Soweto Kinch_performing tunes from his long-awaited new album,_A Life in the Day of B19: Basement Fables_
14/09/2008 - 19:45
The Drum
performing tunes from his long-awaited new album,_A Life in the Day of B19: Basement Fables_
Sunday 14 September: Soweto Kinch _Multi-award winning saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch is one of only a few artists whose appeal traverses underground and mainstream audiences, and who is equally respected in both jazz and hip hop circles. His 2003 debut album, Conversations With The Unseen, which saw him combining the two idioms to fine effect, gave him his first MOBO award, and a Mercury Music Prize nomination. Soweto is constantly developing his performing approach, and his distinctive methodology of taking hip hop to a jazz audience and vice-versa has earned him acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Closer to home, Soweto is currently Birmingham Town Hall’s Associate Artist in Residence, an acknowledgement of his increasing importance in the artistic life of the city. Tonight, Soweto opens the new season of The Live Box with his quartet - guitarist Femi Temowo, bassist Neil Charles, and drummer Graham Godfrey - performing tunes from his long-awaited album A Life in the Day of B19: Basement Fables, the follow up to 2005’s Tales of the Towerblock.__
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk
Sunday 21 September: The Mike Sole Trio
21/09/2008 - 19:45
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Mike Sole, a pianist out of Leicester, is one of the most captivating players on the Midlands music scene today. In his trio, he is backed by the powerful rhythm section of drummer Joe Manger and bassist Wayne Matthews. The spontaneous and experimental nature of the trio’s music brings out an assortment of flavours: from eloquent Bach-like chordal passages and deep driving grooves, through electronica-influenced sounds and off-kilter polyrhythmic beats, to furious high speed chases with one another through inter-twining sonic landscapes.
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm__
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk
Sunday 28 September: Stuart McCallum Quartet
28/09/2008 - 19:45
The Drum
plus The Cobweb Collective…
In addition to his guitar duties with The Cinematic Orchestra, Stuart McCallum has an extensive career as a solo artist, performing and recording with Kenny Wheeler, John Surman, Ari Hoenig, Tim Garland and Don Weller. His ‘phenomenal improvising and restless creativity’ make him one of the most original guitarists around, and his music veers between extremes of mesmerising beauty and explosive turbulence; tonight Stuart performs with his own Quartet. __Trumpeter Sam Wooster's quartet, The Cobweb Collective, explores the extended possibilities of his instrument, combining jazz improvisation with electronic loops and effects. Reminiscent of Vietnamese trumpeter Coung Vu, The Cobweb Collective has been described as ‘a collision of Jimi Hendrix and Ornette Coleman’; tonight it premieres newly developed material ahead of an early 2009 debut album release. _ _
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm__
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk
Sunday 5 October: Mark de Clive-Lowe_
05/10/2008 - 19:45
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Mark de Clive-Lowe, UK-based, half-New Zealand/half-Japanese musician/producer/DJ, is at the forefront of the nu-skool jazz and beats movement. Dubbed ‘a Herbie Hancock for the new millennium’, Mark is a devastating live performer, creating studio production on stage from scratch using drum machines, keyboards and effects. Mark is an innovative producer, combining a jazz sensibility with urban influences; his diverse collaborators include Lauryn Hill, Jody Watley, Omar, Bugz in the Attic, DJ Spinna, and Shirley Bassey. _
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm__
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk
Sunday 12 October: Zhenya Strigalev's
12/10/2008 - 19:45
The Drum
ALSO AT THE Y CENTRE -LEICESTER 11TH OCTOBER 8.00PM
Russian-born, London-based alto saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev has been called ‘a composer of unpretentious, immediately accessible, bright but funky tunes and an irrepressible soloist’. Cherry Grand Moth made its debut earlier this year, and the high energy trio plays Zhenya’s originals - a mix of fusion, jazz and funk; a combination of complicated tunes and simple melodic songs. Joining Zhenya is double bassist Mike Janish and a drummer TBA._ _
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm__
Also the Y Centre, 7 East Street, Leicester, LE1 6EY Tel: 0116 255 6509
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk
Sunday 19 October: Bridgette Amofah
19/10/2008 - 19:45
The Drum
Championed by The Times as a voice to listen out for in 2008,
Bridgette Amofah ‘somehow manages to marry Bill Withers with Dido and sound great’. Bridgette is inspired by artists as diverse as Minnie Ripperton, Feist, The Beatles, and Burt Bacharach, and you can hear elements of folk, indie, soul and pop in her song-writing and stand-out voice. The last couple of years have seen Bridgette touring, performing and writing with Oi Va Voi, ably replacing KT Tunstall as lead singer. This year sees Bridgette focusing on her own career, and she’s currently writing material for her debut solo album._
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm__
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk
Sunday 26 October: Battle in the Box
26/10/2008 - 19:45
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Battle in the Box is one of the country’s only acoustic hip hop freestyle sessions. Tonight features The Live Box Crew of Kosyne, Silverchet, Nehemiah, and Joshuah Bailey._ _
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk
Sunday 2 November: Spokinn Movement
02/11/2008 - 19:45
The Drum
featuring Ill Spokinn
This New York-based acoustic hip hop collective, led by the charismatic vocal freestyling of MC Ill Spokinn, returns to The Live Box with its dynamic stage show. Melding the worlds of spoken word, improvisational jazz, rock and funk - as heard on its album 60-Minute Spin Cycle - the four-piece has become an important fixture in Manhattan’s alternative hip hop scene. Though its timeless music inspires familiarity, you’ll never see the same Spokinn Movement show twice.
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk
Sunday 9 November: The Invisible_
09/11/2008 - 19:45
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The Invisible is guitarist Dave Okumu (formerly of Jade Fox), bassist Tom Herbert (Polar Bear/Acoustic Ladyland) and drummer Leo Taylor (Gramme/Zongamin). Live, the trio is augmented by a fourth person, Pete Hanson. The Invisible has wide-ranging musical influences: there are touches of Sonic Youth and Radiohead in its guitar experimentation, harmonic influences from Queens of the Stone Age, and rhythmic, African elements borrowed from Talking Heads; classical and medieval church music, and even Prince, get nods in the mix. A debut album, Image And Distraction, produced by electronic pioneer Matthew Herbert, and including vocal contributions from Eska, is released shortly.
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm__
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk
Sunday 16 November: Michael Janisch and the TransAtlantic Collective_
16/11/2008 - 19:45
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American-born, London-based Michael Janisch is fast-rising global voice on electric and acoustic bass, playing all genres of music from jazz to hip hop. Tonight at The Live Box he presents the TransAtlantic Collective, which he has co-led for four years with award-winning New York altoist Patrick Cornelius. They will be joined by hot New York drummer, Paul Wiltgen, and UK rising stars John Escreet and Quentin Collins, on piano and trumpet respectively. Expect a high energy mix of contemporary jazz mixed with world rhythms, as heard on the Collective’s debut album, Travelling Song.
The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham_Box Office: 0121 333 2444; Tickets: £5/£3 concessions; Time: 7.45pm__
press enquiries to: Helen Maleed tel/fax: 020 7732 4624 mobile: 07986 235 855
email: helen@greendesk.demon.co.uk