I’ve just put up a couple of gigs that have recently been confirmed for the coming months… There’s a few more in the pipeline too so keep checking the gigs page for the latest news!
4/02/10 The Spin Off, Bar Santiago, Leeds
21/05/10 The Forge Venue, Camden
We’ll also be playing at the Marlborough Jazz Festival over the weekend of the 9th July – exact day to be confirmed but should be a good one!
Posted by on 19/01/2010 at 13:14 in beats & pieces, gigs, news and tagged beatsandpieces, beatsnpieces, camden, forge, gig, leeds, london, marlborough, spinoff. Leave comments here.
Let me be the last person to wish you a happy new year! Hope Christmas and everything was good, its perhaps a bit late for that but its always nice to say it anyway… And whilst we’re being late check out the Efpi Christmas message here if you haven’t already, it’ll put you right in the mood all over again.
Thought now would be an excellent time to recap all the stuff from the end of 2009 that I’ve been meaning to post, just to close everything off nicely. First of all, I’ve just uploaded a load of photos from the EP launch night on 2nd December to the gallery; the pictures were all taken by Martin Wilson and they’re really good so check them out now… I think that this one is my favourite.
Also it was my birthday just before Christmas, and wanted to share with you this picture of my amazing birthday cake – remind you of anything?? Thanks Lucy!
Posted by on 08/01/2010 at 00:48 in beats & pieces, misc and tagged cake, christmas, ep, ep launch, gig, odder, party, photos. Leave comments here.
I spent last week in Helsinki on an Efpi Records ‘business trip’, visiting Sam and doing a gig with ‘Beats & Pieces Finland’ – a big band made up of some of the cream of Helsinki’s young jazz talent. There’s a tour diary with pictures of our fun in the snow over at the Efpi site, and I’ve uploaded some photos from the Cafe Mascot (with Sagolik) gig below and to the Gallery.
Thanks to everyone who came to the gig and especially to those who gave up their time and effort to play in the band – it was great to meet and play with you all! Hopefully it won’t be the last gig for the ensemble…
Posted by on 23/12/2009 at 21:01 in beats & pieces, gigs and tagged beatsandpieces, beatsnpieces, cafe mascot, efpi, finland, gallery, gig, helsinki, photos, sagolik. Leave comments here.
Anton and I are excited to be off on an Efpi Records ‘business trip’ to Finland on Sunday to visit Sam an do a few gigs, including an Efpi Showcase on Thursday 17th featuring the Hunter/Andreae Quartet and Beats & Pieces Finland – an ensemble featuring some of Helsinki’s finest jazz musicians performing the Beats & Pieces repertoire, including all tracks from the recent EP…
Just checked the weather though, here’s the BBC forecast for next Monday…
Good job I’ve been shopping today!
Posted by on 09/12/2009 at 23:32 in beats & pieces, gigs, news and tagged beats, beats & pieces, beatsandpieces, beatsnpieces, efpi, finland, gig, helsinki. Leave comments here.
In case you haven’t heard, we’ve got an EP coming out soon (2 weeks today!!) and we’re going to be celebrating that with a launch party on Wednesday 2nd December in Odder Bar, Manchester. If you’re in Manchester, keep an eye out for this amazing poster that I’ve had done to promote the gig… (click for full-size image)
Its been designed by Angela Guyton who is a local artist, originally from the USA, and amongst other things regularly performs as one third of Takashi’s Shellfish Concern. Thanks a lot to her, as I say it looks amazing!
Posted by on 16/11/2009 at 14:38 in beats & pieces, gigs, news and tagged angela guyton, beats, beatsandpieces, efpi, ep launch, gig, manchester, odder, pieces, poster, takahashi's shellfish concern. Leave comments here.
It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Beats & Pieces Big Band’s debut EP will be released on Efpi Records on November 30th, and that this will be celebrated to great extent at the official launch party at Odder in Manchester on December 2nd – come one, come all! We’ll be playing two sets featuring all of the EP’s 5 tracks, some newer stuff thats not on the EP and some stuff thats so brand new they don’t have names yet… Its also FREE ENTRY so you can save all your cash to buy the CD!
Doors open 8.30pm, live set from 9.30pm sharp. Odder, Oxford Road, Manchester (opposite the BBC). Contact info@beatsnpieces.net for more information
Posted by on 26/10/2009 at 12:02 in beats & pieces, gigs, news and tagged efpi, ep, gig, manchester, odder, party. Leave comments here.
Just a quick reminder about our gig at the Lescar in Sheffield tonight! We’re really excited about it as its our first chance to try out a couple of new things we’ve been working on, so make sure you get down there early to get yourself a decent spot! Doors open 8.30pm, music starts at 9 sharp and its £5/£4 entry – bargain. Click here for directions if you don’t already know where you’re going…
See you down the front!
Posted by on 14/10/2009 at 11:40 in beats & pieces, gigs, news and tagged gig, lescar, sheffield. Leave comments here.
Beats & Pieces EP
Available now from Efpi Records
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