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
13.6. – Practically Married – IBZ, Berlin
16.6. – Practically Married [Swing Dance] – Tangotanzen Macht Schön, Berlin
22.6. – Practically Married #5 featuring Greg Cohen – Donau115, Berlin
5.7. – Joel Stedman Trio – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
7.7. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Neu Zittau
10.7. – Eldar Tsalikov Quintet [17:30h] – Jazz Institut Berlin
13.7. – Paul Santer Duo – Kulturcafé Neukölln, Berlin
18.7. – Practically Married – Galatea, Berlin
19.7. – FROG – Galatea, Berlin
22.7. – Practically Married play Unknown Ellington – Leeds Jazz Festival, UK
25.7. – Practically Married + Jordan Dinsdale [UK] [Swing Dancing] – Rotbart, Berlin
26.7. – Birgitta Flick Ensemble [IN SPIRIT] – Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, Berlin
27.7. – Practically Married + Jordan Dinsdale [UK] – Galatea, Berlin
28.7. – Practically Married #6 featuring Jordan Dinsdale [UK] – Donau115, Berlin
1.8. – Practically Married featuring Will Howard [UK] – Galatea, Berlin
2.8. – The Good Old Good Ones – Zimmer 16, Berlin
3.8. – Practically Married #7 + guests TBC – 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
30.8. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Berlin
12.9. – Cansu Tanrikulu – Stadtgarten, Köln
20.9. – Cansu Tanrikulu’s A Priori – Side-Ways Series @ Café Dujardin, Berlin
21.9. – Practically Married #8 + guests TBC – Donau115, Berlin
13.10. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Saxstall, Pohrsdorf
18.10. – Leipziger Jazztage ‘Fish and Chips’ [with Anna Lena Schnabel, Florian Weber + James Maddren]  – Leipzig
26.10. – Practically Married #9 + guests TBC – Donau115, Berlin
28.10. – The Good Old Good Ones [Swing Dancing] – Alte Rote Löwe Rein, Berlin

Feb – March 2019 James Banner’s USINE Germany Tour (More dates TBC)
14.2. – C. Bechstein Zentrum Hamburg
2.3. – Saxstall Pohrsdorf