John Hollenbeck – Drums
Chris Speed – Tenor Sax
Tim Collins – Vibes
Ted Reichman – Accordion
Drew Gress – Bass
Matt Mitchell – Piano
plus:
Steve Tromans – Fender Rhodes
Percy Pursglove – Trumpet

Harmonic Festival
CBSO Centre
Berkley St
Birmingham
Start time 8pm
Entry £15

One of the most progressive bands in jazz, New York-based Claudia Quintet will be making a special appearance at Harmonic. As well as playing music from their forthcoming new album they will be joined by Birmingham based musicians Percy Pursglove on trumpet and Steve Tromans on Rhodes to play specially commissioned arrangements of Claudia’s music. John Hollenbeck, drummer and band leader of Claudia, has arranged some of his music for this one-off collaboration. This event is supported by Birmingham Jazz.

Dan Nicholls - Fender Rhodes
Steve Tromans - Fender Rhodes

Harmonic Festival
CBSO Centre Foyer
Berkley St
Birmingham
Start time 6pm
Free Entry

Composer, keyboardist, saxophonist (and honorary Dane) Dan Nicholls has specially written some new pieces for premiere at Birmingham's latest festival. The double rhodes line-up should make for interesting interactions and curious timbral doublings and infoldings.

Steve Tromans - Piano
Sid Peacock - narration/vocals

Centre Culturel Irlandais
5 rue des Irlandais
Paris 75005
Start time 7.30pm
Entry TBC

Best Series is back - in duo format. Excerpts from Tromans' 2004-2009 musical settings of four key works of the Beat Generation: Howl by Allen Ginsberg, On The Road by Jack Kerouac, Bomb by Gregory Corso, and Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs. This performance is Paris has been made possible by Sid Peacock's 2010 residency in the city at the Centre Culturel Irlandais.

Cheltenham International Jazz Festival
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
Start time 4.30pm
Entry TBC

Sid Peacock's latest large gathering of eclectic jazz, folk, and improv talent, plus new pieces by Peacock.

Moot With No Name
The Devereux Arms
Devereux Court
London WC2R 3JJ
Start time 8pm
Entry £2

The second of Tromans' mystical/musickal solo performances promoted by the Atlantis Bookshop, this time at the legendary Moot With No Name. The Moot meets at The Devereux Arms in Devereux Court which is a lovely old pub with good food, good beer and good company. Opposite the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand (near Aldwych) is a Tudor-style pub, the George. The Devereux is down the alley next to this.

Teignmouth Jazz Festival
Carlton Theatre
The Den
Teignmouth
Start time 1pm
Entry TBC

Following in the footsteps of Keith Tippett (2008) and Gwilym Simcock (2009), Steve Tromans is the 2010 choice for the contemporary solo piano concert at the Teignmouth Jazz Festival. Tromans will be performing compositions from his Jewel in the Lotus collection, alongside improvisations realised on the day.

Birmingham Jazz
Symphony Hall
Birmingham
Start time 5.30pm
Free Entry

Tromans has been jointly-commissioned by Birmingham Jazz and THSH (Birmingham's Town Hall & Symphony Hall) to write a new concert-length work for his Debop Band. It is followed on the same evening by a concert by the Houston Symphony Orchestra which culminates in a performance of Holst's Planets' Suite with a backdrop of NASA high-definition footage of the aforementioned heavenly bodies. For this reason, the commission has a 'cosmic' theme.