Eastside Jazz Quartet

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Wednesday 18 June 2025 I 7.30pm
West Bridgford Library
Tickets: £13 Standard via BOOK NOW button

A great chance to hear tomorrow's jazz stars! Meet and hear these talented recent graduates from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Jazz Course.

Leading bassist Arnie Somogyi has put together this showcase of recent graduates from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Jazz Course, who perform regularly at their campus club Eastside Jazz, and elsewhere around the city.

Their gig features music from two of the giant figures in jazz - bassist Charles Mingus and pianist Thelonius Monk. Both were bandleaders and composers of jazz repertoire that has more than stood the test of time.

Alongside these tunes, the quartet will play original compositions and reworking of classic jazz standards.

Be there to enjoy this wonderfully varied repertoire from top-quality musicians who are among tomorrow's jazz stars!

Line-up: James Borland trumpet, David Bustos sax, Josh Rose drums and Arnie Somogyi bass

Arnie Somogyi is one of the UK's leading jazz bass players as well as being a composer, bandleader, producer and educator. He's the jazz bass tutor, small band coach and jazz history lecturer at Birmingham Conservatoire and is a visiting teacher at The Royal Academy of Music, Trinity College and The Guildhall School of Music. His band members on this gig are 'top-line' recent graduates of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Jazz Course.