Ethos Public Relations Manchester

Jazz at the Band

by Ethos public relations

Jazz fans are in for a real treat when Manchester music venue Band on the Wall reopens at the end of September featuring 15 jazz acts in its first season.

Band on the Wall, which closed four years ago for major renovation, has a global reputation for showcasing an array of accomplished jazz artists from around the world and has seen the likes of Art Blakey, Courtney Pine and Slim Gaillard play there in the past.

The first season at Band on the Wall will see Mercury Music Prize nominees Polar Bear in concert as well as Berlin-based collective Jazzanova performing nu jazz, broken beat and jazz house styles over a two night residency. Other highlights include pianist and electronics wizard Bugge Wesseltoft, Finland's Five Corners Quintet, Africa's finest jazz orchestra African Jazz Allstars and many more.

Mike Chadwick, music programmer at Band on the Wall and Jazz FM presenter said: "We've a real history of putting on great jazz and this is a tradition that we aim to continue."

One of the cornerstones of Manchester's music scene since the 1970s, the public recently voted Band on the Wall as the second most influential venue in the history of British Jazz.

To receive advance event notification of gigs at the venue and obtain discounts, sign up to the mailing list at www.bandonthewall.org, or call 0845 2 500 500 to buy tickets.

Jazz at Band on the Wall:

The Bays, 27 September £12.50
Bugge Wesseltoft + Stuart McCallum, 1 October £12.50
Jazzanova featuring Paul Randolph, 5 & 6 October £15
Mike Walker Sextet, 8 October £12.50
Five Corners Quintet, 14 October £12.50
African Jazz Allstars, 15 October £14.50
Eivind Aarset, 24 October £12.50
Azymuth, 10 November £12.50
Empirical, 12 November £12.50
Michael Wollny, 17 November £12.50
Helge Lien Trio, 19 November £12.50
Polar Bear & Profound Sound Trio, 24 November £12.50
Partisans, 26 November £12.50
Jerry Bergonzi, 3 December £12.50
Some Other Country, 17 December £14.50

Posted at 3^rd September 2009