Jazz_Rock_Jam Band
Birmingham Jazz present Partisans
Partisans are now celebrating their 10 year anniversary. Partisans is essentielly a quartet but they often collaborate & play gigs with special guests such as with the great US guitarist Wayne Krantz at Cheltenham Jazz Festival in 2003. Their visceral, groove-based sound combines bop lines with rock riffs and flowing melodies, bridging the gap between New York swing, rock and the US jam-band scene. Alongside Phil Robson and Julian Siegel, Partisans is Gene Calderazzo (drums) and Thad Kelly (bass).
The CD Max was released on the Babel Label in 2005. The band's second for the Babel label, this is the first new recording from the London based quartet for five years, following the release of the critically acclaimed Sourpuss in 2000. Comprising ten original tunes by guitarist Phil Robson and saxophonist Julian Siegel, the album includes their interpretations of David Bowie and Charlie Parker and a composition written specially for the band by guitarist Wayne Krantz. Max takes its name and inspiration from one of the greatest drummers of all time: Max Roach. The dynamic melody of the title track borrows its rhythm from Roach and mixes it with guitar, sax and trumpet lines and relentlessly driving bass and drums. One of the first of the new wave of UK jazz bands to be influenced as much by Jimi Hendrix as by Miles Davis or Sonny Rollins, Max also features guest appearances by Jim Watson (organ), Thebe Lipere (percussion) and Chris Batchelor (trumpet).
"One of the most exciting all star experimental groups in Jazz today"BBC Radio 3 Jazz Line-up.
"Its bad man!" Delfeayo Marsali
Venue: The Rainbow, Digbeth, B12 0LD
Time: 9.30pm
Cost: £3
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/birminghamjazz2007
http://www.myspace.com/thebandpartisans
Coming Up ..... Wednesday 29th October
Indie_NewWave_Alt.
This is Tommorrow present the last ever Flux with Throw me the Statue + Wave Machines + Dave Bang DJ Set
Venue: The Yardbird, Paradise Place, City Centre
Time: 8pm
Cost: £ FREE
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/thisistomorrowuk
http://www.myspace.com/throwmethestatue
www.myspace.com/mywavemachine
http://www.myspace.com/ilovebangbang
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