Over many years, a highlight of the Cheltenham Jazz Festival has been this sold-out Saturday morning concert led by students from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. In the past these concerts have thrown up […]
The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire jazz department’s 85th birthday gift to one of its most esteemed Fellows, Michael Gibbs, takes the form of a special concert on Thursday 1 December at the conservatoire’s […]
Peter Bacon reports: For those who have always hankered after attending the Punkt festival of live remix but haven’t managed to make it to Kristiansand in Norway, good news! Punkt, in collaboration […]
Martin Speake Quartet with Ethan Iverson (Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 13 February 2020. Review and photos by John Watson) The sound is plaintive and cool in musical temperature – subtle vibrato, […]
Paul Dunmall Invites… with Liam Noble, John Edwards, Mark Sanders (Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. 6 February 2020. Review by AJ Dehany) Saxophonist Paul Dunmall is one of the most complete […]
Peter Bacon reports: Thursday 9 January sees the launch of the Paul Dunmall Invitation Series in the Eastside Jazz Club at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Promoter Tony Dudley-Evans explained: “The idea and project […]
Jim Rattigan’s Pavillon (Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 7 November 2019. Review and photos by John Watson) What a wonderful glow there is in the sound of the French horn. But it takes real […]
Peter Bacon reports: Eastside Jazz Club at the Royal Birmingam Conservatoire has a nice new autumn programme out, and a pretty packed one it is. Here is part of their press release: […]
