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WELCOME TO PIZZAEXPRESS LIVE OCTOBER / NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2018
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Enjoy world class live music in the heart of
Birmingham. The top floor of our Brindley october listings 6
Place restaurant has been transformed into
the perfect environment for a truly memorable november listings 8
evening. Experience our famous range of pizzas
as you relax and enjoy live music from some of
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the world’s most renowned artists. Among those
who have appeared since the venue opened in
December 2016 are Will Young, Shakatak, pizzaexpress jazz club soho 12
Harriet, Mari Wilson, Beverley Craven and
Liane Carroll pizzaexpress live holborn 14
the pheasantry chelsea 16
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OCTOBER 2018 NOVEMBER 2018 DECEMBER 2018
BIRMINGHAM
The to p f lo o r o f THURSDAY 4TH THURSDAY 1ST SATURDAY 1ST
our Br in dl ey P lace China Crisis Oye Santana The Jonny Kerry Quartet
restau ran t has be en
transfo r m e d in to th e FRIDAY 5TH FRIDAY 2ND FRIDAY 7TH
per fect e nviro n m e n t Namiwa Jazz Crowd Company The Tom Seals Band
for a tr ul y m e m o ra b l e
evening. Ex pe r ie nce FRIDAY 12TH SATURDAY 3RD SATURDAY 8TH
our famo us range of Sabrina Francis & FLOM Rebecca Downes Milton Jones
pizzas as yo u re l ax a n d FRIDAY 14TH
enjoy l i ve m usic from SATURDAY 13TH FRIDAY 9TH
Live in Central Park Down For The Count Dom Pipkin
some o f t he wo r l d’s
most re n ow n e d ar t i st s . [Revisited]: Simon & Garfunkel Swing Orchestra SATURDAY 15TH
Leddra Chapman
FRIDAY 19TH SATURDAY 10TH
Sam Coe & The Long Shadows SuRie FRIDAY 21ST
James Tormé
SATURDAY 20TH THURSDAY 15TH
Celebrate Otis Redding The Gonzalo Bergara Quintet SATURDAY 22ND
mudibu & The Jezebel Sextet james taylor quartet
FRIDAY 16TH
PIZZAEXPRESS LIVE BIRMINGHAM
Alistair Griffin
The Water’s Edge, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2HL
SATURDAY 17TH
DOOR TIMES:
THU - SAT 6.30pm
Polly Gibbons
SUNDAY 6pm
BOOKINGS: 020 7439 4962
FRIDAY 23RD
Dan Forshaw Quintet
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Electric Swing Circus Live
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PIZZAEXPRESS LIVE BIRMINGHAM october 2018
THURSDAY 4TH OCTOBER FRIDAY 19TH OCTOBER
CHINA CRISIS SAM COE & THE LONG SHADOWS
Eddie Lundon and Gary Daly are the founder PLUS SIMON JAMES & THE ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
members of the band which started in Kirkby, A night of live music featuring three of the UK’s rising
Merseyside back in 1979. China Crisis found major Americana and Country acts. Join Sam Coe &
success in the UK with five Top 40 singles, ten Top 50 singles and three Top The Long Shadows, Simon James plus The Angels
40 albums and hits across Australia, Europe and the Americas. The band are known for with Dirty Faces for a night of the very best of UK
their string of hit singles, including ‘African & White’, ‘Christian’, ‘Working with Fire and Country and Americana. £10
Steel’, ‘Black Man Ray’ and ‘Wishful Thinking’, will be performing these classics and
more, alongside tracks from the new album ‘Autumn in the Neighbourhood’. £23 SATURDAY 20TH OCTOBER
FRIDAY 5TH OCTOBER MUDIBU & THE JEZEBEL SEXTET
CELEBRATE OTIS REDDING
AN EVENING WITH NAMIWA JAZZ Experience the incredible sound of Otis Redding’s
Hailing from the West Midlands, Namiwa Jazz is a singer- music as two of the UK’s most exciting soul acts join
songwriter who speaks her truth, with a fearless lyrical approach forces to create the world’s funkiest Otis Redding
to subjects that mean a lot to her. Join Namiwa Jazz with show! This authentic celebration of Otis’ music pairs
accompaniment from her live Afrotwang band for an evening of charismatic Burundian singer songwriter Mudibu with
original composition with influence from Jazz, Soul, Hip Hop, Hammond and horns from The Jezebel Sextet. You’ll
Funk, R&B and Reggae music. Namiwa Jazz has supported the hear Otis Redding all performed live by an authentic
likes of Jimmy Cliff, Public Enemy, The Floacist (Floetry), Steel Pulse, Teedra Moses 8-piece band featuring Hammond organ, 3-piece horn section and 100% authentic
and Jacob Banks and played 2017 BBC Cheltenham Jazz Festival. £15 instrumentation and arrangements. £15
FRIDAY 12TH OCTOBER THURSDAY 1ST NOVEMBER
SABRINA FRANCIS & FLOM OYE SANTANA
Sabrina Francis and FLOM will perform their debut show at What makes award-winning Oye Santana so good?
PizzaExpress Live Birmingham with the mellow, sultry sound Amazing guitar from Milan ‘Carlos’ Webb, as
of this upcoming artist. Hailing from the Caribbean island of Grenada, the musical passionate and exciting as Santana himself, plus the
quartet promises to both captivate and soothe you with a powerful ensemble of original band’s infectious good-time feel – every track a fiesta,
music they call Acoustic Soul from the West Indies. Sabrina will be sharing songs from every performance a show. You’ll sing, smile and
her album ‘Think in Colour’ along with her newest releases. £12 dance along from the first chink of tambourine to the get-up-and-boogie finale. £15
SATURDAY 13TH OCTOBER
FRIDAY 2ND NOVEMBER
LIVE IN CENTRAL PARK [REVISITED]:
SIMON & GARFUNKEL CROWD COMPANY
September 19, 1981, more than 500,000 music fans Prepare for a modern take on vintage soul and
gathered in Central Park to witness the now legendary funk from highly acclaimed eight-piece band
reunion of folk duo Simon & Garfunkel. Award-winning Crowd Company. Brimming with energy, catchy
recording artists, Lee Lessack and Johnny Rodgers hooks and tight grooves, the band combine a
recreate that magical night. With dulcet vocals harmonizing, Hammond organ-based sound with a virtuoso
you’ll hear all the beloved poetic masterpieces that made horn section and three outstanding singers, often
Simon & Garfunkel famous: ‘Mrs. Robinson’, ‘Homeward Bound’, ‘Scarborough Fair’, blending multi-part harmonies. The band have just
‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, ‘The Sound of Silence’ and many more. £18 released a new album ‘Stone&Sky’ on the USA based Vintage League Music label,
produced by Alan Evans (Soulive). The album has received rave reviews and Radio
airplay across Europe & the USA. £12
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SATURDAY 3RD NOVEMBER FRIDAY 16TH NOVEMBER
REBECCA DOWNES ALISTAIR GRIFFIN
UNPLUGGED AND IN CONVERSATION Singer songwriter Alistair Griffin returns
Birmingham-based Blues/Rock artist Rebecca Downes was voted with his acoustic show and unique brand of
Female Vocalist and Emerging Artist of the Year at the British Blues songs and stories. His version of ‘Only You’
Awards 2016 and Female Blues Vocalist of the Year in the FORM reached a global audience being used by the
UK Blues Awards 2018. Rebecca and co-songwriter Steve Birkett, BBC to sound track the Royal Wedding and
accompanied by guitarist Tara Simms, deliver an intimate show that his Formula 1 song ‘Just Drive’ is now the
will be a combination of new unplugged takes on several of their theme tune for motorsport across the whole of the United States after being picked up by
original numbers, mixed in with conversation about the music, their ESPN. Sky Sports F1 continue to use ‘Just Drive’ as its theme as Alistair’s songs continue
inspiration, the song-writing process and the challenges of creating and performing soundtrack Britain’s big sporting moments. His feet remain on the floor as he continues to
original material. This very special show will include a ‘meet and greet’ with the audience entertain in intimate settings. £15
before the performance by Rebecca and the other artists. £15
SATURDAY 17TH NOVEMBER
FRIDAY 9TH NOVEMBER
POLLY GIBBONS
DOWN FOR THE COUNT London-based singer/songwriter Polly
SWING ORCHESTRA Gibbons has been hailed by critics as the
female counterpart to Gregory Porter, and
The Down for the Count Swing Orchestra are a mini big the Adele of Jazz. In June of 2018, she
band with a huge sound. Their show features adaptations of big band hits from the Duke recorded her new album with Resonance
Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Harry James bands, along with New Records in front of a live audience at New
Orleans grooves and 50’s swing and jive numbers. £15 York’s famed Power Station Studio. The
album has a brilliant collection of covers and
SATURDAY 10TH NOVEMBER originals slated for an early 2019 release.
SURIE ‘SCRAPBOOK’ Polly has built a reputation as having an
authentic gifted voice, with warm, rich and soulful vocal tones. Ms. Gibbons has been
SuRie is of course best known for representing the UK for likened to many of the jazz and soul greats throughout history and yet she brings her own
Eurovision 2018. Her song ‘Storm’ entered the UK top 100 at storytelling, unique humour, and fun to her performances all over the globe. £15
position 50, the highest Eurovision entry in years, and is still going
strong with millions of streams and downloads worldwide. On FRIDAY 23RD NOVEMBER
the back of her successful ‘Eurovision Unplugged’ tour, SuRie
embarks on a new concert project, bringing things right back to DAN FORSHAW QUINTET
where she started, at the piano. £20
CELEBRATING BLUE NOTE
THURSDAY 15TH NOVEMBER Blue Note records not only inspired
generations of jazz musicians, they
THE GONZALO BERGARA QUINTET paved the way for the Hip-Hop
revolution of the early 90s. Albert
‘DJANGO MEETS ASTOR PIAZOLLA’
Lion and Francis Wolff recorded some
European audiences are set to be thrilled this autumn, as of the greatest jazz musicians of all time and their legacy lives on, some 77 years since
Argentinian guitar virtuoso Gonzalo Bergara hits our shores the album was born. Musicians such as John Coltrane, Horace Silver, Dexter Gordon,
with his unique concept show - ‘Django Meets Piazzolla’. Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter and Joe Henderson all recorded on Blue
Two musical styles, two cultures, and two different ways of Note, and it’s their music you will hear as part of Celebrating Blue Note. Award-winning
expressing music. This passionate and explosive musical experience takes the Hot Club saxophonist Dan Forshaw leads his quintet with Graeme Flowers on trumpet, Chris
Gypsy Jazz sound of the legendary Django Reinhardt and fuses it with the harmonic Jerome on piano, Joel Humann bass and Derek Scurll on drums. £15
legacy of renowned Argentinian Nuevo Tango Composer Astor Piazzolla. £15
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FRIDAY 30TH NOVEMBER FRIDAY 14TH DECEMBER
ELECTRIC SWING CIRCUS LIVE DOM PIPKIN ‘SMOKIN’ BOOGIE’
The Electric Swing Circus is a live 6-piece Dom Pipkin, brings his acclaimed ‘Smokin’ Boogie’ piano
fusion of classy 20’s swing and stomping electro show to PizzaExpress Live. Player to stars such as Paloma
beats. With an explosive sound that reverberates Faith and Paul Weller, Pipkin is acknowledged as one of
back through time, the ESC hotfoots its way Europe’s finest and most entertaining blues pianists on the scene today - “I can’t hold
through everything from rock to electronica, a candle to this guy. He’s a great piano player” says Jamie Cullum. “When Dom plays
jazz to house, and big beat to dubstep, all with magic happens!” says Paloma Faith. His solo show combines jaw-dropping piano with
their own unique style of swing. Ladies and the full story of New Orleans blues piano from the early days in the brothels to the soul
Gentlemen, hold onto your hats. The circus is and funk of 1970s Bourbon Street. £15
coming to town!. £20
SATURDAY 15TH DECEMBER
SATURDAY 1ST DECEMBER
LEDDRA CHAPMAN
THE JONNY KERRY QUARTET Leddra has played with the likes of Sir Tom Jones, Katie Melua,
The Jonny Kerry Quartet is an acoustic ensemble inspired Gabrielle and of course Ed Sheeran. She has had a great relationship
by Gypsy Jazz, New Musette, Classical & Tango music. with BBC Radio 2 on her other releases in the past with 5 of the
The quartet performs dynamic and lyrical arrangements of single being playlisted and both Chris Evans and the great Sir Terry
both standards and original compositions that draw upon Wogan choosing Leddra as single of the week. Leddra also had the
diverse international rhythms and musical idioms. The honour of paying live for Sir Terry’s program. With her new EP ‘Third
Quartet is Led by Accordionist and singer Jonny Kerry and completed with guitarists Love’ just released, the future is brighter than ever for Leddra Chapman. £10
Harry Diplock, Ducato Piotrowski & Mike Green on double bass. £14
FRIDAY 21ST DECEMBER
FRIDAY 7TH DECEMBER
JAMES TORMÉ A VERY TORMÉ CHRISTMAS
THE TOM SEALS BAND Fresh off his US Symphony Pops tour, multi-award
Fresh from his sell-out ‘Let the Good Times Roll Tour’, winning American jazz singer James Tormé returns to
Tom Seals, who is “quite possibly the future of Jazz/Pop” the UK for ‘A Very Tormé Christmas’ - a jazzed-out
has the world at his fingertips. Having recently appeared evening of all your holiday favourites. One of the great
at Montreux Jazz Festival, Birdland Jazz Club, Orange voices of a generation, James concludes by telling
Peel, North Sea Jazz Club and joined Jamie Cullum and the story of, and performing, his father Mel and Bob
Gregory Porter at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, the Tom Seals Band makes its return to Wells’ ‘The Christmas Song’ (Chestnuts Roasting on
PizzaExpress Live Birmingham. £15 An Open Fire) - a song both written for and bequeathed to Nat ‘King Cole’ on the
same afternoon. Complete with additional verses (written by both Mel and the original
SATURDAY 8TH DECEMBER songwriters) this is a jazz music experience that is not to be missed! £20
MILTON JONES SATURDAY 22ND DECEMBER
‘‘No-one can touch Jones when he hits his stride’’
(The Guardian). Milton Jones is regularly on Mock THE JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET
the Week (BBC2), has appeared on Michael The James Taylor Quartet present the ultimate
McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC1), Live at the Hammond organ driven Christmas party, taking
Apollo (BBC1) and he has headlined Dave’s One inspiration from the rare-groove style funk, and
Night Stand (DAVE). He has also done 12 radio boogaloo funk of the 60s and 70s. James Taylor,
series for Radio 4. MIlton Jones’s tours, Milton Jones one of the great British instrumentalists of his
Is Out There (2017/18) Milton Jones and the Temple generation, has taken his trademark howling
of Daft (2015) and On the Road (2013), all played to over 100,00 people. £25 Hammond sound to the masses for over 25 years;
10 still famed for its upbeat, energetic live shows... with no sign of slowing down. £30 11
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pizzaexpress jazz club soho
PIZZAEXPRESS JA Z Z C L U B coming up
SOHO 10 th - 12 th october 25 th november
GEORGIA MANCIO
CYRILLE AIMEE
25 th - 30 th october
26th - 27th november
EUGE GROOVE
Now in its 40th year, the Dean Street venue is rightly considered one
of Britain’s finest jazz clubs with an international reputation that has 8 th - 9 th november JOYCE MORENO
seen mesmerising performances from Grammy winning soul-jazz giant
Gregory Porter, Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, vocal icon
5 th - 7 th december
Amy Winehouse, violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy, bass star Richard Bona
and revered jazz singer Kurt Elling alongside its many acclaimed mini-
festivals, special events and knock-out one-off performances. Today,
PizzaExpress Jazz Club is part of the very heart, and soul, of Soho. JERRY BERGONZI
PIZZAEXPRESS JAZZ CLUB SOHO
10 Dean Street, Soho, London W1D 3RW ANTONIO FORCIONE
DOOR TIMES:
16 th november
MON - THU eve 6.30pm
FRI - SAT eve 7pm
SUN eve 6.30pm 16 th - 23 rd december
LUNCH SHOWS midday
FRI - SAT double shows 6pm/10pm
BOOKINGS: 020 7439 4962
CHRISTIAN SANDS TRIO ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY
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pizzaexpress live holborn coming up oct-dec 2018
HOLBORN
6 th october 19 th november
CHINA CRISIS
VULA MALINGA
28 th - 30 th october 21st - 25th november
HOWARD JONES
BRIAN CULBERTSON
the newest live venue in London 15 th - 17 th november
29 th nov - 1 st dec
With top quality entertainment presented every night of
the week, join us for the biggest names, in music, comedy
and musical cabaret. PizzaExpress Live Holborn will also
introduce special appearances with great names from the arts,
entertainment and sport in ‘audience with’ Q&A sessions.
Set in the intimate basement of our newly designed
restaurant, get closer to the acts you love. NATACHA ATLAS’ SELECTED
JORDAN RAKEI’S
SELECTED
PIZZAEXPRESS HOLBORN
99 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6LF
18 th november
DOOR TIMES:
13 th - 15 th december
MON - SUN 6.30pm
BOOKINGS: 020 7439 4962
OMER AVITAL CHIELI MINUCCI
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THE PHEASANTRY CHELSEA coming up oct-dec 2018
THE P H E A SA N T RY
CHELSEA 4 th - 6 th october 18 th - 19 th November
NATALIE DOUGLAS
SHEILA JORDAN
5 th - 7 th November 23 rd November
ISSY VAN RANDWYCK
JULIA BIEL
This historic music venue was reopened in 2009 and has already
9 th - 10 th November 11th 12th 18th 19th december
established itself as one of London’s premier venues for jazz and cabaret.
In its new incarnation, The Pheasantry has played host to some of
the finest musicians and singers in the UK, including Beverly Craven,
Fascinating Aida, Julia Fordham, Lee Mead, Clare Teal and Ian Shaw.
In 2012, this beautiful and atmospheric room was nominated for Best
Live Music Venue in the London Lifestyle Awards, coming second only to
the Royal Albert Hall.
THE PHEASANTRY CHELSEA
152 Kings Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4UT
ERIC YVES GARCIA NICKY GAYNER
DOOR TIMES:
MON - SAT 7pm 13 th - 14 th december
SUNDAY 6.30pm
17 th November
BOOKINGS: 020 7439 4962
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PIZZAEXPRESS LIVE BIRMINGHAM coming up oct-dec 2018
M A I D S TO N E 5 th october 24 th november
CHINA CRISIS
SURIE
13 th october
8 th december
KIKI DEE &
CARMELO LUGGERI
HARRIET
Our PizzaExpress Live venue in Maidstone is an elegant and 20 th october
intimate setting in which to enjoy live music and great food. 19 th december
Serving customers for over 25 years it has played host to well-
established stars such as Ruby Turner, Humphrey Lyttleton,
George Melly, Ray Gelato, Guy Barker and Stacey Kent,
but also to local and up-and-coming talent. There are regular
open-mic evenings showcasing vocal talent and these are always
immensely popular with both singers and listeners. Not only
high quality, you will find a very varied programme: from jazz,
JAMES TORMÉ
Latin and blues to pop, soul and even opera. BEVERLEY SKEETE
PIZZAEXPRESS LIVE MAIDSTONE
32-34 Earl Street, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1PF 8 th - 9 th november 23 rd december
DOOR TIMES:
MON - SAT 7pm
SUNDAY 6.30pm
BOOKINGS: 020 7439 4962
JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET
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BIRMINGHAM
25 th - 26 th January
SHAKATAK
1 st February
SNAKE DAVIS
14 th February
ELAINE DELMAR
coming soon
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