Birmingham Jazz Black History Month, live performances October and November 2025.

Monday, October 20, 2025

Birmingham Jazz are celebrating Black History Month with a series of ten performances at the 1000 Trades venue over two weekends that reflect the theme of “Standing Firm in Power and Pride”. 

Dave Fuller of Music spoken Here, Worcester has supplied the following information;

Birmingham Jazz Black History Month

Birmingham Jazz are celebrating Black History Month with a series of ten performances over two weekends that reflect the theme of “Standing Firm in Power and Pride”.



The series, held at 1000 Trades in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, starts on Friday with Romarna Campbell’s CHAOS Trio at 5pm. The full program for this weekend and next has some incredible musicians lined up, including Jazz Warriors alumni Cleveland Watkiss, Jason Yarde, Dennis Rollins, Byron Wallen and Tony Kofi.



Friday 24th October

5pm Romarna Campbell CHAOS Trio
Romarna Campbell (drums), Cenk Esen (keys), Mutale Chashi (bass)



8pm Tony Kofi - Tenor Legacy
Tony Kofi (tenor sax), Matthew Ratcliffe (piano), Martyn Spencer (bass), Andrew Wood (drums)





Saturday 25th October

2pm Wayne Matthews - Bass Land
Wayne Matthews (bass), Marcus Joseph (sax), Gemma Niles (vocals), Edward Hick (drums)



5pm Hexagonal - African Jazz Lines
John Donaldson (piano), Greg Heath (sax), Jason Yarde (sax), Sid Gauld (trumpet), Simon Thorpe (bass), Winston Clifford (drums)



8pm Dennis Rollins Velocity Trio
Dennis Rollins (trombone), Ross Stanley (Hammond organ), Joel Barford (drums)





Thursday 30th October

8pm Mark Cherrie - Soundcloud
Mark Cherrie (steel pan), John Donaldson (piano), Tom Mason (bass), Eric Ford (drums)





Friday 31st October

5pm Friends - After Andy
Kirk Ricketts (vocals), Ralf DeCambre (guitar), Mathieu Keys (piano), Alvin Davis (sax), Theo Seaton (trumpet), Reed Bass (bass), Eddie Powell (drums)



8pm Byron Wallen - Hurricane Bells
Byron Wallen (trumpet), Jonny Mansfield (vibraphone), Daniel Kemshell (guitar), Menelik Claffey (bass), Zoe Pascal (drums)





Saturday 1st November

5pm Arran Shanghavi
Arran Shanghavi (keys), Mark Bonner (trumpet), Harry Brown (alto sax), Josh Vadiveloo (bass), Tom Phillips (drums)



8pm Xhosa Cole - A Modern Genius
Xhosa Cole (sax), Cleveland Watkiss (vocals), Josh Vadiveloo (bass), Pat Thomas (piano), Tim Giles (drums)



For more information and tickets, go to the Birmingham Jazz website.
https://www.birminghamjazz.co.uk/black-history-month-2025