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BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL 26th Edition July 16th - 25th 2010

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THE JAZZ RAG

20th year of publication Bi-monthly, throughout the UK and beyond.

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TIPITINA

I WISH I WAS IN NEW ORLEANS

Format: CD
Catalogue Number: BEAR 47
UK Price: £11.99 + p&p

"This wholly admirable album plays like a live set. It is a studio recording but the way it builds from the opening, wistful interpretation of a fine Tom Waits number into some jumping jive and concludes in exciting fashion with a pair of R&B classics leaves you feeling that you had the best table in front of the band.
I look forward to seeing the band in person because they are a sure-fire club and festival attraction.

"BOB WEIR, JAZZ JOURNAL DECEMBER 07

LINE UP: DEBBIE JONES (Vocals) JUSTIN RANDALL (Piano & Backing Vocals) Gary Barber (Drums & Backing Vocals) ANDY 'POSTIE' JONES (Guitar)
BOYSIE BATTRUM (Tenor Saxophone) TOM HILL (Double Bass)

KING PLEASURE & THE BISCUIT BOYS

HEY PUERTO RICO!

Format: CD
Catalogue Number: BEAR 46
UK Price: £11.99 + p&p

"To create the kind of easy swing you hear on The Wrong Door, the precision and attack of Big Girl, the blend in Bring It On Baby takes talent, focus and a lot of working together. And when you experience it live you discover what a real show can be - wholehearted, full-on, exhausting and unforgettable.
.........Resistance is futile. Surrender to having a good time."
DAVE GELLY, THE OBSERVER JUNE 2006

LINE UP: KING PLEASURE (Vocals & Baritone Saxophone) BOYSIE BATTRUM (Alto & Tenor Saxophone) BULLMOOSE K SHIRLEY (Guitar) MIGHTY MATT FOUNDLING (Piano) SHARK VAN SCHTOOP (Double Bass) DANGEROUS DAVE WILKES (Drums)

THE DR. TEETH BIG BAND

RHYTHM IS OUR BUSINESS

Format: CD
Catalogue Number: BEAR 45
UK Price: £11.99 + p&p

"Rhythm Is Our Business reinvents the swing genre, the rhythm section rocks like the Rolling Stones and the horns play like a jazz session with Bird and Diz on 52nd Street. This is a must"

THE CHICAGO TRIBUTE - 04.09.06

LINE UP: DR TEETH (Vocals) SIMON 'THE DUKE OF' KEMP (Piano) CLANCY D'OCKRA (Guitar) MORETON PINKNEE (Drums) CHRIS 'THE JIVE LOBSTER' MAPP (Upright Bass) JAY 'CHOO CHOO CH' MOODY (Tenr Sax) MIKE 'DOUBLE MEAT' ADLINGTON (Trumpet) SIMON 'LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL' ROBILLIARD (Trombone)

KING PLEASURE & THE BISCUIT BOYS

SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE

Format: CD
Catalogue Number: BEAR 42
UK Price: £11.99 + p&p

“To those who say that swing is a musical form best left to Americans, I suggest you listen to this CD and prepare to be proven wrong. This British combo is bulletproof.”- ATOMIC, New York

LINE UP: KING PLEASURE (vocals/tenor sax), BIG MALLY BAXTER (trumpet), P. POPPS MARTIN (alto/baritone saxes), JULIAN WEBSTER-GREAVES (tenor sax), IVORY DAN McCORMACK (piano/Hammond), BULLMOOSE K. SHIRLEY (guitar), SLAP HAPPY (double bass), BAM-BAM BERESFORD (drums).
BIG MART WINNING (tenor sax solos on Tracks 5, 8, 10 & 12

LADY SINGS THE BLUES

Format: CD/Cassette/LP
Catalogue Number: BEAR CD33/MC33/LP33
UK Price: CD £9.99/Cassette & LP £5.99 + p&p

A celebration of the music of Billie Holiday performed by the UK's finest jazz and swing musicians - all British Jazz Award Winners and nominees. The programme recreates Billie's recordings - some of the finest music ever.

"What is happening here might even be a shade better than what was being played all those years ago." - Benny Green, BBC

LINE-UP: VAL WISEMAN (vocal), DIGBY FAIRWEATHER (trumpet/cornet/flugelhorn), AL GAY (tenor sax/clarinet), ROY WILLIAMS (trombone), BRIAN LEMON (piano), JIM DOUGLAS (guitar), LEN SKEAT (double bass), EDDIE TAYLOR (drums)

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