Birmingham Jazz has been dedicated to working in schools for a few years now and, in addition to regular in-school sessions and workshop Saturdays at the CBSO Centre, they occasionally perform for the… more →
thejazzbreakfastpeterbacon wrote 1 week ago: Birmingham Jazz has been dedicated to working in schools for a few years now and, in addition to reg … more →
peterbacon wrote 2 weeks ago: Indian music and jazz have always been happy bedfellows, luxuriating on the mattress of sprung rhyth … more →
peterbacon wrote 4 weeks ago: This evening’s Rush Hour session at the Symphony Hall foyer bar should be good, with a visit by bass … more →
peterbacon wrote 1 month ago: Tomorrow evening in Birmingham there are two chances to here what the North London musicians who hav … more →
peterbacon wrote 1 month ago: That rather dull town to the north of Birmingham, in the centre of England, has something of a comic … more →
peterbacon wrote 1 month ago: Quick reminder that bassist Tom Hill and his band Outsville are soothing the Rush Hour Blues at Birm … more →
peterbacon wrote 2 months ago: This is a curious venue. Some people use it – and its chairs and the very low green and orange … more →
peterbacon wrote 2 months ago: It had been a while since I had last been able to make the Rush Hour Friday early evening session pr … more →
peterbacon wrote 2 months ago: The Manchester-based guitarist Mike Walker has been surprising and delighting my ears for as long a … more →
peterbacon wrote 2 months ago: If you are going to see Madeleine Peyroux at Symphony Hall tomorrow evening – and an awful lot … more →
peterbacon wrote 2 months ago: Two exciting bits of news… First, Sonny Rollins is playing the Barbican on Saturday 14 Novembe … more →
peterbacon wrote 3 months ago: This evening is a jam-packed one for Birmingham jazz lovers with an outstanding European band playi … more →
roblangley wrote 3 months ago: This evening I was treated to a symphony of music…. from a mixture of sources and all for free … more →
Steve Perrin wrote 3 months ago: (Copyright © 2009) NOAA Weather Radio is some of the best entertainment around. That is if you … more →
peterbacon wrote 3 months ago: Saxophonist Kevin Figes is touring his Quartet and is in Birmingham for the early evening Rush Hour … more →
John Henry wrote 4 months ago: So, I went to Symphony Hall in Boston last night to hear the Boston Philharmonic play Mahler’ … more →
peterbacon wrote 4 months ago: Drumming your fingers on the steering wheel in a jam, standing all the way on the train home, or ch … more →
pollardtrumpets wrote 4 months ago: After 6 months of consultation with CBSO trumpet section, trumpeters Alan Thomas, Jonathan Quirk a … more →
peterbacon wrote 4 months ago: Tonight’s Rush Hour Blues session in the foyer bar at Symphony Hall in Birmingham promises a strong … more →