# Jazz in the Midlands with revered US saxophonist David Liebman: Video

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2017/10/05/jazz-midlands-revered-us-saxophonist-david-liebman-video/
- Published: 2017-10-05T21:52:13+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**Jazz in the Midlands got a huge boost with the opening in September of a state
of the art £57million premises for Birmingham Conservatoire, which is now home to
the Eastside Jazz Club and will present the first gig of its autumn programme tonight
with revered US saxophonist David Liebman lining up with longtime piano collaborator
Richie Beirach, ahead of more appearances by stellar US and UK artists.**

The first purpose-built UK music college in a generation, there is no less than 
five venues within the main building, with a large 500-seater concert hall, 150-
seat recital room, 100-seat experimental ‘lab’ space, the 80 seat Eastside Jazz 
Club and a 100-seat organ studio. The top-spec technical facilities available also
include a £2.5million audiovisual and lighting package, while the building itself
features high-calibre acoustic treatment of all spaces, 100 practice rooms for students,
a stage capable of accommodating a full orchestra, recording studio and a large 
public foyer space with floor to ceiling glazing over three floors.

The new venue will host the biannual BBC Young Musician competition, which celebrates
its 40th anniversary next year in March 2018. Head of Jazz at the Birmingham conservatoire,
Jeremy Price said: “I lobbied hard at the planning stage to get our jazz club included
from the outset. I took architects and designers down to Ronnie Scott’s to help 
explain that very special space that jazz thrives on; where the audience are there
to listen, but they can relax and have a good time, and where the feel is of one
social it Eastside Jazz Club: Birmingham, and plan to programme music throughout
the week. Monday to Wednesday will be student gigs, including the Jazz Orchestra
and Ellington Orchestra alternating on Monday nights, and the best of student combos
Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday nights will be ‘guest nights’ that we can also tie
in with masterclasses in the afternoon before. For these we already have lined up
Dave Liebman, Richie Beirach, Gilad Hekselman, Mark Turner, Christine and Ingrid
Jensen and Ben Monder. Friday is for commercial hire and Saturday is offered to 
the local scene. The students are going to be in jazz heaven!”

With some high-calibre international and UK names set to appear, each one preceded
by an opening set from a local jazz group, the twice-monthly programme kicks off
tonight with David Liebman & Richie Beirach (5 Oct) and continues with Oli Rockberger(
13 Oct); Christine & Ingrid Jensen with Ben Monder (2 Nov) Jeremy Price Quartet 
with Rex Richardson (9 Nov); Gilad Hekselman Trio with Mark Turner (16 Nov) and 
Stan Sulzmann with Eastside Jazz Club Trio (30 Nov).

![Картинки по запросу Dave Liebman Richie Beirach](https://i0.wp.com/kuumbwajazz.
org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Quest.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)

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