04
Oct
Black History Month - Birmingham Jazz
1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St , Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 3HE
04 Oct 2024 - 27 Oct 2024
| Doors open: 7:45 PM
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
This is our contribution to 2024 Black History Month (BHM) with a series of Jazz
Events that reflect the 2024 BHM theme of "Reclaiming Narratives", acknowledging
& appreciating the myriad contributions of Black individuals throughout history. Over
the month we will present one gig a week culminating in a short festival over 3 days.
Significant Jazz musicians will be celebrated, two new pieces of work commissioned
& an anti-slavery suite delivered by a mix of local, national & international stars.
Headline: Sound Reasoning
Basil Hodge
Friday 4th October 2024 7.45pm
Venue 1000 Trades
Pianist and composer Basil has been a mainstay of the Brutish Jazz scene since
the early nineties. He brings his popular and powerful quartet to the Jewellery
Quarter. Basil's interest in music and the piano started at junior school. His
quest to become a jazz musician started in earnest when he undertook classical
piano lessons from a local teacher for a few years. He then went on to have
private lessons with jazz pianist/composer Tim Richards from 1986 - 89. He
rounded of his training at Goldsmiths College London in 1991.
Line Up: Basil Hodge - Piano, Tony Kofi - Saxophones, Oli Hayhurst - Double
Bass & Winston Clifford- Drums
Headline: Township Jazz
Adam Glasser Quartet
Friday 11th October 2024 7.45pm
Venue 1000 Trades
South African harmonica player, pianist and educator Adam Glasser is known
internationally as a specialist in township jazz and chromatic harmonica. One of the
few remaining veteran UK based exponents of South African township jazz, he toured and recorded with Dudu Pukwana in the mid 80s, played keyboard for Pinise
Saul's SA Gospel Singers, was for 16 years musical director of legendary SA vocal
group The Manhattan Brothers. He has released two critically acclaimed albums - 'Free at First' (2010 South African Music Award Best Modern Jazz Album)
and & 'Mzansi' (nominated 2012 SAMA Best Jazz Album), headlined Brecon Jazz
Festival and performed often at Ronnie Scott's.
Line Up: Adam Glasser - harmonica & piano, Ant Law - guitar, Steve Watts - bass
& Corrie Dick - drums
Headline: Organ Trio
Nigel Price
Friday 18th October 2024 7.45pm
Venue 1000 Trades
The Nigel Price Organ Trio, nominated for the 2021 Parliamentary Jazz Award for
'Best Ensemble' (they won in 2010) and winners of the 2016 British Jazz Award for
'Best Small Group' will be playing selections from their vast back catalogue as well
as the recently released and critically acclaimed album 'That's it. Right there.'. Nigel
is known for his clear, no nonsense, driving approach to jazz guitar and has steadily
become one of the UK's foremost exponents of the instrument. Ross Stanley is not
only one of the greatest ever UK musicians, he also plays a real B3 Hammond
Organ complete with 2 Leslie speakers. Joel Barford is the man of the moment and
has been causing a stir across the UK and further afield with his incredible drumming
ability. Together they form perhaps the most hard hitting, dynamic and exciting jazz
groups on the scene today.
Line Up: Nigel Price - Guitar, Ross Stanley - Hammond Organ & Joel Barford -
Drums
Headline: FreeMonk
Xhosa Cole
Friday 25th October 2024 5.00pm
Venue 1000 Trades
A new project from local jazz hero. His lifetime fascination with the work of
Thelonious Monk has led to this reimagining of some of Monks iconic tunes. For this
gig it will be also a new line up with a duo of Xhosa with mature pianist virtuoso Pat
Thomas, a central figure in British & European improvised music.
Line Up : Xhosa Cole - sax & Pat Thomas - piano
Headline: Ineza
Friday 25th October 2024 8.00pm
Venue 1000 Trades
Line Up: Ineza - voice, Alex Webb - piano & Rosie Turton - Trombone
Headline: Lucy-Anne Daniels
Saturday 26th October 2024 2.00pm
Venue 1000 Trades
Headline: Glowseeker
David-Austin-Grey
Saturday 26th October 2024 5.00pm
Venue 1000 Trades
David is developing a new commission for the festival, using a mixture of
arrangements and original compositions; all on a theme of Cuban Jazz. 'A joyful exploration of Cuban music and the songs of the legendary Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer'.
Line Up: David Austin-Grey - Piano/keyboard, Josh Vadiveloo - bass, Matt Holmes - drums
Headline: Revelations in Small Steps
Byron Wallen
Saturday 26th October 2024 8.00pm
Venue 1000 Trades
Back in 2019 Filthy Lucre commissioned Byron to write music for 8 musicians
responding to Peter Shenai's 'Hurricane Bells'. Peter is a contemporary artist who
has cast 5 bells, whose shapes are modelled on the structure of Hurricane Katrina-
the storm that devastated New Orleans in 2005. These cyclonic, irregularly
shaped bells produce a tonally complex web of sounds reminiscent of Chinese bells
and gongs.
Gong instruments in general, have this amazing political and communicative power:
they memorialize, they mark celebrations, they sound alarms, they call communities
to gather around important issues. These bells based on the structure
of Hurricane Katrina carry a powerful message and set of meanings with them.
This piece is an exploration of the socio-political economic climate where their
sound resonates. The reason 'Hurricane Katrina' incurred such a huge loss of life
and destruction was not because of the winds, but because of the subsequent
flooding, due to insufficient levy infrastructure and the pathetic response of the US
federal government.
Line Up: Byron Wallen - trumpet, Daniel Kempshell - Guitar, Jonny Mansfield -
Vibes, Menelick Claffey - Bass & Zoe Pascal - Drums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OwWByo1-g8
Headline: From Scratch
Sunday 27th October 2024 2.00pm
Venue 1000 Trades
From Scratch is a band that started literally from scratch following the initiative of
Birmingham Jazz; to play one of our Club Nights. From Scratch is led by two
musicians emerging from the Andy Hamilton's Blue Notes: Mark Hamilton, his son
on saxes and Ralf DeCambre on guitar. For this gig they will be performing a
commission to recreate the seminal work of Joe Harriott's Hum Dono -with the front
line up of sax and guitar.
Headline: Just Us
Larry Bartley/Bruno Heinen/Winston Clifford
Sunday 27th October 2024 5.00pm
Venue 1000 Trades
Larry Bartley is a bassist/composer who has been a staple of the London &
international jazz scene since the 1990s, and has played and/or recorded in the
bands of: Abdullah Ibrahim, Denys Baptiste, Steve Williamson, Courtney Pine, Bheki
Mseleku, Ingrid laugbrock, Jean Toussaint, Chris Briscoe, Basil Hodge, Adrian Reid
(Jazz Warriors) Stanley Turrentine, Steve Grossman, Bennie Maupin, Harold
Mabern, Chico Freeman, Donald Brown (of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers), David
Murray, Orinn Evans, Gary Bartz, Jerry Dammers Spatial AKA Orchestra, Byron
Wallen's 'Indigo' and Jason Yarde's 'Trio Wah!' Larry currently works with a trio of
pianist Bruno Heinen and drummer Winston Clifford, playing a mixture of original
compositions written by each member of the group.
Line Up: Larry Bartley - bass, Bruno Heinen - piano & Winston Clifford - drums
"I was at the CD launch last night of 'Beauty in the Hidious' by Larry Bartley and
Just Us at The Crypt Camberwell. They will be playing just for you on 28th March in
Birmingham at the Red Lion. When you see and hear them it is difficult to believe
they are just human beings. Over the last fifty years I have listened to some
awesome music and last night was up there. They are so special - DONT MISS
THEM YOU WILL REGRET IT. The mix of Larry's complex rhythms, melodies and
counter melodies played full on ensemble style was truly beautiful to hear... One of
the gigs of the century." - Phil Rose, Birmingham Jazz.
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH
This is our contribution to 2024 Black History Month (BHM) with a series of Jazz
Events that reflect the 2024 BHM theme of "Reclaiming Narratives", acknowledging
& appreciating the myriad contributions of Black individuals throughout history. Over
the month we will present one gig a week culminating in a short festival over 3 days.
Significant Jazz musicians will be celebrated, two new pieces of work commissioned
& an anti-slavery suite delivered by a mix of local, national & international stars.
Headline: Sound Reasoning
Basil Hodge
Friday 4th October 2024 7.45pm
Venue 1000 Trades
Pianist and composer Basil has been a mainstay of the Brutish Jazz scene since
the early nineties. He brings his popular and powerful quartet to the Jewellery
Quarter. Basil's interest in music and the piano started at junior school. His
quest to become a jazz musician started in earnest when he undertook classical
piano lessons from a local teacher for a few years. He then went on to have
private lessons with jazz pianist/composer Tim Richards from 1986 - 89. He
rounded of his training at Goldsmiths College London in 1991.
Line Up: Basil Hodge - Piano, Tony Kofi - Saxophones, Oli Hayhurst - Double
Bass & Winston Clifford- Drums
Headline: Township Jazz
Adam Glasser Quartet
Friday 11th October 2024 7.45pm
Venue 1000 Trades
South African harmonica player, pianist and educator Adam Glasser is known
internationally as a specialist in township jazz and chromatic harmonica. One of the
few remaining veteran UK based exponents of South African township jazz, he toured and recorded with Dudu Pukwana in the mid 80s, played keyboard for Pinise
Saul's SA Gospel Singers, was for 16 years musical director of legendary SA vocal
group The Manhattan Brothers. He has released two critically acclaimed albums - 'Free at First' (2010 South African Music Award Best Modern Jazz Album)
and & 'Mzansi' (nominated 2012 SAMA Best Jazz Album), headlined Brecon Jazz
Festival and performed often at Ronnie Scott's.
Line Up: Adam Glasser - harmonica & piano, Ant Law - guitar, Steve Watts - bass
& Corrie Dick - drums
Headline: Organ Trio
Nigel Price
Friday 18th October 2024 7.45pm
Venue 1000 Trades
The Nigel Price Organ Trio, nominated for the 2021 Parliamentary Jazz Award for
'Best Ensemble' (they won in 2010) and winners of the 2016 British Jazz Award for
'Best Small Group' will be playing selections from their vast back catalogue as well
as the recently released and critically acclaimed album 'That's it. Right there.'. Nigel
is known for his clear, no nonsense, driving approach to jazz guitar and has steadily
become one of the UK's foremost exponents of the instrument. Ross Stanley is not
only one of the greatest ever UK musicians, he also plays a real B3 Hammond
Organ complete with 2 Leslie speakers. Joel Barford is the man of the moment and
has been causing a stir across the UK and further afield with his incredible drumming
ability. Together they form perhaps the most hard hitting, dynamic and exciting jazz
groups on the scene today.
Line Up: Nigel Price - Guitar, Ross Stanley - Hammond Organ & Joel Barford -
Drums
Headline: FreeMonk
Xhosa Cole
Friday 25th October 2024 5.00pm
Venue 1000 Trades
A new project from local jazz hero. His lifetime fascination with the work of
Thelonious Monk has led to this reimagining of some of Monks iconic tunes. For this
gig it will be also a new line up with a duo of Xhosa with mature pianist virtuoso Pat
Thomas, a central figure in British & European improvised music.
Line Up : Xhosa Cole - sax & Pat Thomas - piano
Headline: Ineza
Friday 25th October 2024 8.00pm
Venue 1000 Trades
Line Up: Ineza - voice, Alex Webb - piano & Rosie Turton - Trombone
Headline: Lucy-Anne Daniels
Saturday 26th October 2024 2.00pm
Venue 1000 Trades
Headline: Glowseeker
David-Austin-Grey
Saturday 26th October 2024 5.00pm
Venue 1000 Trades
David is developing a new commission for the festival, using a mixture of
arrangements and original compositions; all on a theme of Cuban Jazz. 'A joyful exploration of Cuban music and the songs of the legendary Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer'.
Line Up: David Austin-Grey - Piano/keyboard, Josh Vadiveloo - bass, Matt Holmes - drums
Headline: Revelations in Small Steps
Byron Wallen
Saturday 26th October 2024 8.00pm
Venue 1000 Trades
Back in 2019 Filthy Lucre commissioned Byron to write music for 8 musicians
responding to Peter Shenai's 'Hurricane Bells'. Peter is a contemporary artist who
has cast 5 bells, whose shapes are modelled on the structure of Hurricane Katrina-
the storm that devastated New Orleans in 2005. These cyclonic, irregularly
shaped bells produce a tonally complex web of sounds reminiscent of Chinese bells
and gongs.
Gong instruments in general, have this amazing political and communicative power:
they memorialize, they mark celebrations, they sound alarms, they call communities
to gather around important issues. These bells based on the structure
of Hurricane Katrina carry a powerful message and set of meanings with them.
This piece is an exploration of the socio-political economic climate where their
sound resonates. The reason 'Hurricane Katrina' incurred such a huge loss of life
and destruction was not because of the winds, but because of the subsequent
flooding, due to insufficient levy infrastructure and the pathetic response of the US
federal government.
Line Up: Byron Wallen - trumpet, Daniel Kempshell - Guitar, Jonny Mansfield -
Vibes, Menelick Claffey - Bass & Zoe Pascal - Drums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OwWByo1-g8
Headline: From Scratch
Sunday 27th October 2024 2.00pm
Venue 1000 Trades
From Scratch is a band that started literally from scratch following the initiative of
Birmingham Jazz; to play one of our Club Nights. From Scratch is led by two
musicians emerging from the Andy Hamilton's Blue Notes: Mark Hamilton, his son
on saxes and Ralf DeCambre on guitar. For this gig they will be performing a
commission to recreate the seminal work of Joe Harriott's Hum Dono -with the front
line up of sax and guitar.
Headline: Just Us
Larry Bartley/Bruno Heinen/Winston Clifford
Sunday 27th October 2024 5.00pm
Venue 1000 Trades
Larry Bartley is a bassist/composer who has been a staple of the London &
international jazz scene since the 1990s, and has played and/or recorded in the
bands of: Abdullah Ibrahim, Denys Baptiste, Steve Williamson, Courtney Pine, Bheki
Mseleku, Ingrid laugbrock, Jean Toussaint, Chris Briscoe, Basil Hodge, Adrian Reid
(Jazz Warriors) Stanley Turrentine, Steve Grossman, Bennie Maupin, Harold
Mabern, Chico Freeman, Donald Brown (of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers), David
Murray, Orinn Evans, Gary Bartz, Jerry Dammers Spatial AKA Orchestra, Byron
Wallen's 'Indigo' and Jason Yarde's 'Trio Wah!' Larry currently works with a trio of
pianist Bruno Heinen and drummer Winston Clifford, playing a mixture of original
compositions written by each member of the group.
Line Up: Larry Bartley - bass, Bruno Heinen - piano & Winston Clifford - drums
"I was at the CD launch last night of 'Beauty in the Hidious' by Larry Bartley and
Just Us at The Crypt Camberwell. They will be playing just for you on 28th March in
Birmingham at the Red Lion. When you see and hear them it is difficult to believe
they are just human beings. Over the last fifty years I have listened to some
awesome music and last night was up there. They are so special - DONT MISS
THEM YOU WILL REGRET IT. The mix of Larry's complex rhythms, melodies and
counter melodies played full on ensemble style was truly beautiful to hear... One of
the gigs of the century." - Phil Rose, Birmingham Jazz.
