James Banner is a double bass player and composer based in Berlin and the UK.

NEWS:

June 2018: Recording soundtrack for Liebesfilm
April/May 2018: Interviews underway for Voices of Berlin!
March 2018: Album to be released in October 2018 by JazzHausMusik
Feb 2018: CURATION OF NEW SERIES “PRACTICALLY MARRIED” AT DONAU115
Jan 2018: New choral project Voices of Berlin supported by Berlin UdK/Hanns Eisler

Events
1.8. – The Whisky Sours – Donau115, Berlin
2.8. – The Good Old Good Ones – Zimmer 16, Berlin
3.8. – Practically Married #7: The Clarinet – Donau115, Berlin
10.8. – Howard/Banner/Dinsdale – Domino Club, Leeds
22.8. – James Banner Trio – Cherry Reds, Birmingham
28.8. – Gareth Fowler Quartet – The Spotted Dog, Birmingham
29.8. – Cansu Tanrikulu/Liz Kosack/Tobias Delius/James Banner – Donau115, Berlin
30.8. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Berlin
1.9. – Declan Forde and his Orchestra [Swing Dance] – Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin
12.9. – Cansu Tanrikulu/Liz Kosack/James Banner – Stadtgarten, Köln
20.9. – Cansu Tanrikulu’s A Priori – Side-Ways Series @ Café Dujardin, Berlin
21.9. – Practically Married #8 + guests TBC – Donau115, Berlin
12.10. – Rachel Sermanni – TBC, Berlin
13.10. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Saxstall, Pohrsdorf
14.10. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, Berlin
18.10. – Leipziger Jazztage ‘Fish and Chips’ [with Anna Lena Schnabel, Florian Weber + James Maddren]  – die naTo, Leipzig
26.10. – Practically Married #9 featuring João Lopes Pereira – Donau115, Berlin
27.10. – Practically Married featuring João Lopes Pereira [duo concert with Joel Hunter – Viola] – Atelier 3/4, Berlin
28.10. – The Good Old Good Ones [Swing Dancing] – Alte Rote Löwe Rein, Berlin
4.11. – Tilo Weber – A Trane, Berlin

Feb – March 2019 James Banner’s USINE Album Release Tour

(More dates TBC)
14.2. – C. Bechstein Zentrum, Hamburg
28.2. – Orania Hotel, Berlin
2.3. – Saxstall, Pohrsdorf