[ November 27, 2010; 20:00 to 23:00. ] Hometown gig to end our November tour – one for the diary, if only to see us try to squeeze onto the stage… Details tbc

[ November 24, 2010; 20:00 to 23:00. ] Return to the Lescar following our amazing gig there in October 2009! Details tbc

Part of the Beats & Pieces Big Band November tour

[ November 21, 2010; 19:00 to 23:00. ] Doors 7pm, tickets £10 – more details here

Part of the Beats & Pieces Big Band November tour

[ November 16, 2010; 20:00 to 23:00. ] One of the Tuesday Chillout series. 8pm, FREE ENTRY

Part of the Beats & Pieces Big Band November tour

[ November 15, 2010; 20:00 to 23:00. ] 8pm, FREE entry (donation requested!). Venue info here

Part of Beats & Pieces’ November tour

[ November 7, 2010; 18:50 to 22:50. ] With Stuart McCallum and ZOO – 6.50pm, tickets £12/£10. More details here

Part of Beats & Pieces November tour

It gives me enormous pleasure to present to you the third (and final… for now!) in the series of Beats & Pieces remixes, and its one I’ve been looking forward to sharing since it arrived in my inbox a few weeks ago. Rodrigo Constanzo has completely reworked ‘broken’ and it sounds awesome, a fitting end [...]

[ July 31, 2010; 20:30 to 21:30. 20:30 to 21:30. ] 2 years after our first ever gig opening the Manchester Jazz Festival, its a pleasure to have been invited back to close the 2010 festival! We’ll be playing alongside the Dark Knights of Soul at the Festival Pavilion in Albert Square – click here for more details.

Set starts 8.30pm, advance tickets £7.50 from Ticketline

www.manchesterjazz.com

The second in the grand series of Beats & Pieces remixes is by Dileu (aka Owain Roberts, aka Messner), who has reworked ‘bake’ – the first track from the EP. The eagle eyed amongst you will notice that Owain also plays trombone on the EP, so its a great pleasure to have the music remixed [...]

First up on the grand Beats & Pieces remix project is Tullis Rennie, trombonist and laptop musician extraordinaire now resident in sunny Barcelona, who has taken on the final track of the EP, ‘broken’. You may be familiar with his BCN_ep which is available on the Concrete Moniker label, and he is also responsible for [...]

In the run up to the Beats & Pieces Big Band playing at the Manchester Jazz Festival on Saturday July 31st, and to celebrate both the end of their UK tour and the 2nd anniversary of their first ever gig at the 2008 festival, we’ve invited some close friends of Efpi to have a go [...]

Efpi Records is excited to be sending both of its flagship bands out across the UK (except Scotland – any promoters out there want to make a last minute booking??) from the end of May right through until the middle of July. Dates for HAQ and the Beats & Pieces Big Band are as follows:
HAQ
Tuesday [...]

Both the HAQ and Beats & Pieces EPs have been reviewed by Sean Gregson in the Tasty Fanzine (www.tastyfanzine.org.uk) – cheers Sean! You can read both by clicking here (HAQ immediately follows Beats & Pieces) but selected highlights for both follow, HAQ first…
Guitarist, Anton Hunter, and sax player, Sam Andreae, weave beautiful melodies that create [...]

[ July 10, 2010; 12:00 to 23:30. ] Times TBC but keep an eye out on the festival website for more info…

[ May 20, 2010; 20:00 to 23:30. ] Big band double bill in West Didsbury! We’ll be performing a set before heading down to London to begin our tour in Camden, and after us the amazing singer and violinist Alice Zawadzki will debut her brilliant new band, the 18 piece Sky Project (directed by Jo McCallum). Also performing will be the Sam Rapley/Adam [...]

Just thought I’d list a few of the gigs that I’m really looking forward to checking out this month, in Manchester and beyond…
Tues 2nd, 13.00 – Tom Arthurs/Jasper Hoiby/Stu Ritchie with Elysian String Quartet Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thurs 4th, 20.00 – Beats & Pieces Big Band The Spin Off, Bar Santiago, Leeds
Thurs 11th, 20.00 – Kit [...]

[ May 21, 2010; 20:00 to 23:00. ] Debut London appearance for the band at the amazing Forge Venue in Camden – what better way to begin your Friday night! More information, and tickets available, via the Forge’s website.

[ February 4, 2010; 20:30 to 23:30. ] The Beats & Pieces Big Band travel to Leeds to perform as part of The Spin Off’s winter 2010 programme. For more information see the facebook event here or the Spin Off’s group here.

Doors 8.30pm, £5 entry