob Dylan. After taking a degree in Music at NUI, Maynooth, and doing session work in Europe, her solo career took off immediately with three days on the Acoustic Stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2008, alongside the likes of Joan Baez, Sinead O’Connor and Seasick Steve, followed by the Blues on the Bay Festival at Warrenpoint which has been twice headlined by Van Morrison. Since then she has recorded two studio albums, featured at major festivals throughout Ireland and figured largely on radio in Ulster and in the film Pumpgirl.

THE GREAT BIRMINGHAM TROMBONE cOMpANyThe Great Birmingham Trombone Company is a group of five trombones with rhythm section, led by Jonathan Warburton on bass trombone. The group, newly formed by some of Birmingham’s most accomplished jazz trombonists is eager to put top-quality trombone playing on the map. The group plays both standards and original compositions for trombone quintet and the focus of the group is to play challenging arrangements, but have fun doing so! The biggest influence on the group is the album The Great American Trombone Company which included Frank Rosolino and Carl Fontana.

GREy GOOSE BLUES BANd Formed in 2008 by singer/songwriter/guitarist Frankie Williams, the Grey Goose is fast developing a reputation

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as the Best Jazz Act in 2012 in the This is Cornwall What’s On Music Awards. Johanna is a sophisticated singer with a unique ability to take on the personae of great singers of the past. Her varied repertoire extends from Rodgers & Hart to Astrud Gilberto’s bossa novas or modern classics done in her own unique jazzy way.

JOHN HEMMING ANd THE SISTERS OF JAZZJohn Hemming and the Sisters of Jazz played for MPs, Peers, and the national and regional media at their debut gig at the Liberal Democrat Conference before making their first appearance at the Birmingham Jazz and Blues Festival last year. At one time John was a drummer with a heavy metal group, but of more relevance to the festival is his ability as a jazz pianist. As well as the Sisters of Jazz he has played with the John Patrick Quartet and the late Andy Hamilton and the Blue Notes. Though limited as an MP by his need

to put constituency duties first, he is often to be found sitting in at gigs at the ICC in Birmingham and The Drum. He also performed at the Macmillan Cancer Relief Palace of Varieties event with Lord Anthony Colwyn's band in 2010.

JOHN pAUL GARd TRIOJohn-paul started playing the organ at the age of 10 and in eight months made it to the finals of the UK’s Best Organ Player in 1981. However, at the age of 20, he began to study the piano and it was as a pianist that he released his first album, Bad Attitude, and was offered a place at Berklee College in Boston. In recent years, with Pedalmania, he has moved back to the Hammond. Influenced by the great Jimmy Smith.

JOHN pATRIck John Patrick’s piano playing has graced the performances of many American stars who have visited the country since the

1960s. For many years John fronted his own big band, but he is at his best in a small group playing hard-swinging modern jazz.

JONNy HEpBIR TRIOGuitarists Jonny Hepbir and Jason Henson and bassist Dan Sheppard played together in various formats for over fifteen years before forming the Jonny Hepbir Trio in 2007. Both Jonny and Jason have played with many of the greatest jazz guitarists, including Bireli Lagrene, Stochelo Rosenberg and Mundell Lowe (in the case of Jonny) and Jim Mullen and Louis Stewart (Jason). Hailing from the deep south of England, the trio specialises in a vibrant, all-acoustic mix of gypsy swing, jazz and funky Latin. The band has delighted audiences throughout the UK and abroad, including private performances for Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Terence Conran.

in the Midlands as the freshest and most original blues band around. Having cut their teeth on the Black Country pub circuit, Williams, bass guitarist Rufus T Watson, drummer Chuddy Mitchel and harmonica player ‘Lil’ Dave Smith have played many major blues festivals since 2010: Nantwich, Upton-upon-Severn, Tewkesbury, Swanage, Shetland, Aber Jazz and Blues and, of course, Birmingham.

HIT THE OdE (pOETRy)This introduces spoken word from around the world, a monthly showcase of electric poetry with mystery guests from the region, the rest of the UK and the globe!

THE INdIGO kINGSThe Indigo Kings was formed in early 2011 by the band’s bass player and lyrical mastermind, Carl, with nothing but a War and Peace-sized catalogue of scribbled words about love lost and found and an empty barn with a resident polystyrene alligator. He formed a dedicated 7 piece band of talented musicians and begun wading through his back catalogue of songs. After many gigs and a whole lot of whittling down, an album was released in January 2012, which went to #2 on the Amazon jazz download chart.

ISSIE BARRETT ANGLO-INdIAN OcTETThe Issie Barrett Anglo-Indian Octet is led by saxophonist/composer/educator Issie Barrett and, as its name indicates, brings together elements of jazz and of Indian music. The group contains the ‘usual’ jazz instruments, Issie on sax, Mick Foster on clarinet, Rowland Sutherland on flute and Dominic Ashworth on guitar, to which are added a number of traditional Indian instruments, Kousic Sen on table, Gaurav Mazumdar on sitar and Prathap Ramachandra on clay pot.

THE JAZZ RAMBLERSBanjo/guitar player Brian Mellor gathers a group of like-minded musicians for a programme of good time jazz, loosely based on the music of the 1930s and 1940s, with the emphasis on variety and entertainment. As well as numbers associated

with the greats such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Bix Beiderbecke, the Ramblers feature material from such popular British musicians as Chris Barber, Kenny Ball and Acker Bilk.

THE JIVEOHOLIcSWales’s finest 6 piece Jump Jive band, the Jiveoholics formed in 2006. The Jiveoholics take the tunes of the 1940’s Jump Jive era and the early 1950’s Rock ‘n’ Roll scene and give them a little twist of fun and pizzazz. Classics like There ain't nobody here but us chickens and Flip, Flop and Fly snuggle comfortably alongside the revivalist hits Stray Cat Strut and Mr Pinstripe Suit. JOHANNA GRAHAM qUARTETThe Johanna Graham group, made up of some of Cornwall’s most talented musicians, was nominated

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STRICTLY JITTERBUGCalling all dancers.Learn to dance The Charleston Stroll or brush up on your jitterbug moves with free lessons delivered by Alistair Fitzgerald at StarCity on Saturday 6th July.All Welcome. No booking nor experience required.The lessons lead into the King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys show, also free at StarCity, when there will be plenty of opportunity to put you newly-acquired dance skills into practice. Why not make a night of it and stay on in StarCity to watch the classic music movie The Blues Brothers, with Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Cab Calloway and Belushi and Aykroyd with that wonderful Blues Brothers Band.

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connected beautifully by this vintage style 13 piece band in a way rarely seen or heard before. They brought the house down when they made their debut at The Twinwood Festival 2012, thrilling the sell-out crowd. Come to see them live, but don't forget to fasten your seat belts and be prepared for a truly stunning show.

LAST SHOp STANdING (FILM)Pip Piper’s 2012 documentary was inspired by the book of the same name by Graham Jones and takes the audience behind the counter to explain why nearly 2,000 record shops have disappeared across the UK. Such celebrated musicians as Paul Weller, Johnny Marr, Billy Bragg and Richard Hawley talk of the part independent record shops played in their musical education, and industry figures include Jimmy Shannon of Birmingham’s jazz record shop, The Diskery.

LEN SkEATIt is probably easier to list the top musicians that Len Skeat hasn’t worked with. An immaculate bass player known as ‘The Time Lord’, he began in the late 1950s with Eddie Thompson’s Trio and was soon working with Ted Heath’s Orchestra and Stephane Grappelli’s trio, before becoming much

in demand from top-line American visitors. Well known as Peggy Lee’s favourite bass player for her UK visits, he has also played with a list of jazz legends too long to enumerate: a brief sample comes up with Ruby Braff, Ben Webster, Lockjaw David, Lionel Hampton, Billy Eckstine and Harry Edison.

LES ZAUTO STOMpERS dE pARIS (FRANcE)Les Zauto Stompers are an accomplished and entertaining five-piece from Paris, the stars of festivals throughout Europe. Their repertoire takes you back to the honkytonks of New Orleans and the cabarets of Chicago and New York. Virtuoso cornetist Gilles Naudet brings to life the classics of Louis Armstrong and the Stompers also favour the music of Bix Beiderbecke, Jelly Roll Morton, Joe ‘King’ Oliver, Fats Waller, Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington and many other greats of jazz.

LEwIS FLOyd HENRy ‘The unlikely hit of the Big Chill, Henry sets up in fields, armed with a guitar played with his teeth and tiny drum kit played with his feet. A one-man band Jimi Hendrix Experience. Possibly quite mad, but brilliant.’ – Dave Simpson, The GuardianReturning to the Birmingham festival, rock’n’roll whirlwind Lewis Floyd Henry is a one-man band with plenty of soul and licks that Clapton would happily claim as his own. In hipster London Lewis is known as the Balladeer of Brick Lane, the Hendrix of Hackney or the Dylan of Dalston! When his father came to England from Jamaica in the 1960s he brought plenty of Trenchtown reggae with him, a sound that, along with the blues, formed the cornerstone of Henry’s musical education. Lewis takes his inspiration from everywhere; as he says, ‘I was really into Robert Johnson and John Lee Hooker at the same time as I

JUdy EAMES ANd THE kAMINSky cONNEcTIONThe Kaminsky Connection is a Chicago-style band formed by Tony Davis and singer Judy Eames and inspired by Tony’s purchase of a 1938 Conn Victor cornet originally owned and played by the great Max Kaminsky. The band has featured at Birmingham, Brecon and Bude festivals, plus Kecskemet in Hungary, and this year will play Swanage and Teignmouth for the first time. The repertoire includes jazz standards, blues, ballads and boogie woogie piano from Malcolm Hogarth.

kENT dUcHAINE (USA)Minnesota-born Kent DuChaine has travelled the United States for 40 years, pursuing the solo blues life, but he has also been associated with many of the blues greats of a previous generation – in Kent’s blues

we are still in touch with the likes of Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters. He was part of the Smithsonian Institute Festival on the theme of The Roots of Rhythm & Blues: The Robert Johnson Era which led to a Grammy-nominated album in the company of Johnny Shines, Robert Lockwood Jr, Honeyboy Edwards and Henry Townsend.

kING pLEASURE ANd THE BIScUIT BOySRough, tough and always rocking, the legendary King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys’ zany stage show sometimes belies the fact that here is the finest, most authentic rhythm & blues band ever to come from outside the USA. As all Birmingham festival patrons know who have followed their astonishing career, the band carries a guarantee of great swinging music and high entertainment value. This year the high-octane jump and jive band have, as always, been spreading their message throughout Europe promoting their 11th Big Bear CD Live at Last! ‘Superb, a stunning range of instrumental ability…classy stuff in the style of Louis Jordan and Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, with nowt taken out.’ – Dave Clarke, Now Dig This

THE kRUpA cONNEcTIONThe Krupa Connection recreates the sounds of

the Gene Krupa Trio from the 1940's through to the 1970's. The trio first played on a mid-1940s recording session, with Charlie Ventura and Marty Napoleon, and over the next 30 years featured such greats as Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson and Benny Carter.The three musicians in the Krupa Connection are Alan Haughton, virtuoso pianist, composer, arranger and member of the late Terry Lightfoot’s Band among many others; Richard Exall, dazzling exponent of the clarinet and saxophone, arranger and member of the Big Chris Barber Band and leader of his own Shooting Stars band; and John Watson, drummer, percussionist, raconteur and member of the Pasadena Roof Orchestra.

THE LAMOURSFronted by the fabulously talented Lola Lamour, this youthful and energetic new band is destined for great places. Their eclectic mix of music genres spanning seven decades done in their own unique style will not fail to surprise and delight you. The audience is engaged on a roller-coaster ride of contrasting styles and tempos combining fabulous melodies with hypnotic rhythms. Swing, soul, tango, blues, samba, and rockabilly all amazingly but effortlessly follow each other and are

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and composer. He has played and recorded with a wide range of ensembles which include the Stan Sulzmann Big Band, the Michael Garrick Big Band, The London Jazz Orchestra, Frank Griffith’s Nonet, Issie Barratt, La Banda Europa, Digby Fairweather and the Back to Basie Orchestra.

MIdLANd yOUTH JAZZ ORcHESTRAThe Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra is now widely acclaimed as one of the UK’s top big bands. Its reputation is founded on a consistently high level of performance over two decades which brought the orchestra astonishing success in the BBC National Big Band Competition (Youth and, later, Senior sections), plus appearances at such celebrated festivals as the Montreux Jazz Festival. MYJO has twice received awards from the IAJE (in Miami and Toronto) for Outstanding Services to Jazz Education.

NAkEd LUNGS (pOETRy)A Birmingham-based poetry collective looking to foster a community of like-minded individuals for creative collaboration, with Keiran Goddard, Benjamin Jones, Garrie Fletcher and Annie-J.

NEw ORLEANS HOTSHOTSTrombonist Dave Harmer brings the Hotshots back

for their third Birmingham festival. The six-piece from the East Midlands play everything from New Orleans to Dixieland, with a good measure of ballads, blues and rags.

pOETRy ALIGHT (pOETRy) Gary Longden presents an all-star line-up of guests from the quarterly poetry night in Lichfield which takes pride in introducing new poets to the audience and new audiences to poets.

pOTATO HEAd JAZZ BANd (SpAIN)The Potato Head Jazz Band from Granada in Spain consists of six musicians from around the world and

has performed in many notable jazz clubs and festivals. The All-Spanish rhythm section is Patricio Caparros (bass), Antonio Fernandez (banjo) and Jaime Parrizas (drums), with a front line of Alberto Martin (Spain) on trumpet, Martin Torres (Argentina) on clarinet and Andrew Lynch (Australia) on tenor sax. Their most recent album, This is not New Orleans... has been welcomed with high critical and popular acclaim. The band’s live shows are full of energy, highly participative, with the origins and influences of each musician coming through very clearly.

was digging Wu-Tang Clan.’‘A budding blues legend.’ – Ben Myers, NME.

LINdy pOp!An up-and-coming young sextet from Leeds, Lindy Pop! is stocked with alumni of the College of Music, plus two ex-members of NYJO. Potentially the only group whose influences include Louis Armstrong, Richard Cheese, Michael Jackson and Bruno Mars, the band specialises in performing classic pop tunes in a Dixieland style. Their recent EP ranges from Gorillaz to Benny Goodman in a matter of seconds. Be prepared for rap, swing, singalongs, daft outfits and general silliness from a band that’s like nothing you’ve heard before!

MARk NIGHTINGALEAfter coming to notice with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, in the 1980s Mark Nightingale formed Bone Structure, a small band

with an all-trombone front line. The outfit released one album, Bone Structure, on the Calligraph label in 1988. Mark has subsequently gone on to establish a strong reputation around the world, playing in groups led by artists such as Alan Barnes, Louie Bellson, Lee Konitz, James Morrison, George Shearing and Clark Terry and picking up many a British Jazz Award.

MATT pALMER’S MILLENNIUM EAGLE JAZZ BANdThe Midlands-based Millennium Eagle Jazz Band emerged as a direct result of the demise in 2005 of the very popular Eagle Jazz Band, formed by Ken Ingram and Bob Smith in 1951. Matt Palmer had recently folded his Millennium Jazz Band to join the Eagles, so it was thought appropriate to include ‘Millennium’ in the name of the new band. The band’s wide

repertoire includes popular songs of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, classic jazz compositions by the likes of King Oliver, Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton and New Orleans blues, stomps and marches.

MELISSA LAUREN (cANAdA)Jazz singer Melissa Lauren has smoothly made the transition from swing singer to songwriter. Her 2012 album, The Other Side, a collection of original compositions, was received with great reviews. It soon made a place for itself on the Canadian charts, with its variety of classic sounds mixed with modern pop sensibilities. Melissa began singing with the Toronto All Star Big Band, working with the likes of Jeff Healey, Gordon Lightfoot, Peter Appleyard, Clark Terry and Buddy DeFranco, and has performed with great success at most of the major festivals in Canada.‘Lauren has a beguiling voice that mixes sweet playfulness with solid technique, control and range.’ – Cathy Riches, Whole Note Magazine

MIck FOSTERMick Foster studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. He has since worked extensively in the fields of jazz, commercial and classical music as a saxophonist, clarinettist

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VOLUNTEERS WANTEDThe Festival depends on the volunteer army whose efforts enable the event to function properly. Volunteers are already at work in the Festival office and around the city, but it’s not too late to come on board. We are looking for drivers, technical staff, IT, distribution, marketing, PR and admin. Call Sarah on 0121 454 7020 or email [email protected].


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REMI HARRIS TRIOThe Remi Harris Trio is a young contemporary gypsy jazz trio featuring the guitar of Remi Harris, playing an exciting selection of jazz, swing and bebop standards, original compositions and popular melodies. Still in his early 20s and having already played with the likes of John Etheridge, Gary Potter and Tina May, Remi is fast becoming known as one of the UK’s top gypsy jazz guitar players.

RIcky cOOLComing into the UK music business from America via Old Hill, Ricky first hit the headlines with The Icebergs, only to re-form as The Realtos where he came to the attention of ex-Led Zeppelin star Robert Plant who recruited him into his Honeydrippers. Ricky’s next project was The Big Town Playboys which began his long-term partnership with Andy Silvester of Savoy

Brown and Chicken Shack. One of the hottest frontmen in the business, Ricky moved on to the unstoppable Hoola Boola Boys who toured with such greats as the legendary Jerry Lee Lewis. Now, with his new line up, simply called Ricky Cool, Ricky presents a musical mix of original numbers, ska, bluebeat, rock ‘n’ roll and rhythm ‘n’ blues, plus entertainment in the inimitable Ricky Cool style.

ROy FORBES qUARTETRoy Forbes is known to Birmingham festival audiences as a dynamic and exciting singer who has built a great reputation in the city over some years as well as appearing (and recording at) London’s Jazz Cafe and the Stables, Wavendon, and taking in other festivals as distant as Milan and St. Lucia, plus high-profile events nearer home such as Brecon, Cork and Soho. Last year he scored a big success at the Limoges Jazz Festival (‘an exceptional

concert’, according to Le Populaire du Centre). The Birmingham Mail wrote about Roy’s performance in the 2011 Jazzfest, ‘Is there a better male jazz singer in this country? Probably not. Roy Forbes is a master of his trade.’

ROy wILLIAMSRoy Williams is a musician who truly needs no introduction. After extended spells with two of this country’s finest and best loved bands (Alex Welsh and Humphrey Lyttelton) Roy went freelance in 1983 and soon his masterly trombone playing earned him prized gigs on both sides of the Atlantic: the World’s Greatest Jazz Band, Bobby Rosengarten’s New York band, Peanuts Hucko’s All Stars as well as the Great British Jazz Band and the famous Jam Session that inaugurated the Birmingham Jazz Festival. His versatility and musical taste match his technical mastery, as reflected in multiple British Jazz Awards.

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created a full 16 piece traditional big band for a one off last performance together. They hired the function room of O'Neill's on Broad Street and ticketed their first gig.Friends and family spread the word and the night was an amazing success. A few days later O'Neill's asked the band to play on a Sunday night in the main bar...and Sambuca Diaries have performed there every month since!

SAUcE cITy JAZZSauce City Jazz is celebrating its 21st year this year. Formed to welcome a local soldier home from the Gulf War in a pub back room, the band has grown to be a regular on the scene in Worcestershire and neighbouring counties. Leader Geoff Sansome fell into the rocky path of traditional Dixieland jazz after a youth full of brass banding and orchestral work, encouraged by the other

band members who have several more decades of jazz under their belts. Playing for fun and the love of jazz, Sauce City Jazz makes a welcome return to the Birmingham festival.

SHEEp GOT wAxEd (LITHUANIA)An exciting young band from Vilnius, Lithuania, Sheep Got Waxed is a trio based on current and former LMTA (Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre) jazz department students: sax player Simonas Sipavicius (Simon Sheep), drummer Adas Gecevicius (Ed Getz) and guitarist Paulius Vaskas (Paul Wax). Since the autumn of 2010, Sheep Got Waxed have spent a lot of time in the studio looking for a common language, trying to reach the limit of imagination.In 2011 Sheep Got Waxed performed at various local festivals and clubs, participated in the youth bands competition Garazas

2011 and won the Audience Award. In the summer the trio travelled around Europe, played in different cities and appeared as a street musicians. The highpoint of the journey was an appearance at the Cosmo Jazz Festival in France. In the autumn they returned to Lithuania and won the Grand Prix at the Vilnius Jazz Young Power competition.

SHREVEpORT RHyTHM (GERMANy)Shreveport Rhythm, founded in 2008 by Bourbon Street Stompers reedman Helge Sachs, is highly acclaimed by fans, press and media as Hamburg’s best Hot Jazz and Swing quartet. The four musicians quickly developed their own fresh and entertaining style loved by a steadily growing number of fans. The music covers the best from hot jazz of the 1920s up to swing of the 30s and 40s as well as some jive classics. The musicians’ youth means that Shreveport Rhythm successfully appeals to the younger generation of jazz fans.

SIMON SpILLETT‘A formidable musician and composer playing and writing in an uncompromising hard bop style.’ – Jazz Review.Simon Spillett has established himself in recent years as one of the most distinctive and dynamic tenor

saxophonists around. His mentor was the celebrated clarinettist and tenor saxist Vic Ash, but his playing recalls another star of 1950s bebop. His driving and energised style has often been compared with that of the late Tubby Hayes and his approach shares a similar love of dare-devil tempos and all-out intensity.

SOME LIkE IT HOT (FILM)Billy Wilder’s much-loved 1959 film was chosen by the American Film Institute as the greatest American comedy film of all time – hardly a surprising decision! Set initially in the Chicago of 1929, the film charts the adventures of struggling jazz musicians (played by Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon) who feel the need to hot foot it to the Coast after witnessing the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. The only available band is Sweet Sue and her Society Syncopators

which leads to the most famous double drag act in film history and the most glamorous ukulele player, Marilyn Monroe, who sings such classics as I’m through with love and I Wanna Be Loved by You. Nobody’s perfect, of course, but some films come pretty close to it.

SpEAk Up (pOETRy)Jodi Ann Bickley and her wonderful friends introduce us to one of Birmingham’s nicest poetry nights, featuring top poets, musicians and cake.

STEVE AJAOSteve Ajao has been a much respected figure on the Birmingham music scene for over 30 years. Starting as a drummer, he was working as a blues guitarist in various bands by his late teens. Later he reinvented himself as a bebop saxophonist, appearing in many London clubs and memorably

sharing the bandstand with ex-Charlie Parker trumpeter Red Rodney.

STEVE BROwNSteve Brown is one of the most in-demand drummers on the jazz scene, highly regarded by top American jazz musicians. Born in Manchester, he studied in New York in the early 1990s before settling in London in 1996. Since then the musicians he has worked with read like a Who’s Who of major jazz talent: Conte Candoli, Junior Mance, Kenny Davern, Harry Edison, Art Farmer, Warren Vache and Ralph Sutton are just some of the transatlantic greats who have benefitted from his incisive drumming. First call for many of the top British jazzers.

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THE JAZZ SHOPThe Jazz Shop in Great Western Arcade will be open from July 1st to 13th excluding Sunday. It will act as a Festival Information Centre and host exhibitions of Jazz Festival Poster Art by UCE/BIAD students and festival photography by Merlin Daleman. There is the smallest theatre in town [12 seats] which will present daily lunchtime poetry sessions and a wildly varied programme of performances including music, dance, painting, a Birmingham Jazz Record Society recital and Chinese Whispers, a presentation of poetry, music and dance. For programme details and updates contact [email protected] orwww.birminghamjazzfestival.com Drop by at any time, there's always something happening.

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has starred with the Billie Holiday tribute, Lady Sings the Blues, but she also has numerous recordings under her own name. Recently she has turned to song writing with an acclaimed recording, Keeping the Flame Alive, based on the lives and works of the Bronte Sisters.

wALSALL JAZZ ORcHESTRAWalsall Jazz Orchestra started as Walsall Youth Jazz orchestra (WYJO) but such was its strength of community that it has stayed together for many years with essentially the same personnel just dropping ‘Youth’ from its name. It has always explored the more contemporary end of the big band repertoire, doing so with great expertise, energy and swing. A particularly memorable project was with Mike Gibbs back in the 1990s. The band has been directed and conducted from its beginning by John Hughes.

THE wILL JOHNS BANdWill Johns has been a champion of blues and rock worldwide for more than 15 years, playing in iconic venues and with some of the leading names in music. 2012 British Blues Award nominee for Best Original Blues Song with On My Back from the Count On Me album, Will has formed his own power blues/rock quartet and in 2012 recorded his second album Hooks & Lines released on Big Bear.

wORd Up (pOETRy)Word Up is a free inclusive community night where everyone is seen as a headliner. Joe Cook, Philip Simpson, Ddotti Bluebell, Ian Bowkett, Vlad Mackevic and Jess Green feature.

wRITE dOwN SpEAk Up (pOETRy)Midlands poets who lift words off the page, working to inspire communities to find

their voice, featuring Maggie Doyle, Charlie Jordan, Giovanni ‘Spoz’ Esposito and Matt Windle.

wRITERS’ BLOc (pOETRy)Joe Sale comperes the University of Birmingham’s creative writing collective, with Ben Norris, Elisha Owens and James Grady. Their spoken word is like their food: cheap, bad for you, delicious.

ZINGAROS NEw GypSy TANGO (ARGENTINA)The band was formed in winter 2004, when the guitar and violin duo got together by chance after jamming. Later, the duo added an accordion player. This combination was the key to defining a style filled with originality and feeling. The elaborated fusion of Slavonic gypsy music, tango flavour, Hot Club nuances, and contemporary chords, opens up inexhaustible horizons to be explored.

TIM kLIpHUIS (NETHERLANdS)Utrecht-born Tim Kliphuis has an international reputation as one of Europe’s finest jazz violinists. Classically trained at the Amsterdam Conservatoire, he began playing jazz in the style of Stephane Grappelli. He first became known in 1999 when he began working with the celebrated Belgian gypsy guitarist Fapy Lapertin. Other star musicians he has performed with include Angelo Debarre, Martin Taylor, the Rosenberg Trio and Richard Galliano. Since 2006 Tim has incorporated classical, folk and world music elements in his playing to create a mix of violin styles.

TIpITINAThis is the eighth Birmingham festival for Tipitina, singer Debbie Jones and pianist Justin Randall. Debbie’s background in

gospel music (with the One Voice and Urban Voice choirs) has enabled her to front highly successful Choir Workshops at the festival, while Justin’s devotion to the New Orleans professors in no way inhibits his comprehensive mastery of piano styles. Tipitina deliver their own unique take on the blues, barrelhouse, boogie and gospel of New Orleans, in the footsteps of Professor Longhair, Dr. John, James Booker, Fats Domino and Allen Toussaint. Following on from their acclaimed debut album I Wish I Was In New Orleans, Tipitina are now on a roll with Taking Care of Business recorded at 2011’s Birmingham International Jazz & Blues Festival supported by Colmore BID. ‘A wonderful CD, it superbly captures how this incredible band sound au naturelle...phenomenal 10/10 ‘ -Blues In Britain

THE TREVOR BURTON BANdTrevor Burton was born in Aston, Birmingham, and was a founding member of the 1960s chart-topping band The Move. From there he went on to form Balls with Steve Gibbons, Denny Laine and Allen White. After his return to Birmingham in the 1970s, Trevor enjoyed spells with the Steve Gibbons Band, his own blues band, the Journeyman Musicians with Robert Plant, Big Town Playboys and Dexy’s Midnight Runners. As if this isn’t enough, Trevor also played and recorded with Jimi Hendrix – and now, over 40 years after he left The Move, he still gets a buzz from playing his kind of music to a receptive audience.

VAL wISEMANVal’s achievements as one of the country’s top singers have been recognised by her first British Jazz Award in 2008 and again in 2011 for best jazz singer. West Bromwich-born, she first sang with the Second City Jazzmen before moving on to national success and an extended stint with Monty Sunshine’s band. While raising a family, she was limited to occasional guest appearances, but the M&B Jam Session in 1984 heralded a return to the big time. For many years Val

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