James Pearson and Steve Fishwick
Guest Jazz Artists
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
£15
£12 over 60, under 18
6.30pm student support - Grace Connor Quartet
7.45pm main show
Wheelchair users are entitled to concessionary priced tickets with a complimentary companion seat.
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Arnie Somogyi Invites James Pearson and Steve Fishwick
James Pearson piano
Steve Fishwick trumpet
Nathan Jones drums
Arnie Somogyi bass
Support Grace Connor Quartet
James Pearson (pictured) is probably best known for his association with Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, where he has been the house pianist and artistic director for over 14 years.
His powerful, swinging playing has been heard in an astonishing variety of settings and his ‘musical portraits’ of pianists Oscar Peterson, George Shearing, Erroll Garner and Dudley Moore, all of whom have influenced James’s own style, are legendary.
You can expect to hear some of James’s swinging rearrangements of jazz standards alongside a few original compositions, all fused together with brilliant anecdotes about life as a jazz pianist.
Steve Fishwick is widely considered to be one of the best jazz trumpet players ever to come from the UK, and is rapidly gaining a global reputation thanks to his flawless technique and his beautifully flowing, harmonically rich improvisations.
Legendary Jazz critic Ira Gitler had this to say 'My question is where has Fishwick been hiding? Hip middle register melodious bebop, but when Steve lights his wick he becomes a flying fish, soaring above the waves, totally in control!'
“…outstanding players…for poise, balance and swing they're a joy to listen to”
The Guardian
“James’ dazzling playing…driving hard, yet sensitive”
London Jazz News
Running time approx. two hours and 30 minutes
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