About

James Banner was born in Dudley, England in 1991. He lived and studied in Birmingham and Paris from 2010, then moved to Berlin in 2015, where he is active mainly in the jazz and improvised music scenes as a double bass player and composer.

Events

9.9. – OCTO Berlin [with Paul Santner]

10.9. – Open Session 4pm-8pm – Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin

16.9. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Saxstall, Pohrsdorf

17.9. – Open Session 4pm-8pm – Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin

20.9. – FROG – Donau115, Berlin

23.9. – NEW PROJECT – Donau115, Berlin

24.9. – Open Session 4pm-8pm – Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin

25.-27.9. Album recording supported by the Berlin Senate for Culture

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– Andersson/Pereira/Pringle/Banner UK Tour – Supported by Arts Council England –

29.9. – Bebop Club, Bristol

1.10. – Boca Bar, Glastonbury

3.10. – The Spotted Dog, Birmingham

5.10. – The Vortex – London [double bill with Twelves]

7.10. – Newcastle Jazz Café, Newcastle

8.10. – The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh

9.10.  – The Wonder Inn, Manchester

13.10. – 1000 Trades, Birmingham [special guest Mike Williams]

[other UK shows]

6.10. – Kit Downes/James Banner/Jeff Williams – 1000 Trades, Birmingham

10.10. – Joe Wright/James Banner/Ric Yarborough – The Spotted Dog, Birmingham

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17.10. – Alex Woods Quartet – B Flat, Berlin

18.10. – Santner/Banner/Black – Sowieso, Berlin

25.10. – The Good Old Good Ones – Zukunft am Ostkreuz, Berlin

30.10. – Paul Brody’s Sadawi – V-KLUB, Bratislava

22.11. – Molina/Pringle/Alunni/Banner – Zukunft am Ostkreuz, Berlin

2.12. – Double Double Bass with Greg Cohen – Fincan Neukölln, Berlin

17.12. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – B Flat, Berlin