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The French boogie pianist – billed as ‘an energetic and efficient showman ‘ – began playing at the age of 11 and has completed 25 years and more than2500 concerts. A hint of his appeal comes in the disclaimer on his most recent album, Ben Toury Live: ‘Useful against bad mood and depression.’ Ben is a spectacular performer, blending high speed pianism with show-stopping business – a mix of Harry Connick’s crooning and Jerry Lee Lewis’s virtuoso piano playing plus! For much of his career he combined classical touches with Arabic melodies, but in recent years he is getting back to his roots with the Wild Boogie Woogie albums.- 19 Jul 2024
- The Traveling Janes have many different things to recommend them, not least the fact that a four-piece band contains members from Scotland, the United States, Singapore and Norway – plenty of travelling involved, though the name ‘Traveling Jane’ actually refers to a slang phrase given to a female performer from the late 19th/early 20th century vaudevillian traveling tent shows.
- 20 Jul 2024
- One of the UK’s finest jazz singers, Val Wiseman, born in West Bromwich, began her career over 60 years ago with the West Side Jazzmen. That was a prelude to much greater things, initially with the Second City Jazzmen, then on to national fame with Monty Sunshine’s band. She also had the chance to sing with the likes of Humphrey Lyttelton, Kenny Baker and Alex Welsh.
- 20 Jul 2024
- At the heart of Tipitina are powerhouse singer Debbie Jones with her roots in gospel and Justin Randall, quite simply the finest and most exciting New Orleans-style piano player outside of Louisiana. The great Irma Thomas said of Debbie, ‘She has a lot of soul in her voice.’ Together they deliver the red hot and rocking music of Dr John, James Booker, Professor Longhair and Fats Domino. Based in Lancashire, the band is a regular favourite at the Birmingham Jazz and Blues Festival, both the Upton Jazz and Blues Festivals, and represented the Royal Albert Hall at the West End Live Festival. The band has recorded two albums for Big Bear which have enjoyed extensive international airplay.
- 20 Jul 2024
- One of the most popular features of the Birmingham Festival, You’re Never Alone with a Uke takes absolute beginners on the instrument and coaches them in learning one tune. Then comes the difficult part – getting a ukulele out of the hands of a five-year-old who has just discovered he can play it!
- 26 Jul 2024
- The Swing Cats represent one of the most versatile and seductive vocal sounds that have appeared on the country's jazz scene, evoking the great jazz voices and composers of the 30s and 40s of the last century, such as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin and even Chet Baker.
- 27 Jul 2024
- Join Tim Martin and Billy Spakemon (Black Country Radio and Xtra) to celebrate Black Country Day with 'a bit of this and more of that music' and stories from across the years.
- 13 Jul 2024
- Warren James is known as a talented banjo player, guitarist and singer of skiffle, jazz, country, rock’n’roll and blues music of the 1920s to the 1960s. In his skiffle group he revives the music that preceded the great pop boom of the late 1950s, with the songs of Lonnie Donegan and the many skifflers who followed in his wake.
- 22 Jul 2024
- This event is presented as part of a public programme of exhibitions and events exploring the heritage of The Exchange, University of Birmingham's city-centre location and former headquarters of Birmingham Municipal Bank.
- 24 Jul 2024
- Over 60 years since he first made his mark with the Cambridge University Jazz Band, Art Themen is still picking up accolades. He received a lifetime achievement award from the Worshipful Company of musicians and was recently shortlisted for Jazz musician of the year in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards. His early career took him through a spell with Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated, work with contemporary British composers, a long association with Stan Tracey and associations with such American giants as Charlie Rouse, Nat Adderley and Red Rodney – all while working as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon.
- 24 Jul 2024
- The Journeymen are a four-piece band, dedicated to playing the music of Eric Clapton. The Journeymen will take you on a journey through Eric’s extensive 60-year career, from his humble beginnings with The Yardbirds, into his stint with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, continuing with the first Super group, Cream, onto Blind Faith, then Derek and The Dominos and finishing with his solo career. Expect a performance that recaptures the feel and essence of an Eric Clapton concert.
- 25 Jul 2024
- Regulars at the Birmingham Festival, Playing Django are Birmingham-based, with a 15 year residency at La Bastile in the City Centre and the Dark Horse in Moseley. They have now moved out from these, but their music, based on the Hot Club with Django Reinhardt, stays the same.
- 26 Jul 2024
- Bruce Adams has been an irresistible force on the UK jazz scene for over 40 years, an exciting soloist who first came to public notice when a distinguished jury of Buddy Tate, Doc Cheatham and Max Jones voted him Best Trumpet and Outstanding Soloist at the 1982 Holsten Big Band Competition. In the mid-1980s Bruce worked regularly at the Edinburgh Jazz Festival with the likes of Sweets Edison. Warren Vache, Buddy Tate, Al Cohn, Benny Waters, Dave McKenna and a host of other stars from both sides of the Atlantic. In 1986 the Glasgow Jazz Festival recruited Bruce into the Benny Carter Big Band.
- 28 Jul 2024
- In 1994 guitarist Jamie Thyer decided to put together a rhythm section – the Worried Men – with the intention of rehearsing, but little expectation of breaking into the rock scene – too much originality, too much integrity! To their surprise enthusiastic audiences and promoters proved them wrong and 30 years later they have clocked up 4,000 gigs – from pub back room to festival stages. Their live album, Fear and Loathing at the Wunder Bar, opened the way to playing the likes of London’s Marquee and Nottingham’s Rock City alongside Chicken Shack, Wilko Johnson and Jefferson Starship, among many others. Still touring widely in the UK and Ireland, the band continues to excite audiences.
- 28 Jul 2024
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Wednesbury Museum, Holyhead Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 7DFTel:
0121 588 2985Wednesbury
Join us at Wednesbury Museum for some fantastic live music as part of the Birmingham Jazz and Blues Festival
Friday 26th July, 7:00pm,
Rich Dickinson’s Driving Force
Wednesbury Museum, Holyhead Road, WS10 7DF
Rich Dickinson’s Driving Force is an…
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Sandwell Museums have a lively programme of events and activities throughout the year for all ages to enjoy!
* We have a fantastic programme of activities for families from school holiday fun to large community events, from historical fun to arts…
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Thimblemill Library, Thimblemill Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 5RJTel:
0121 569 4943Smethwick
The Hot Club of Halifax are a fresh and exciting collective of seasoned musicians offering dynamic & charismatic renditions of songs & tunes from the Django “Gypsy Jazz” repertoire & elsewhere. With doubling the Hot Club Halifax includes two…
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Thimblemill Library, Thimblemill Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 5RJTel:
0121 569 4943Smethwick
Bruce Adams has been an irresistible force on the UK jazz scene for over 40 years, an exciting soloist who first came to public notice when a distinguished jury of Buddy Tate, Doc Cheatham and Max Jones voted him Best Trumpet and Outstanding Soloist…
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Great Bridge Library, Sheepwash Lane, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 7JFTel:
0121 569 4930Tipton
Warren James is known as a talented banjo player, guitarist and singer of skiffle, jazz, country, rock’n’roll and blues music of the 1920s to the 1960s. In his skiffle group he revives the music that preceded the great pop boom of the late 1950s,…
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Cradley Heath Library, Upper High Street, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, B64 5JUTel:
0121 569 4926Cradley Heath
Over 60 years since he first made his mark with the Cambridge University Jazz Band, Art Themen is still picking up accolades. He received a lifetime achievement award from the Worshipful Company of musicians and was recently shortlisted for Jazz…
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Central Library, High Street, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 8DZTel:
0121 569 4900West Bromwich
The Swing Cats represent one of the most versatile and seductive vocal sounds that have appeared on the country's jazz scene, evoking the great jazz voices and composers of the 30s and 40s of the last century, such as Billie Holiday, Ella…
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Bleakhouse Library, Bleakhouse Road, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 9DSTel:
0121 569 4923Oldbury
Regulars at the Birmingham Festival, Playing Django are Birmingham-based, with a 15 year residency at La Bastile in the City Centre and the Dark Horse in Moseley. They have now moved out from these, but their music, based on the Hot Club with Django…
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Thimblemill Library, Thimblemill Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 5RJTel:
0121 569 4943Smethwick
The Bearwood Rock Collective is a group for adults that meets regularly to rehearse and perform rock music in Bearwood, Birmingham.
Rehearsals are led by a bandleader with the use of lead sheets and playing by ear so anyone with any instrument or…
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Central Library, High Street, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 8DZTel:
0121 569 4900West Bromwich
Join Tim Martin and Billy Spakemon (Black Country Radio and Xtra) to celebrate Black Country Day with 'a bit of this and more of that music' and stories from across the years.
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Thimblemill Library, Thimblemill Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 5RJTel:
0121 569 4943Smethwick
In 1994 guitarist Jamie Thyer decided to put together a rhythm section – the Worried Men – with the intention of rehearsing, but little expectation of breaking into the rock scene – too much originality, too much integrity! To their surprise…
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Wednesbury Museum, Holyhead Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 7DFWednesbury
Join us at Wednesbury Museum for a fantasic afternoon of live music.
Saturday 27th July 12:00pm
Bruce Adams Quartet
Wednesbury Museum, Holyhead Road, WS10 7DF
Bruce Adams’ legendary richness of tone has recently been enhanced by his partnership…
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Central Library, High Street, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 8DZTel:
0121 569 4900West Bromwich
One of the UK’s finest jazz singers, Val Wiseman, born in West Bromwich, began her career over 60 years ago with the West Side Jazzmen. That was a prelude to much greater things, initially with the Second City Jazzmen, then on to national fame with…
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Wednesbury Library, Walsall Street, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 9EHTel:
0121 569 4945Wednesbury
Tenement Jazz band are a traditional jazz band formed in early 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Brought together by their shared love of early jazz, ragtime and blues, they are on a journey of exploration back to the roots of the music that they play. A…
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THE BIRMINGHAM JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVAL
is back in Sandwell this summer for 2024 for loads of great live music in our museums and libraries.
Saturday 20th July 12:00pm -Florence Joelle
Bromwich Hall – Hall Green Road, West Bromwich B71…
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Central Library, High Street, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 8DZTel:
0121 569 4900West Bromwich
One of the most popular features of the Birmingham Festival, You’re Never Alone with a Uke takes absolute beginners on the instrument and coaches them in learning one tune. Then comes the difficult part – getting a ukulele out of the hands of a…
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Great Barr Library, Birmingham Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, West Midlands, B43 6NWTel:
0121 569 4929Great Barr, Birmingham
The Journeymen are a four-piece band, dedicated to playing the music of Eric Clapton.
The Journeymen will take you on a journey through Eric’s extensive 60-year career, from his humble beginnings with The Yardbirds, into his stint with John Mayall’s…External Links
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Central Library, High Street, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 8DZTel:
0121 569 4900West Bromwich
Join Tim Martin and Billy Spakemon (Black Country Radio and Xtra) to celebrate Black Country Day with 'a bit of this and more of that music' and stories from across the years.
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Oakham Library, Poplar Rise, Tividale, Oldbury, West Midlands, B69 1RDTel:
0121 569 4933Tividale, Oldbury
You are invited to An Afternoon Tea Party to celebrate 50 years of Sandwell. Cakes, tea and music provided by Sedgley Strummers
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Blackheath Library, High Street, Rowley Regis, West Midlands, B65 0EATel:
0121 569 4920Rowley Regis
The French boogie pianist – billed as ‘an energetic and efficient showman ‘ – began playing at the age of 11 and has completed 25 years and more than2500 concerts. A hint of his appeal comes in the disclaimer on his most recent album, Ben Toury…
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