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         !!  Steve Ajao, Julian Powell, The Notebeners, David Lloyd Henry, The Morgan Brothers & Fred Webb...         

         ...and of course The Blue Notes coming up  !!         

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STILL AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD - ANDY HAMILTON’s 94th BIRTHDAY POSTER!

SCHEDULE - UP & COMING - PROMOTE US -THE CLUB - GUESTS & JAMS - STOP PRESS - ART

Updated 21/11/10

THE GUARDIAN - "Andy Hamilton... ...Caribbean saxophonist with a romantic purr like the sound of the waves"
Date	BEARWOOD CORKS CLUB	Price
17 May	Vic Evans with The Blue Notes	£4/3(concs)
24 May	STEVE AJAO QUARTET	£4/3(concs)
31 May	JULIAN POWELL	£4/3(concs)
7 June	Vic Evans with The Blue Notes	£4/3(concs)
14 June	THE NOTEBENDERS	£4/3(concs)
21 June	Vic Evans with The Blue Notes	£4/3(concs)
28 June	David Lloyd Henry (Jamaica) & THE FLAT 5 BAND	£5/4(concs)
5 July	MORGAN BROTHERS BAND	£4/3(concs)
12 July	BIRMINGHAM INTERNATINAL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL GUESTS (TBA)	£5/4(concs)
19 July	FRED WEBB QUARTET	£4/3(concs)
26 July	Vic Evans with The Blue Notes	£4/3(concs)
2 Aug	Reuben James	£4/3(concs)
SCHEDULE - UP & COMING - PROMOTE US -THE CLUB - GUESTS & JAMS - STOP PRESS - ART UP & COMING STEVE AJAO QUARTET (24 May) Steve Ajao is Birmingham's best loved Bebop artist, Steve is a renowned local Jazz and Blues musician. He came to prominence in the eighties when he played with the great Red Rodney, Charlie Parker’s trumpet player. “A beautifully inventive Alto player and a joy to hear” We'll post information on the other acts as soon as possible so KEEP WATCHING THIS SPACE!! We look forward to seeing you! IN THE PIPELINE WATCH THIS SPACE!! SCHEDULE - UP & COMING - PROMOTE US -THE CLUB - GUESTS & JAMS - STOP PRESS - ART PROMOTE US POSTER DOWNLOAD Still available our “Andy Hamilton‘s 94th Birthday Party” poster as a full colour A3 High Quality PDF (File size = 7.4 meg). Featuring photography by Garry Corbett. it makes a wonderful souvenir! Posters are A3, but if you're printing from Adobe Reader or Acrobat you will have the option of scaling the document to fit Printer margins. This will allow you to print it to A4 size on your home printer. To download just right click (Mac users control click) on the text about the poster you want to download and save to disc. If you don't have Adobe (Acrobat) Reader you can download it for free from http://www.adobe.co.uk . SCHEDULE - UP & COMING - PROMOTE US -THE CLUB - GUESTS & JAMS - STOP PRESS - ART THE CLUB At Bearwood Corks Club we run Jazz every Thursday, and, as Corks Club is a Social Club, the new venue makes for an affordable night out in a purpose built Function Room. You'll find us on the corner of Bearwood Road and Sherwood Road virtually opposite Aldi - watch out for our new banner - see the picture on our Map page. We would like to thank everyone who's attended and helped to spread the word. Let's keep the momentum going or as Andy's Vocalist, Vic Evans, always says "tell you're friends and your enemies too". If you want to know more about us and get regular updates on our programme click the Contact button to join our mailing list,and, remember, if you like Jazz and you haven't seen Andy Hamilton and the Blue Notes you've not been to Birmingham or the Black Country. SCHEDULE - UP & COMING - PROMOTE US -THE CLUB - GUESTS & JAMS - STOP PRESS - ART GUESTS & JAMS Dennis Rollins with Andy Hamilton This photo is from our Jazz Festival gig where the wonderful Dennis Rollins teamed up with Andy Hamilton and The Blue Notes to produce a fabulous night's entertainment. . SCHEDULE - UP & COMING - PROMOTE US -THE CLUB - GUESTS & JAMS - STOP PRESS - ART STOP PRESS ANN ARSCOTT BACK IN THE NEWS Former Blue Note lead vocalist Annn Arscott has been making her own headlines recently. Many of you will be all too aware that she was struck down by a bad stroke last year which left her unable to speak. Regaining her speech has been a long and drwn out process with the end still a long way off. However regaining the ability to sing has been an altogether speedier process, not surprising for a trained Jazz and Opera singer. Recently the media has picked up on this and she has been featured on ITV local news, The Metro and the Birmingham Mail. Below we have embedded a short videoarticle from the Birmingham Mail site where you can hear Ann sing Amazing Grace. Or click here to see the full article BEARWOOD JAZZ ARCHIVE I've started an Archive Section to house old articles from our front page to clear space for new information. The Archive currently houses features on the David Murray / Hal singer gig and Andy Hamilton's return to the Zaka among other things. SCHEDULE - UP & COMING - PROMOTE US -THE CLUB - GUESTS & JAMS - STOP PRESS - ART ART & PHOTOGRAPHY TWO BOOKS OF JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHY BY RUSS ESCRITT Jazz photographer Russ Escritt has just launched a couple of new books of his work which are available to buy. The first new book (cover above) features his photography of Andy Hamilton & The Blue Notes and guests who have played with him over the years. You can buy it from Blurb) at: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/701680/fd31e1926a136edff1b08dfdf4e5736d It features the photo of Sam Brown that Russ kindly allowed us to use on this website. The second is of his colour photograpy, which you also can buy at Blurb: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/701638/90a56f1193c40be14f8a7811a8df43ed This one is a follow on from one he launched of black and white photography, still available at http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/840984 Photographer Garry Corbett has been snapping away at Corks. He amazingly got his photos that he took on the Silvershine night, where David Murray and Hal Singer guested, up on his Flickr site by 11am the next day (or so I've been told). This photo of Vic Evans hands drumming is one of his. Dick Jones (that's me folks!) has painting, sculpture, drawings and prints on the web, and now has a section dedicated to jazz photography. The site now has the domain name www.onlinejones.co.uk even if it's still hosted on free space. Jazz Photographer, Russ Escritt is moving his work to a new website at www.photoshelter.com/c/russescritt/. On the new site the work is displayed in a Flash player and there are improved search facilities. The old sites at http://www.russescritt.co.uk and http://www.russpix.co.uk remain in place for now at least, and you can see more of his work on Flickr. He's not been down the Corks for a while, but Chris Murray used to come down regularly with his paint brushes. The pictue above was painted at Andy's 92nd Birthday. Anyone wishing to see or buy his art can see more of his work at www.onlinejones.co.uk/chrismurray SCHEDULE - UP & COMING - PROMOTE US -THE CLUB - GUESTS & JAMS - STOP PRESS - ART
The Ladywood Community School of Music offers affordable classes in Saxophone, Trumpet, Piano, Guitar, Violin, and Drums with the possibility of doing other instruments. Run out of Ladywood Health and Community Centre it is the brain child of Andy Hamilton. Click on picture to find out more about us. Andy Hamilton plays the last Sunday lunchtime of the month at the Drum in Newtown. There's also a monthly Saturday gig at the Symphony Hall - usually the first Saturday, but check with the venue before you go.   Bearwood Live Jazz is always building up content on all the great musicians who play here, with web or e-mail links to the musicians where possible. Keep watching this space as we're hoping to make it into one of the most exciting Jazz sites around. This site is built by Dick Jones and any enquiries specifically about the site should be directed to him. site index