Thanks to everyone who came down to our gig at Turner Sims in Southampton over the weekend, it was a great way to kick off our tour! It was also the first time that copies of ‘Big Ideas‘ were available for sale, so a pretty exciting moment for us…
Thought I’d share this photo of Anthony and Simon in our ‘tour bus’ on our journey down – we’ll be trying to post as many pictures, videos and other interesting things as we can. Keep an eye on our tumblr page which is where we’ll upload most stuff, or follow @beatspiecesband on twitter where all the tumblr posts will be automatically tweeted – for a more personal touch follow me (Ben) @beatsnpieces
See you at the next gig in Manchester on Feb 16th!
Posted by on 30/01/2012 at 22:35 in gigs, misc and tagged manchester, rncm, southampton, tour, tumblr, turner sims. Leave comments here.
Really excited to announce our first set of dates in the UK in 2012 – in these first 5 dates we’ll be travelling the length of England from Southampton to Gateshead, with stops in Barnstaple, London and Manchester along the way. The Manchester and London gigs will also be launch events for our debut album (released in the same week as the gigs), both held at venues very close to our hearts…
Full list of 2012 dates (so far…) as follows:
28th January – Turner Sims, Southampton (details/tickets)
16th February – RNCM, Manchester (details/tickets)
20th February – Ronnie Scott’s, London (details/tickets)
24th March – The Sage, Gateshead (Gateshead International Jazz Festival) (details/tickets)
28th March – Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple (details/tickets)
More dates to be announced so keep an eye on our gigs page, and full details on the album release to follow very very soon…
Posted by on 13/12/2011 at 13:35 in gigs, news and tagged 2012, barnstaple, gateshead, gateshead international jazz festival, london, manchester, queen's theatre, rncm, ronnie scott's, sage, southampton, turner sims. Leave comments here.
Very excited to announce details of the release of a live EP next month, which was recorded in June at Band on the Wall in Manchester. You’ll be able to download it from our online shop on Monday 17th October, and there will be an extremely limited edition physical release available alongside the download – more details to follow soon!
We’ll be launching this EP with a big old knees up back at Band on the Wall on Thursday 20th October – tickets available NOW… If you were there in June for the recording, you’ll know that it was a really special night and this promises to be another amazing evening. This will also be our last Manchester date of 2011 which has been an incredible year for us (European Young Artists’ Jazz Award, Ronnie Scott’s twice, live recording etc etc!) so there’ll definitely be a party atmosphere!
See you there…
Posted by on 21/09/2011 at 13:57 in gigs, news and tagged band on the wall, ep, manchester, party. Leave comments here.
Although I’ve written about the Band on the Wall gig last week on facebook and twitter, I thought it would be nice to put something up here too with a couple of photos from the day. Thanks again to everyone who came for making it such an amazing night (we had a great time, sounded like you did too?!) and thanks to everyone at Band on the Wall for helping it all happen…
Also I have a few posters left over so if you’d like one, just make a donation of £3 or more to cover postage using the yellow ‘Donate’ button on the right (include your address) and I’ll send you one – first come first served!
Posted by on 21/06/2011 at 12:14 in gigs, misc and tagged band on the wall, manchester, photos. Leave comments here.
This time in 4 weeks I’ll probably be nursing a massive hangover as it will be the morning after the night before – the night before, of course, being Monday 13th June which is when we’ll be doing a really special live recording at the legendary Band on the Wall in Manchester. If you haven’t already don’t forget to get your tickets!
Adding to the excitement, here’s the poster design that you’ll shortly be seeing around and about Manchester, designed by Efpi Records‘ Artist in Residence Angela Guyton. I’ll buy a drink at the gig for the first person to tweet @beatsnpieces or facebook (here) a photo of one in the wild, so keep an eye out!
Posted by on 17/05/2011 at 13:07 in gigs, news and tagged angela guyton, band on the wall, gig, manchester, poster, recording. Leave comments here.
We’ve been talking about this behind the scenes for a while now but now I can at last let the cat out of the bag and announce that we’ll be doing a really special gig at the legendary Band on the Wall venue in Manchester on Monday 13th June that will be recorded for a live album release later in the year.
More details on the Band on the Wall website here – you can also get your advance tickets from there, bargain at only £7.50. If you’ll be there say hello on facebook too!
All of us in the band are really excited about this and we can’t wait! See you there…
Posted by on 12/04/2011 at 12:28 in gigs, news and tagged band on the wall, gig, live, manchester, recording. Leave comments here.
Thanks to everyone for their comments and support for Manchester Jazz Festival – my post a couple of weeks ago is just one of many that have been springing up over the internet which is great to see! I think that shows just how important the festival is to so many people. Some of the ones I’ve picked up on are as follows:
- Efpi Records‘ very own Anton Hunter
- Saxophonist, promoter and all round nice guy Phil Meadows
- Sebastian Scotney of the amazing LondonJazz blog
- Various people on facebook including GoGo Penguin and the festival itself
If you’ve emailed in you’ll have had a personal response which just goes to show that the council are listening and will be taking this into account when drawing up the budget – if you haven’t contacted them yet do it now! The address to write to is budget.enquiry@manchester.gov.uk
Sebastian’s post on the LondonJazz blog not only demonstrates the importance the festival has on the whole country’s jazz scene, but featured this video which I’d forgotten about and that perfectly sums up everything that it means to musicians, punters and the city as whole.
Posted by on 28/02/2011 at 12:02 in b&p friends, news and tagged anton hunter, efpi records, gogo penguin, londonjazz, manchester, manchester jazz festival, phil meadows, sebastian scotney. Leave comments here.
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