JAZZ EVERY THURSDAY
at Bearwood Corks Club
We are the home venue for Andy Hamilton and the Blue Notes. Andy's Jazz world connections enable us to book some of the brightest talents from Britain and overseas.
Doors open at 8.30pm
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!! ...Levi French Trio open February, then Sambuca Diaries...
... The Notebenders, Dr Harp and more!!
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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 2 Feb LEVI FRENCH TRIO £4/3(concs) 9 Feb SAMBUA DIARIES £4/3(concs) 16 Feb Andy Hamilton & The Blue Notes £4/3(concs) 23 Feb THE NOTEBENDERS £4/3(concs) 1 Mar Andy Hamilton & The Blue Notes £4/3(concs) 8 Mar Dr Harp’s Medicine Band £4/3(concs) SCHEDULE - UP & COMING - PROMOTE US -THE CLUB - GUESTS & JAMS - STOP PRESS - ART
UP & COMINGLEVI FRENCH TRIO (2nd Feb)
Levi French - Possibly best known to Corks fans as Bryan Corbett's piano player Levi French fronts his own explosive and innovative trio who perform at venues across the UK.
“Levi French’s piano playing is sharply contoured and rich in harmonic detail... ...French’s solos frequently raise the roof” - The Guardian.
SAMBUCA DIARIES (9 Feb)
Sambuca Diaries - are a local Big Band that play a wide mix of swing, jazz, funk, soul, and latin. They draw on a wide range of influences and are always huge audience pleasers.
We still have a few loose ends to tie up for January, but they will goo up on the web site as soon as we've tied them up, so KEEP WATCHING THIS SPACE!!
We look forward to seeing you!
IN THE PIPELINE
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for news on Andy Hamilton’s 94th Birthday Celebrations in March!!!
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September/October POSTER
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.
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If you've got one of those clever mobile phones that has t’internet on it you can now keep in touch with what's on at Bearwood Jazz on your mobile. We've just set up a mobile site at bearwoodjazz.ubik.net/
It's nothing fancy, you understand, but it's got a home page with the latest programme, address and showtime on it, plus pages with contact details and an email form. So, if you're ever out and about, and wondering what to do on a Thursday night just click bearwoodjazz.ubik.net/
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THE CLUBAt 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.
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GUESTS & JAMSDennis 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.
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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
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.
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ART & PHOTOGRAPHYTWO 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
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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.
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