Previous concerts (08/2015 to now)
2015
24.08 – Andreas Schmidt Trio – A Trane, Berlin
28.08 – ASQ – Oliver’s Jazz Bar – London, UK
30.08 – Dunnet/Baxter Big Band [Norwich Jazz Weekender] – Norwich, UK
31.08 – ASQ – The Daffodil, Cheltenham, UK
01-28.09 – UK TOUR: MARK PRINGLE TRIO + ‘A MOVEABLE FEAST’ (supported by Arts Council England)
17.09 – Joe Wright/James Banner/Jeff Williams – The Sun at the Station, Birmingham, UK
21.09 – Declan Forde’s SPROGGITS featuring Rachel Sermanni – Wharf Chambers, Leeds, UK
06.10 – Earshot – Cafe Tasso
08.10 – Elias Stemeseder/Max Andrzejewski/James Banner – Not Only Jazz, Berlin
10.10 – Davide Panza Trio – Not Only Jazz, Berlin
30.10 – Naomi Jean – Donau115, Berlin
31.10 – Mark Pringle/James Banner/Fabian Rösch – Not Only Jazz, Berlin
06.11 – Doron Segal Trio – Donau115, Berlin
11.11 – Elias Stemeseder/James Banner/Jim Black – t Berlin, Berlin
14.11 – Davide Panza Trio – Nussbreite, Berlin
16.11 – Tony Hewitt – A Trane, Berlin
20.11 – naOs – Gallery, Wedding
23.11 – Andreas Schmidt – A Trane, Berlin
27.11 – Vilde&Inga&James featuring Tobias Delius – Greenhouse, Berlin
28.11 – Vilde&Inga&James featuring John Hollenbeck – Donau115, Berlin
29.11 – Vilde&Inga&James featuring Declan Forde – t Berlin, Berlin
02.12 – The Human Jukebox Project Album Recording – Jazz Institut Berlin, Berlin
07.12 – Earshot – Schlot, Berlin
12.12 – naOs – Galatea, Berlin
14.12 – Andreas Schmidt – A Trane, Berlin
17.12 – Solo Bass Concert – Madame Claude, Berlin
2016
07.01 – Davide Panza Trio – Galatea Wine and Jazz, Berlin
12.01 – Alex Woods/James Banner/Phil Maniez – Cave du 38 Riv, Paris
13.01 – Alex Woods/James Banner/Phil Maniez [Recording] – CNSM, Paris
17.01 – JIB Voices [‘Exposure’ for choir and narrator Première] – Jazz Institut Berlin, Berlin
20.01 – Pringle/Wandinger/Kolbeinsson/Braun/Banner – Zukunft, Berlin
27.01 – The Human Jukebox Project Video Recording – Berlin
01.02 – Andreas Schmidt – A Trane, Berlin
05.02 – James Banner’s Eleven Presents: Breton!!! – Artistania, Berlin
06.02 – James Banner’s Eleven Presents: Breton!!! Album Recording – Jazz Institut Berlin, Berlin
11.02 – James Banner’s Eleven Presents: Breton!!! Master Konzert – Jazz Institut Berlin, Berlin
12.02 – The Good Old Good Ones – Ballhaus Charlottenburg, Berlin
18.02 – naOs – Kaffee Burger, Berlin
02.03 – Tobias Delius/James Banner/Christian Lillinger – Sowieso, Berlin
05.03 – Forde/Banner/Alunni – Not Only Jazz, Berlin
06.03 – Stefan Schultze/Daniel Schröteler/James Banner – NoVilla, Berlin
11.03 – Forde/Banner/Alunni – Donau115, Berlin
13.03 – Birgitta Flick – Jazz Festival, Burghausen
16.03 – The Good Old Good Ones – Donau115, Berlin
17.03 – Jonathan Lindhorst Quartet – Café Dujardin, Berlin
18.03 – Daniel Schröteler – Miss Hecker, Berlin
19.03 – The Good Old Good Ones + Ugo Alunni – Pfefferberg, Berlin
20.03 – Declan Forde/James Banner Duo – House Concert, Berlin
20.03 – Ole Sinell Quartet [The Music Of Desmond/Mulligan] – House Concert, Berlin
22.03 – Alexa Shoen – Prachtwerk, Berlin
31.03 – FROG [Declan Forde/Fabiana Striffler/James Banner] – Donau115
01.04 – Kampflieder Quartett – Max Andrzejewski/Uli Kempendorff/Benjamin Weidekamp/James Banner – Aufsturz, Berlin
03.04 – Max Andrzejewski/Tobias Delius/James Banner – Ori Bar, Berlin [KIM Collective]
06.04 – The Good Old Good Ones – Zukunft, Ostkreuz
08.04 – The Good Old Good Ones – Galatea Wine und Jazz, Berlin
12.04 – Alexa Shoen – SOHO House, Berlin
16.04 – Flickstick – Grundvigthaus Sassnitz, Rugen
19.04 – Flickstick – Kulturforum, Kiel
20.04 – Flickstick – Golem, Hamburg
22.04 – The Good Old Good Ones – Ballhaus Charlottenburg, Berlin
27.04 – Practically Married + Paul Santner – Donau115, Berlin
28.04 – The Good Old Good Ones – Café Dujardin
30.04 – Anna Margolina – Bassy Club, Berlin
06.05 – Joe Wright/James Banner/Ric Yarborough – Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK
10.05 – Rachel Sermanni – Donau115, Berlin
14.05 – Rachel Sermanni – t Berlin, Berlin
15.05 – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, Berlin
16.05 – Birgitta Flick Septet – Saxstall, Pohrsdorf
17.05 – Birgitta Flick Septet – A Trane, Berlin
20.05 – Tell Tale [supporting Thomas Strønen’s Time Is A Blind Guide] – The Sage, Gateshead, UK
21.05 – Tell Tale [supporting Thomas Strønen’s Time Is A Blind Guide] – King’s Place, London, UK
22.05 – Tell Tale [supporting Thomas Strønen’s Time Is A Blind Guide] – CBSO Centre, Birmingham, UK
23.05 – Tell Tale [supporting Thomas Strønen’s Time Is A Blind Guide] – Norwich Playhouse, Norwich, UK
31.05 – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Dussmann Friedrichstraße, Berlin
03.06 – Ken Norris – Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin
05.06 – The Good Old Good Ones – Miss Hecker, Berlin
07.06 – The Good Old Good Ones + Will Howard – Cafe Tasso, Berlin
11.06 – Practically Married + John Hollenbeck – Miss Hecker, Berlin
13.06 – Birgitta Flick Quartet – A Trane, Berlin
18.06 – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Jazz Festival, Lichtenrade
23.06 – Practically Married + Ugo Alunni – Donau115, Berlin
24.06 – FOX [for 48 Stunden Neukölln] – Donaustraße 120, Berlin
27.06 – Stefan Schultze Trio – Nürnberg
30.06 – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Musikinstrumenten Museum, Berlin
31.06 – Tigerface [Forde/Tsalikov/Banner/Alunni] – Villa Neukölln, Berlin
12.07 – The Good Old Good Ones [for Live Music Now Berlin e.V.] – Weberbank, Berlin
17.07 – The Good Old Good Ones [for Live Music Now Berlin e.V.] – Lindenpark, Potsdam
19.07 – The Good Old Good Ones [for Live Music Now Berlin e.V.] – ICC, Berlin
24.07 – Vocal Jazz Jam – Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin
04.08 – FROG [Striffler/Forde/Banner] + Tobias Delius/James Banner Duo – Sowieso, Berlin
07.08 – Mia Knop Jacobsen/James Banner Duo [for Live Music Now Berlin e.V.] – Berlin
09.08 – Jazzy Berlin Jam Session – Klunkerkranich, Berlin
11.08 – FROG [Striffler/Forde/Banner] – Donau115, Berlin
14.08 – Vocal Jazz Jam – Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin
17.08 – Delius/Forde/Banner/Andrzejewski – Donau115, Berlin
18.08 – Delius/Forde/Banner/Andrzejewski – Sowieso, Berlin
19.08 – Delius/Forde/Banner/Andrzejewski – Miss Hecker, Berlin
21.08 – Vocal Jazz Jam – Werkstatt Der Kulturen, Berlin
DELIUS/FORDE/BANNER/ANDRZEJEWSKI IMPROVISED MUSIC BERLIN TOUR
17.08 – Delius/Forde/Banner/Andrzejewski – Donau115, Berlin
18.08 – Delius/Forde/Banner/Andrzejewski – Sowieso, Berlin
19.08 – Delius/Forde/Banner/Andrzejewski – Miss Hecker, Berlin [contact for address]
21.08 – Vocal Jazz Jam – Werkstatt Der Kulturen, Berlin
28.08 – Vocal Jazz Jam – Werkstatt Der Kulturen, Berlin
28.08 – Kit Downes/James Banner/Dag Magnus Narvesen – Villa Neukölln, Berlin
02-04.09 – Norwich Jazz Weekender – Norwich, UK [performances with James Tormé, Dave O’Higgins, Dunnett/Baxter Big Band]
06.09 – Birgitta Flick Quartet – b flat, Berlin
10.09 – The Good Old Good Ones – Café Fincan, Berlin
11.09 – Birgitta Flick – Psalmton [Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedachtniskirche], Berlin
14.09 – ‘Tigerface’ [Tsalikov/Forde/Banner/Alunni] – Album recording
14.09 – Igor Osypov Trio – COBA, Berlin
15.09 – Far East Trio – Café Dujardin, Berlin
16.09 – Far East Trio – Villa Mittelhof e.V., Berlin
17.09 – Christine Seraphin – Kultkölln, Berlin
22.09 – Surrealism and Hungarian Folksong – Donau115, Berlin
30.09 – Clara Haberkamp Large Ensemble – Halle 424, Hamburg
01.10 – Swing dance – Nou Tango
02.10 – Werkstatt der Kulturen [Jam Session]
08.10 – Rachel Sermanni – Donau115, Berlin
14.10 – The Good Old Good Ones – Villa Neukölln, Berlin
17.10 – Live Music Now
19.10 – FROG [Striffler/Forde/Banner] – Zukunft am Ostkreuz, Berlin
28.10 – Live Music Now
03.11 – Chris Young Quartet – Cogs, Birmingham
08.11 – Woods/Forde/Forde/Banner/Alunni [Anti-Trump Election Special] – Donau115, Berlin
09.11 – The Good Old Good Ones + Leo Forde – Donau115, Berlin
10.11 – PENGUIN [Schultze/Banner/Schröteler] – Donau115, Berlin
11.11 – FROG [Striffler/Forde/Banner] – House Concert, Berlin [contact for address]
16.11 – Forde/Santner/Banner/Andrzejewski – Zukunft am Ostkreuz, Berlin
18.11 – Surrealism and Hungarian Folksong – Café Fincan, Berlin
19.11 – Pringle/Gille/Banner – Donau115, Berlin
20.11 – The Good Old Good Ones – House Concert, Berlin [contact for address]
23.11 – Lindhorst/Scott/Banner/Backhaus – Zukunft am Ostkreuz, Berlin
24.11 – FROG [Striffler/Forde/Banner] + Quinque Sinesi- Café Dujardin, Berlin
25.11 – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Jazz Initiativ Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main
26.11 – PENGUIN [Schultze/Banner/Schröteler] – House Concert, Berlin [contact for address]
Birgitta Flick Septet concerts in Sweden are supported by the Goethe Institut
01.12 – Birgitta Flick Septet – Jazzstudio, Umeå, Sweden
04.12 – Birgitta Flick Septet – Fasching, Stockholm, Sweden
17.12 – Forde/Banner/Alunni – Nou Tango, Berlin
2017
06.01 – Tsalikov/Forde/Banner/Alunni – House Concert, Berlin [contact for address]
20.01 – Declan Forde/James Banner + Special Guests – Miss Hecker, Berlin [contact for address]
22.01 – Swing Dance with The Good Old Good Ones + Ugo Alunni – Edelweiss, Berlin
25.01 – FROG – Donau115, Berlin
28.01 – Late Night Jam Session [Forde/Banner/Alunni] – A Trane, Berlin [from 23:55]
08.02 -Fabiana Striffler/James Banner – Donau115, Berlin
10.02 – The Music of Herbie Nichols [Delius/Forde/Banner/Andrzejewski] – Donau115, Berlin
11.o2 – Forde/Banner/Alunni – Artistania, Berlin
15.02 – Practically Married – Donau115, Berlin
16.02 – The Music of Herbie Nichols [Delius/Forde/Banner/Andrzejewski] – Café Dujardin
18.02 – Kammerensemble Neukölln – House Concert, Berlin [contact for address]
19.02 – FROG – Spiegelsaal, Berlin
20.02 – Music for Strings [Première: 4 Bagatelles for String Trio and Bass, 8 Hungarian Folksongs for String Trio, 5 Bagatelles for Solo Piano, Excerpts from ‘Mikrokosmos’ (Bartók) for Strings] – House Concert, Berlin [contact for address]
22.02 – Mark Pringle/James Banner- Donau115, Berlin
23.02 – Fabiana Striffler + The Good Old Good Ones- Konzerthaus Berlin
01.03 – Santner/Forde/Banner/Alunni – Zukunft am Ostkreuz, Berlin
04.03 – Tsalikov/Banner/Alunni – Donau115, Berlin
11.03 – Chat Noir – Keller, Berlin
16.03 – The Good Old Good Ones – Café Dujardin, Berlin
26.03 – Piano Meets Bass [Declan Forde/James Banner] – Under The Mango Tree, Berlin
30.03 – Graupe/Banner/Andrzejewski – Donau115, Berlin
05.04 – Practically Married + Paul Santner – Donau115, Berlin
08.04 – Max Andrzejewski’s HÜTTE and The Homegrown Organic Gospel Choir *Release Concert* – Wendlandjazz, Gedelitz
21.04 – Jonas Engel/Mark Pringle/Jonas Burgwinkel/James Banner – Loft, Köln
22.04 – Lanzoni/Banner/Alunni – Villa Neukölln, Berlin
22.04 – Jam Session (Lanzoni/Banner/Alunni) – A Trane, Berlin
23.04 – Tsalikov/Forde/Banner/Alunni – House Concert, Berlin [Contact for address]
28.04 – Graupe/Banner/Andrzejewski – Aufsturz, Berlin
29.04 – The King Swingers – Nou Tango, Berlin
30.04 – International Jazz Day (Jam 16-20h) – Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin
30.04 – The Good Old Good Ones – Edelweiss, Berlin
06.05 – Birgitta Flick Quartet – X-Jazz Festival [FluxBau], Berlin
07.05 – Elias Stemeseder/James Banner/Max Andrzejewski – House Concert, Berlin [Contact for address]
08.05 – Rachel Sermanni – Villa Neukölln, Berlin
12.05 – Clara Haberkamp / Konstantin Döben / James Banner – Parochial Kirche, Berlin [Staatliche Museen zu Berlin/Menschen Bewerben ‘Langen Nacht der Ideen’]
14.05 – Birgitta Flick/James Banner/Andreas Schmidt – ‘PsalmTon’, Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin
18.05 – Elias Stemeseder/James Banner/João Lopes Pereira – Donau115
19.05 – Pringle/Andersson/Banner/Pereira – Donau115
25.5. – Solo Set Improvisation – Kapelle am Dorotheenstädtischen Friedhof, Berlin [part of James Turrell’s Light Installation]
26.5. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – PsalmTon, Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, Berlin
27.5. – Max Andrzejewski’s HÜTTE and The Homegrown Organic Gospel Choir *Release Concert BIG CHOIR* – Jazz Festival, Eberswalde (DE)
28.5. – Vocal Jazz Jam – Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin
02.6. – Greg Cohen/James Banner present ‘Double Double Bass’ – Donau115, Berlin
04.6.- The Good Old Good Ones at Edelswing – Edelweiss, Berlin
05.6. [17:00] – Kammerensemble Neukölln – Karneval der Kulturen Berlin [Bazaar Berlin, under U-Bhf Hallesches Tor]
7.6. – The Good Old Good Ones – Donau115, Berlin
17.6. – Kampflieder Quartett @ Poesie Festival – NoVilla, Berlin
24.6. – Paul Santner/James Banner – Octo Bar, Berlin
1.7. – Paul Santner Trio – Donau115, Berlin
6.-8.7. – Max Andrzejewski’s HÜTTE and The Homegrown Organic Gospel Choir – Bayerisches Jazz Weekend 2017, Regensburg
13.7. – Forde/Griener/Banner – Donau115, Berlin
14.7. – Tsalikov/Forde/Banner – Donau115, Berlin
15.7. – Mark Pringle [new project] – tBerlin
17.7. – Mark Pringle [new project] – Jazz Institut Berlin
19.7. – Stemeseder/Banner/Andrzejewski – House Concert, Berlin [Contact for address]
22.7. – Stemeseder/Banner/Andrzejewski – Donau115, Berlin
24.7. – Arta Jekabsone/Erik Leuthäuser/James Banner – House Concert, Berlin [Contact for address]
27.7. – Miriam Netti – Zig Zag Jazz Club, Berlin
29.7. – Practically Married – Octo Berlin
30.7. – Werkstatt Der Kulturen [Jam Session]
3.8. – Première: Ensemble KUSS – Bröhan Museum, Berlin [2pm]
[part of the exhibition ‘KUSS: Von Rodin bis Bob Dylan’]
3.8. – Anderson/Forde/Banner/Arutyunyan play Monk – Donau115, Berlin
5.8. – Première: Sketches of Donau115 – Donau115, Berlin
[the audience is invited to submit a sketch just before the concert, or email in advance]
1.9. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Gemeinschaftshaus Lichtenrade, Berlin
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. USINE Album recording supported by the Berlin Senate for Culture
– 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
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
26.10. – Edith Steyer – Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Berlin
30.10. – Paul Brody’s Sadawi – V-KLUB, Bratislava
4.11. – A Trane Session – Forde/Banner/Vaughn – A Trane, Berlin [midnight – 3am]
11.11. – Johan Leijonhufvud Trio – Loci Loft, Berlin
22.11. – Molina/Pringle/Alunni/Banner – Zukunft am Ostkreuz, Berlin
25.11. – The Good Old Good Ones – Tangotanzen Macht Schön, Berlin [8:30-11pm]
25.11. – A Trane Session – Lanzoni/Banner/Alunni – A Trane, Berlin [midnight – 3am]
2.12. – Double Double Bass with Greg Cohen – Fincan Neukölln, Berlin
4.12. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – A Trane, Berlin
6.12. – Konzerthaus Publikumsorchester // Shostakovich Symphony n.12 – Konzerthaus Berlin [2pm]
17.12. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – B Flat, Berlin
2018
7.-8.1. – Birgitta Flick Quartet Album Recording [Challenge Records] – studioboerne45, Berlin
17.1. – Tsalikov/Bondarev/Forde/Banner/Dinsdale – Zukunft am Ostkreuz, Berlin
27.1. – The Good Old Good Ones – Regenbogen Kino, Berlin
1.2. – NEW PROJECT – Café Dujardin, Berlin
6.2. – Swing Dancing – Regenbogen Fabrik, Berlin
10.2. – Swing Dancing – Tangotanzen Macht Schön, Berlin [9-11pm]
10.2. – Jam Session (Forde/Banner/Alunni) – A Trane, Berlin [midnight-3am]
12.2. – Deutschlandradio Kultur [Radio show] with Indra Rios-Moore – 11am
14.2. – Forde/Banner/Pereira – Zukunft am Ostkreuz, Berlin
16.2. РPractically Married + Jọo Lopes Pereira РDonau115, Berlin
17.2. – Kolbeinsson/Banner/Pereira – House Concert [Contact for Address]
22.2. – PENGUIN feat. Sebastian Gille – Loft, Köln
24.2. – Pringle/Adomeit/Banner/Renfrow + guests – Kuhlspot, Berlin
25.2. – PENGUIN feat. Tobias Delius – Schöneweide Jazzcafé, Berlin
26.-27.2. – PENGUIN Album Recording – studioboerne45, Berlin
9.3. – Max Andrzejewski’s HÃœTTE and the Homegrown Organic Gospel Choir – Jazz-Mission Schwäbisch Gmund
10.3. – Practically Married #2 featuring Toby Delius + Max Andrzejewski [The Music of Herbie Nichols and Thelonius Monk] – Donau115, Berlin
13.3. – The Good Old Good Ones + Eldar Tsalikov/Ugo Alunni – A Trane Jazz Club, Berlin
16.3. – The Good Old Good Ones – House Concert, Berlin [Contact for Address]
18.3. РThe Good Old Good Ones + Dima Bondarev/Charles Fr̩chette РAlte Turnhalle, Berlin
6.4. – Miriam Netti Quartet – Loci Loft, Berlin
13.4. – DOUBLE DOUBLE BASS (w/Greg Cohen) [1 set of improvisations 8pm – 9pm] – Theatre am Schlachthof, Berlin
13.4. – Ugo Alunni/Manlio Maresca/James Banner – Artistania, Berlin [10pm]
15.4. – John Dikeman/Kevin McHugh/Tristan Renfrow/James Banner – Sowieso, Berlin [Matinee 5pm start]
18.4. – James Banner ‘Wood and Guts’ Trio (w/Elias Stemeseder + Ugo Alunni) – Donau115, Berlin
21.4. – Practically Married “Monogomy” – Donau115, Berlin
23.4. – Stemeseder/Banner/Alunni [recording]
3.5. – Christian Magnussen Quartet – Restaurant Minakami, Berlin
5.5. – The Good Old Good Ones – Tangotanzen Macht Schön, Berlin
6.5. – Christian Magnussen Quartet – Baumschule Späth, Berlin
9.5. – DOUBLE DOUBLE BASS (w/Greg Cohen) – Donau115, Berlin
13.5. – Landesjugendensemble Neue Musik Berlin – Konzerthaus, Berlin
16.5. – Practically Married + Ugo Alunni – Rotbart, Berlin
18.5. – Rachel Head Duo/Trio – RWCMD, Cardiff
21.5. – Cansu Tanrıkulu – Karneval Der Kulturen, Berlin [3pm]
21.5. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – A Trane, Berlin [9pm]
25.5. – Practically Married #4: ‘Jazz’ – Donau115, Berlin
31.5. – Tanrikulu/Dyberg/Banner – Sowieso, Berlin
1.6. – matt Griffiths Declan forde galatea
2-5.6. – liebesfilm recording
7.6. – Hyde Park Jazz Club Session – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
8.6. – Howard/Banner/Dinsdale – Wharf Chambers, Leeds
10.6. – Birgitta Flick Quartet [Live Video Recording Concert] – Greve Studio, Berlin
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
19.7. – Practically Married play Unknown Ellington – Galatea, Berlin
22.7. – Practically Married play Unknown Ellington – Leeds Jazz Festival, UK
25.7. – Declan Forde Trio and Eldar Tsalikov [Swing Dancing] – Rotbart, Berlin
26.7. – Birgitta Flick Ensemble [IN SPIRIT] – Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, Berlin
27.7. – Practically Married + Jordan Dinsdale + Alexa Shoen [UK] – Galatea, Berlin
28.7. – Practically Married #6: What Is Yorkshire? – Donau115, Berlin
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
9.9. – Declan Forde Trio [Swing Dance] – Crack Bellmer, Berlin
12.9. – Cansu Tanrikulu/Liz Kosack/James Banner – Stadtgarten, Köln
20.9. – Tanrikulu’s A Priori – Side-Ways Series @ Café Dujardin, Berlin
21.9. – Practically Married #8: A Family Affair – Donau115, Berlin
28.9. – B Side with Jason Rebello and Tim Garland – Leeds College of Music, UK
12.10. – Rachel Sermanni – Festsaal Kreuzberg, 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
19.10. – B Side with Jamie Taylor Trio + Tom Harrison – Leeds College of Music, UK
24.10. – Declan Forde Trio [Swing Dance] – Rotbart, Berlin
26.10. – Practically Married #9 featuring João Lopes Pereira – Donau115, Berlin
27.10. – Practically Married featuring João Lopes Pereira [double bill concert with Joel Hunter – Viola] – Atelier 3/4, Berlin
4.11. – Tilo Weber Four Fauns – A Trane, Berlin
5.11.-7.11. – Tsalikov/Alunni/Banner – Athens, Greece
8.11.-11.11. – The Dizzy Birds – Thessaloniki, Greece
15.11. – Practically Married #10 featuring Fabiana Striffler – Donau115, Berlin
18.11. – Matt Anderson Trio – Sela Bar, Leeds
22.11. – Cansu Tanrikulu/Liz Kosack/Elias Stemeseder/Arne Braun/Philip Dornbusch/James Banner – Georg Neumann Saal, Jazz Institut, Berlin [19:00h]
22.11. – Stemeseder/Banner/Alunni ALBUM RELEASE – Donau115, Berlin [21:30h]
23.11. – Tilo Weber Four Fauns – Klangbrücke, Aachen
24.11. – Declan Forde and His Orchestra – TBC, Münster [more info follows]
25.11. – The Good Old Good Ones – Alte Rote Löwe Rein, Berlin
6.12. – James Banner Trio [w/Elias Stemeseder + Max Andrzejewski] – Bröhan Museum, Berlin [2pm]
7.12. – Practically Married #11 w/Matthew Herd + Fermín Merlo – Donau115, Berlin
8.12. – Declan Forde and His Orchestra – Nou Tango, Berlin [Swing Dancing]
11.12. – Delius/Forde/Banner/Andrzejewski PLAY HERBIE NICHOLS [Album recording]
12.12. – KinderKlassikGala – Konzerthaus, Berlin [15:45h]
12.12. – Declan Forde Trio – Rotbart, Berlin [21:30h, Swing Dancing]
14.12. – Will Howard Trio – Darlington, UK
2019
06.01. – Practically Married featuring Mirna Bogdanović + Fabiana Striffler – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
09.01 – Declan Forde Quartet featuring Alexa Shoen – Rotbart, Berlin [swing dancing]
10.01. – Mark Pringle Ensemble – Donau115, Berlin
12.01. – The Orchestra – Tangotanzenmachtschön, Berlin [swing dancing]
17.01. – Practically Married ANNIVERSARY special – James Banner’s USINE – Donau115, Berlin
19.01. – The Orchestra – Tangotanzenmachtschön, Berlin [swing dancing]
23.01. – Ozzy Moysey Large Ensemble Recording – Leeds, UK
25.01. – MONTOK – Aufsturz, Berlin
27.01. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Nikodemus Kirche, Berlin
28.01. – Tom Niblock Big Band [Album Recording]
30.01. – James Banner’s USINE – Sowieso, Berlin
31.01. – Declan Forde Trio – Orania Berlin
09.02. – Practically Married #13 + Jordan Dinsdale – Donau115, Berlin
09.02. – kulturradio RBB [radio broadcast w/Cansu Tanrikulu, Liz Kosack, Arne Braun, Elias Stemeseder, Philip Dornbusch] – 23h [listen live]
11.02. – Tom Niblock Big Band – Georg Neumann Saal, Berlin
12.02. – BuJazzO/NYJO Collaboration – Palais Populaire, Berlin
13.02. – BuJazzO/NYJO Collaboration – British Embassy, Berlin
16.02. – The Orchestra – Tangotanzenmachtschön, Berlin [swing dancing]
17.02. – The Good Old Good Ones – Alten Turnhalle, Berlin [swing dancing]
Feb – March 2019 James Banner’s USINE Album Release Tour
UK dates supported by Initiativ Musik
21.02. – Wharf Chambers, Leeds [UK] [Fusebox/Sproggits Collaboration]
22.02. – Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham [UK]
23.02. – Workshop with Jazzlines THSH Birmingham
26.02. – LOFT, Köln [LIVE RECORDING]
28.02. – Orania Hotel, Berlin
02.03. – Saxstall, Pohrsdorf
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03.03. – Duo with Lina Nyberg – House Concert, Berlin [contact for address]
10.03. – Declan Forde and His Orchestra – Alte Feuerwache, Berlin [Mess Around Festival/Swing Base]
20.03. – Declan Forde Trio – Rotbart, Berlin [Balboa Swing Club]
25.03. – Jazz Alloy [UK/Sweden Exchange] w/Lina Nyberg, Laura Jurd, Daniel Karlsson] – The Vortex, London
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Concerts + Album Recording with Meschiya Lake and the New Movement Jazz Band
15.03. – Practically Married #14 feat. Meschiya Lake – Donau115, Berlin
16.03. РDeclan Forde and His Orchestra feat. Meschiya Lake РTangotanzen Macht Sch̦n, Berlin
17.03. – Practically Married feat. Meschiya Lake – Zig Zag Jazz Club, Berlin
18.03. – 21.03. – ALBUM RECORDING, Berlin
30.03. – Mind The Shag Festival – Limehouse Town Hall, London
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04.04. – Paul Santer/James Banner – Bröhan Museum, Berlin [2pm]
06.04. – Declan Forde Trio – Orania, Berlin
07.04. – Tilo Weber Four Fauns – Kulturkirche Altona, Hamburg
20.04. – Performance of For the trees to drop by Paula Doepfner – St. Matthäus Kirche, Berlin
23.04. – Johannes Lauer Quintet – Intergalaktischer Kulturverein, Berlin
27.04. – Practically Married #15 featuring Jordan Dinsdale – Donau115, Berlin
— 9.-13. May: Practically Married + João Lopes Pereira – Circus – Lisbon Tour —
09. Café Dias
10. Fábrica do Braço de Prata
11. Alô Alô
12. Market – 19-22h – Jam Session
13. O Bom O Mau e O Vilão
23.05. – https://jamesbanner.com/practicallymarried/”>Practically Married #16 – Donau115, Berlin
25.05. – Declan Forde and His Orchestra – Tangotanzen Macht Schön, Berlin
26.05. – Practically Married + Eldar Tsalikov/Ugo Alunni play Sidney Bechet – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
01.06. – Swing Dancing – Fabrik, Potsdam
02.06 – Declan Forde and His Orchestra – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
04.06 – Practically Married – House Concert [contact for address]
05.06. – Practically Married #17 featuring Greg Cohen – Donau115, Berlin
08.06. – Declan Forde and His Orchestra – Tangotanzen Macht Schön, Berlin
09.06. – The Good Old Good Ones – Alte Turnhalle, Berlin
22.06. – The Orchestra – Tangotanzen Macht Schön, Berlin
23.06. – Andrew Adair Trio – The Music of Oscar Peterson – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
27.06. – James Banner Trio [w/Povel Widestrand/Jordan Dinsdale] – Orania.Stage, Berlin
30.06. – w/Peter Protschka/Clemens Orth/Jordan Dinsdale – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
02.07. – Declan Forde Trio @ Else Swing [Swing Dancing] – Else Biergarten, Berlin
03.07. – Cansu Tanrikulu/Declan Forde/James/Jordan Dinsdale – Sowieso, Berlin
04.07 – Tobias Delius/Eldar Tsalikov/James/Fermin Merlo ‘TOUCHING THE SUN’ – Sowieso, Berlin
05.07. – Practically Married featuring Ugo Alunni – Orania.Stage, Berlin
06.07. – Practically Married #18: Pedro Spallati + Jordan Dinsdale – Donau115, Berlin
07.07. – The Shape of Jazz To Come w/Pedro Spallati + Ugo Alunni – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
21.07. – Hannes Riepler: Jazz at the Empire – Empire Bar Hackney, London
26.07. – James Banner Trio [w/Paul Santner/Lukas Akintaya] – Orania.Stage, Berlin
28.07. – The Good Old Good Ones – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
30.07. – Declan Forde Trio – Else Biergarten, Berlin [Swing Dancing]
01.08. – Practically Married #19: FROG meets Jordan Dinsdale – Donau115, Berlin
02.08. – Declan Forde/Tobias Delius/James/Steve Heather – Sowieso, Berlin
05.-08.08 – LCoM Summer Academy
07.08. – James Banner Trio [w/Will Howard, Dave Walsh] – Domino Club, Leeds
10.08. – Rachel Sermanni [Album Release Concert] – Summerhall, Edinburgh
20.08. – James Banner Quartet [w/Percy Pursglove/Will Howard/Nathan Jones] – The Spotted Dog, Birmingham
21.08. – James Banner Trio [w/Chris Young/Ric Yarborough] – Cherry Reds, Birmingham
22.-23.08 – Jazzlines Summer School
28.08. – Jordan Dinsdale Trio – Orania, Berlin
30.08. – Miriam Netti – Orania, Berlin
01.09. – Sounds of Broadway – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
07.09. – FlickStick – Jazzzeit, Neubrandenburg [University of Applied Sciences]
07.09. – Andrew Adair Trio – Nou Tango, Berlin [swing dancing]
08.09. – FlickStick – Psalmton, Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, Berlin
08.09. – Hot Club de ZigZag – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
14.09. – Declan Forde and His Orchestra – Tangotanzen Macht Schön, Berlin [swing dancing]
15.09. – Declan Forde and His Orchestra – Alter Roter Löwe Rein, Berlin [swing dancing]
21.09. – Practically Married #20 + guests TBA – Donau115, Berlin
02.10. – Rachel Sermanni: So It Turns [Album Release Tour] – St Andrew’s In The Square, Glasgow
05.10. – Fantasie#2: Audiovisuelle Installation von Quadrature für Objekte aus dem Weltall, Künstliche Intelligenz und zwei Instrumentalist*innen – with Cansu Tanrıkulu (part of #bebeethoven Festival in cooperation with PODIUM Esslingen) – Radialsystem, Berlin
06.10. – Concertino For Concert Band PREMIÈRE – 4:30pm – Salts Mill, Saltaire
09.10. – Will Howard Quintet – Scarborough Jazz
10.10. – Rachel Sermanni: So It Turns [Album Release Tour] – St John on Bethnal Green, London
13.10. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Psalmton, Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, Berlin
13.10. – The Shape Of Jazz To Come – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
16.10. – Declan Forde and His Orchestra – Provinziale Filmfest – Eberswalde
18.10. – Max Andrzejewski’s HÜTTE play the music of Robert Wyatt – Jazzfest Karlsruhe
19.10. – Concertino For Concert Band at Ilkley Literature Festival – Christchurch, Ilkley, UK
25.10. – Practically Married #20 + Eldar Tsalikov/Tobias Delius/Jordan Dinsdale – Donau115, Berlin
09.11. – Declan Forde and His Orchestra – Tangotanzen Macht Schön, Berlin
10.11. – Practically Married + Will Howard/Jordan Dinsdale – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin [ALBUM RELEASE]
14.11. – Delius/Forde/Banner/Andrzejewski PLAY HERBIE NICHOLS – Orania, Berlin
15.11. – Musicomaniacs – Theater 28, Berlin
16.11. – Bruchgold und Koralle – Musik in den Häusern der Stadt, Hamburg
17.11. – Andrew Adair Trio – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
19.11. – Eldar Tsalikov Quartet – Jamcats, Berlin
20.11. – Eldar Tsalikov Quartet – Rotbart, Berlin
21.11. – Paul Santner/James Banner/Clemens Lotz – Chess and Jazz, Berlin
22.11. – Practically Married #21 featuring Jeff Williams – Donau115, Berlin
23.11. – Berlin/New York Exchange featuring Jeff Williams – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
06.12. – James Banner’s USINE – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
12.12. – House Concert – Berlin [contact for address]
14.12. – Declan Forde and His Orchestra – Institut Français, Berlin
15.12. – The Shape Of Jazz To Come – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
18.12. – Declan Forde Trio + Matthew Herd – Rotbart, Berlin
20.12. – Practically Married #22 featuring Matthew Herd – Donau115, Berlin
22.12. – The Shape Of Jazz To Come – ZigZag Jazz club, Berlin
2020
09.01 – Concertino For Concert Band – BBC Radio 3 Broadcast, 9:15pm (listen)
10.01. – James Banner’s USINE – JazzKeller69 (Aufsturz), Berlin
11.01. – Practically Married #23 – Donau115, Berlin
12.01. – The Good Old Good Ones – Alte Turnhalle, Berlin
18.01. – Make The Paint Dance Workshop – Leeds College of Music, Leeds
25.01. – Vanguard Composers Workshop – Manchester [Premiere info below]
29.01. – Percy Pursglove/Joe Wright/James Banner – Cherry Reds, Birmingham
30.01. – PREMIERE – Things my parents said about childhood [solo bass/recordings] – Ideas of Noise Festival, The Woodman, Birmingham [opening for Nate Wooley]
31.01. – Cansu Tanrıkulu/James Banner Duo [for LMN] – Berlin
05.02. – Mini MTPD Workshop – Woodhouse Community Centre, Leeds
06.02. – The Arc Project Composers Workshop – York [Premiere info below]
09.02. – DUOS AND TRIOS [w/Emily Kent, Megan Jowett, Ozzy Moysey] – Motion, Open Source Arts, LeedsCANCELLED
12.02. – The Good Old Good Ones – A Trane, Berlin
20.02. – Bruchgold und Koralle – Donau115, Berlin
21.02. – Practically Married #24 + Toby Delius/FermÃn Merlo – Donau115, Berlin
23.02. – Birgitta Flick Trio – Nürnberg
23.02. – The Shape of Jazz To Come – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
26.02. – Mini MTPD Workshop – Woodhouse Community Centre, Leeds
01.03. – Tsalikov/Bondarev/Forde/Banner/Alunni – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
04.03. – International Women’s Day Workshop [MTPD] – Woodhouse Community Centre, Leeds
07.03. РPaul Santer/Eldar Tsalikov/Johannes B̦hmer РDonau115, Berlin
08.03. – Tsalikov/Humeau/Batista/Banner – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
11./12.03. – Tilo Weber Four Fauns – Recording
14.03. – Practically Married #25: Silver Anniversary – Donau115, Berlin
Die wegen Covid-19 abgesagten Veranstaltungen sind durchgestrichen gekennzeichnet.
18.03. – Mini MTPD Workshop – Woodhouse Community Centre, Leeds
19.03. – Forde/Banner/Andrzejewski – Sowieso, Berlin
21.03. – Jordan Dinsdale Trio – Orania, Berlin
29.03. – Pauline Peek Quartet – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
12.04. – Handel’s Messiah – St Mark’s Church, Harrogate
18.04 – PREMIERE – An August Midnight [commissioned for Ruth Lee, harp/mezzo-soprano soloist as part of the concert ‘Songs on Thomas Hardy’ by The Arc Project] – Unitarian Chapel, York
19.04 – Tilo Weber Four Fauns – A Trane, Berlin
21.04 – PREMIERE – 2 new works for Vanguard Ensemble – LEAF, Manchester
22.04 – Mini MTPD Workshop – Woodhouse Community Centre, Leeds
25.04 – Tilo Weber Four Fauns Showcase – Jazzahead, Bremen
28.04 – w/Markus Ehrlich/Mette Nadja Hansen/Paul Santner – Cafe Tasso, Berlin
30.04 – Practically Married #26 + Fabiana Striffler/Richard Koch – Donau115, Berlin
01.05 – Alex Roth’s MultiTraction Orchestra – “emerge entangled’
10.05 – Solo Bass Livestream, 2pm GMT – Broadcast by Around the Houses
28.05 – performance of The Whitewashed Wall – Stephanie Lamprea, Livestream Show [12pm EST/5pm GMT – click here to watch]
31.05 – Premiere of #BirdsongMashup – ONLINE WATCHPARTY
08.07 – Tilo Weber Four Fauns – A Trane, Berlin
09.07 – Tilo Weber Four Fauns – A Trane, Berlin
11.07 – Birgitta Flick/James Banner Duo – Welzin, Damshagen
12.07 – The Music of Duke Ellington – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
16.07 – Paul Santner Trio – Chess and Jazz, Berlin
19.07 – Into The Shed Exclusives Vol. 5 with Greg Cohen – Club Der Polnischen Versager, Berlin
19.3. – w/Max Andrzejewski @ Sowieso
21.3. – as guests w/Jordan Dinsdale Trio @ Orania
7.4. – music for dancing @ JamCats
30.4. – Practically Married #26 w/Fabiana Striffler + Richard Koch @ Donau115
27.5. – Practically Married #27 DUO @ Donau115
13.6. – Practically Married #28 + guests @ Donau115
01.08 – Practically Married featuring Will Howard + Jordan Dinsdale – Saxstall, Pohrsdorf
02.08 – Practically Married featuring Will Howard + Dima Bondarev – ZigZag Jazz Club
05.08 – James Banner’s USINE – berta.berlin, Gretchen [broadcast at a later date]
07.08 – Solo Livestream – 5pm Series [ broadcast 17:00 CET ] watch/donate
12.08 – Practically Married #26 featuring Max Andrzejewski – Donau115 [part of Jazzwoche Berlin]
12.09. – The Whisky Sours – Donau115, Berlin
13.09. – The Shape of Jazz To come – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
9.10. – The Good Old Good Ones – Nikolaisaal, Potsdam
26.08. – Jazz at Jane Doe – Jane Doe, Berlin
30.08. – Mark Pringle/James Banner/Jordan Dinsdale – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
09.09. – Elias Stemeseder/James Banner/Jonas Westergaard – Donau115, Berlin
10.09. – Declan Forde/James Banner/Jordan Dinsdale – Anzengruberin, Berlin
16.09. – Practically Married #27 featuring Fabiana Striffler + Richard Koch – Donau115, Berlin
20.09. – Deep Tones For Peace [solo livestream, 5pm CET]
22.09. – Strange Beast by Desmond Clarke – Premiere online – 3pm GMT/16h Berlin WATCH HERE
08.10. – Elias Stemeseder/James Banner/Nick Dunston/Fermín Merlo – Au Topsi Pohl, Berlin
10.10. – Practically Married #28 + Igor Spallati/Fermín Merlo – Donau115, Berlin
22.10. – Max Andrzejewski’s HÜTTE play Robert Wyatt – Jazz and Wine of Peace Festival, Italy
22.10. – World Premiere of The Whitewashed Wall (commissioned and performed by Stephanie Lamprea) – Roulette, Brooklyn WATCH ONLINE/TICKETS
28.10. – String Quartet: Borage [Fabiana Striffler/Julia Biłat/Megan Jowett/James Banner] – Donau115, Berlin
28.10. – Michaël Attias/Santiago Leibson/James Banner/Fermín Merlo – Donau115, Berlin
29.10. – Bruchgold und Koralle – Jazz in E, Eberswalde
30.10. – The Music of Herbie Nichols [Toby Delius/Declan Forde/James Banner/Max Andrzejewski] – Industriesalon Schöneweide, Berlin
01.12. – James Banner’s USINE – JAB Series at A Trane, Berlin [Broadcast by RBB]
06.12. – Open Improvisations: Online Edition [Livestream 20:30 CET/19:30 GMT]
2021
23.3. – Recording Max Andrzejewski’s MYTHOS for Berliner Ensemble
16.4. – Tilo Weber Quartet: Four Fauns – Faun Renaissance Album Release
24.4. – Paul Santner/James Banner Duo – Video Release, Chess and Jazz Berlin
24.4. – 2.5. – Tilo Weber Quartet: Four Fauns – Faun Renaissance Tour
24.4. – Romanfabrik, Frankfurt [livestream]
25.4. – Unterfahrt, 29.4. – A Trane, Berlin [livestream]
1.5. – Jazzahead Showcase, Bremen [livestream 17:15 CET]
8.5. – 11.5 – Bruchgold und Koralle Album Recording – Low Swing Studio, Berlin
24.7. – Practically Married + Liron Yariv – Donau115, Berlin
11.8. – Songs for Bees – Donau115, Berlin
12.8. – Practically Married #30th Anniversary with Nick Dunston + Sofia Borges – Donau115, Berlin
16.-20.8. – Recording new chamber music with Jörg Hochapfel, Liron Yariv, Fabiana Striffler – Berlin
16.8. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – A Trane, Berlin
20.8. – Pauline Peek Trio – Orania, Berlin
5.9. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Steglitz, Berlin
5.9. – Practically Married featuring Lukas Akintaya – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
10.9. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Jazztreff Karlshorst, Berlin
12.9. – Practically Married – Industriesalon Schöneweide, Berlin
22.9. – Practically Married #31 with Evi Filippou – Donau115, Berlin
7.10. – https://www.jazzclub-leipzig.de/kategorie-jazztage/jazztage-line-up/nick-dunston-the-floor-is-lava/ Nick Dunston The Floor Is Lava! – Leipziger Jazztage 2021, UT Connewitz
13.10. – http://www.impulsfestival.de/2020/concert/nigun/ IMPULS festival 2021 : Nigun (guest with Tempus Konnex Ensemble performing Max Andrzejewski’s Mythos plus premiere by Matías Fernández Rosales) – Steintor-Varieté, Halle
14.10. – Toby Delius/Declan Forde/James Banner – Sowieso, Berlin
15.10. – Practically Married #32 featuring Mia Dyberg – Donau115, Berlin
17.10. – Declan Forde’s SPROGGITS – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
23.10. – bass trio with Élise Dabrowski + Floretin Ginot – The Anatomy Rooms, Aberdeen
24.10. – Stephanie Lamprea x James Banner [PREMIERE] – sound festival , The Anatomy Rooms, Aberdeen
29.10. – Fundamentals of the New Normal (composed by Rachel Beckles-Willson) [PREMIERE] – online, 19:00 CET
2.11. – Dienstagssalon with Max Rademann: Songs of Wounding [PREVIEW] (w/Mariana Sadovska, Max Andrzejewski, curation: Elisa Erkelenz) – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste, Hellerau, Dresden
4.11. – BACH Leuchtet! Solo concert + duo improvisation with organ + light installation – Ev. Lukas Kirche, Berlin
Trios Duo – curating 3 nights of improvised music at Au Topsi Pohl, Berlin
23.11. with Cenk Ergün (electronics) and Nick Dunston (bass/electronics)
24.11. with Sofía Salvo (baritone sax) and Fermín Merlo (drums)
25.11. with Nina Guo (voice)
2.12. – Songs of Wounding</em> [PREMIERE] – commissioned by Outernational – w/Max Andrzejewski, Mariana Sadovska, Marta Zapparoli – Radialsystem, Berlin
3.12. – Practically Married #33 featuring Percy Pursglove – Donau115, Berlin
5.12. – Recording with Ozzy Moysey including new large ensemble pieces – Leeds, UK
13.12. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – A Trane, Berlin
16.12. – Bruchgold und Koralle – Musikinstrumenten Museum, Berlin
17.12. – House concert with Aurora Nealand and Leo Forde – contact for location
18.12. – Birgitta Flick Album Recording, Emil Berliner Studios – Berlin
2022
note, from 2022 onwards, most ‘themed’ or tribute concerts in Berlin jazz venues such as ZigZag Jazz Club etc. as well as events for dancers were no longer listed – this was done in an effort to keep my website as a place for what I consider my own and most creative and personal output, rather than list every single event I did as a working musician
14.1. – James Banner’s USINE Album Recording – Osnabrück
7.2. – Commission with NCN (electroacoustic piece collaboratively composed with toddlers) – in cooperation with http://www.makethepaintdance.com Make The Paint Dance and https://www.lahwn.co.uk Leeds Arts Health and Wellbeing Network , funded by ACE – Leeds
12.2. – Max Andrzejewski’s HÜTTE – Dieselstraße, Esslingen
19.2. – Practically Married #34 with Sofía Salvo/Jordan Dinsdale – Donau115, Berlin
20.2. – FROG w/Eldar Tsalikov – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
14.1. – James Banner’s USINE Album Recording – Osnabrück
7.2. – Commission with NCN (electroacoustic piece collaboratively composed with toddlers) – in cooperation with http://www.makethepaintdance.com Make The Paint Dance and https://www.lahwn.co.uk Leeds Arts Health and Wellbeing Network , funded by ACE – Leeds
12.2. – Max Andrzejewski’s HÜTTE – Dieselstraße, Esslingen
19.2. – Practically Married #34 with Sofía Salvo/Jordan Dinsdale – Donau115, Berlin
20.2. – FROG w/Eldar Tsalikov – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
23.2. – Preview of solo release – SWR2
24.2. – Practically Married Album Recording – Emil Berliner Studios, Berlin
11.3. – Solo release
17./18.3. – 2 day workshop composing for bass and improvising musicians – Leeds Conservatoire
23.3. – Songs of Wounding – Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2.4. – Bruchgold und Koralle – Wendland Jazz
Practically Married + João Lopes Pereira – Lisbon Tour #2
5.4. – Água Ardente [19:00]
5.4. – o Limbo [23:00]
6.4. – Penha Sco [19:30]
7.4. – Café Dias [19:00]
16.4. – Practically Married #35 w/Lukas Akintaya – Donau115, Berlin
30.4. – Clara Haberkamp Trio – Jazzahead, Bremen
8.5. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – industriesalon Schöneweide, Berlin
15.5. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, Berlin
22.5. – w/Max Andrzejewski + Chor Zur Welt: Happy End, Renatured [PREMIERE] – Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
4.6. – Practically Married + Toby Delius + Michaël Attias – Sowieso, Berlin
5.6. – Donau115 10 Year Celebration w/Greg Cohen – Donau115, Berlin
8.6. – Stephanie Lamprea / James Banner Duo – The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow
9.6. – Stephanie Lamprea / James Banner Duo – Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh
10.6. – Premiere of Duo for Alto Flute and Bass Clarinet [Chimera Ensemble] – Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York
16.6. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Transit, Berlin
17.6. – Julie Sassoon Quartet – Zoglau 3 Raum für Musik, Reut
18.6. – Julie Sassoon Quartet – Lana Meets Jazz – Lana, Südtirol
19.6. – Mythos [Max Andrzejewski] – Pantopia Festival, Spreehalle Altes Kraftwerk, Berlin
20.6. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – A Trane, Berlin
26.6. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – JazzBaltica
29.6. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Donau115, Berlin
30.6. – Practically Married #36 w/Birgitta Flick, Toby Delius + Leo Gerstner – Donau115, Berlin
9.7. – w/Mariana Sadovska – Rudolstadt Festival
10.7. – Practically Married + Uli Kempendorff + Lukas Akintaya – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
3.-8.8. – Ext Inc / Remember Me (Outernational) – Chios Music Festival, Greece
18.8. – James Banner: USINE – Jazzfestival Saalfelden, Austria
31.8. – Practically Married #37 w/Megan Jowett – Donau115, Berlin
9.9. – Outernational: Songs Of Wounding with Mariana Sadovska – Beethovenfest, Bonn
10.9.-24.9. – An den Rändern der Risse… in der Lücke das Grün [Max Andrzejewski with Akademietheater Regensburg] – Concerts 17 + 18 + 22.9. – Heart Club, Regensburg
23.9. – anti-dirge for chamber orchestra and improvising soloist (London Chamber Orchestra, premiere) – St John’s Smith Square, London
30.9. – Meschiya Lake and The New Movement – Theater 28, Berlin
1.10. – Declan Forde w/Toby Delius, Michaël Attias, Evi Filippou, James Banner – Donau115, Berlin
14.10. – Outernational: Songs Of Wounding with Mariana Sadovska – Jazz&TheCity, Salzburg
14.10. – Midnight Lullaby [James Banner solo] – Kollegienkirche, Jazz&TheCity, Salzburg
15.10. – Gruppentraining (Johannes Schleiermacher / Max Andrzejewski) with Elias Stemeseder and Ruth Goller – Jazz&TheCity, Salzburg
18.10. – Birgitta Flick / Lina Nyberg / James Banner play Dalarna – Stockholm Jazz Festival, Scenkonstmuseet, Stockholm
19.10. – Birgitta Flick / James Banner – Hotel Hellsten, Stockholm
25.10. – class-work premiere commissioned by Leipziger Jazztage – Moritzbastei, Leipzig
26.10. – Practically Married #38 with Megan Jowett + Toby Delius – Donau115, Berlin
16.11. – Practically Married + João Lopes Pereira – Donau115, Berlin
17.11. – Practically Married + João Lopes Pereira – Holzmarkt, Berlin
20.11. – Practically Married + João Lopes Pereira – Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin [with Birgitta Flick]
21.11. – James Banner solo – Les Impairs du Lundi @ Studio Caracol, Paris, France
22.11. – Practically Married + João Lopes Pereira – ESMAE Jazz, Porto
23.11. – Practically Married + João Lopes Pereira – World of Wine, Porto
24.-26.11. – Practically Married + João Lopes Pereira – Hot Club de Portugal, Lisbon
1.-3.12. – album recording with Rachel Sermanni
2.12. – James Banner: USINE how it will be after album release on KLAENG Records
12.12. – James Banner: USINE – Open Music, Graz
13.12. – James Banner: USINE – Jazz+ at Seidelvilla, Munich
14.12. – James Banner: USINE – LOFT, Cologne
16.12. – Practically Married #39 – Donau115, Berlin
18.12. – PILED UP by Tanrıkulu – Serious Series, Berlin
22.12. – Ext Inc / Remember Me (Outernational) – Radialsystem, Berlin
2023
13.1. – workshop of new pieces by Yaz Lancaster, Jamie Elless and Nick Dunston, commissioned by James – online stream link->
25.1. – Tilo Weber and Five Fauns – A Trane, Berlin
26.1. – James Banner: solo – premiering pieces by Yaz Lancaster, Jamie Elless and Nick Dunston – Donau115, Berlin
27.1. – Practically Married #40 with Andrea Parkins + Weston Olencki – Donau115, Berlin15.2. – Michaël Attias/Toby Delius/Declan Forde/James Banner/João Pereira – ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin
16.2. – Tilo Weber and Five Fauns – Jazzport, Friedrichshafen
17.2. – Tilo Weber and Five Fauns – Schiessberg, Calw
23.2. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Musikinstrumenten Museum, Berlin
1.3. – Tilo Weber and Five Fauns – Fat Jazz, Hamburg
4.3. – Fabiana Striffler / Megan Jowett / Liron Yariv / Paul Santner / Declan Forde / James Banner – Workshop Matthias von Wallbrun, Berlin
5.3. – class-work – Industriesalon Schöneweide, Berlin
28.3. – workshop composing for double bass and improvising musicians – Sheffield University, UK
29.3. – Premiere of tremors in the rift between by James Thomas plus pieces by Sheffield University Students – Firth Hall, Sheffield University, UK
5.4. – Borage (Megan Jowett / James Banner) – Spektral-Raumohr, Berlin
14.4. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – CVJM
22.4. – João Lopes Pereira / James Banner – Spektral Raumohr, Berlin
28.4. – Ext Inc / Remember Me (Outernational) – European Centre of the Arts, Hellerau [Dresdener Tage der Zeitgenössischen Musik]
29.4. – Practically Married #41 with Camila Nebbia and Leo Gerstner – Donau115, Berlin
12. + 13.5. – Han Bennink/Toby Delius/Declan Forde/James Banner – KM28, Berlin
20.5. – Tilo Weber and Five Fauns – Spitalkeller, Offenburg
7.6. – Practically Married #42 with Tony Malaby and João Lopes Pereira – Donau115, Berlin
9.6. – James Banner – solo and choir (Ute Wasserman + Cansu Tanrıkulu) – Jugend[widerstands]museum, Berlin
10.6. – Tilo Weber and Four Fauns – Kulturscheune, Neustrelitz
30.6. – Tilo Weber and Four Fauns – Donau115, Berlin
1.7. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Holzbläser, Berlin
7.7. (18:00) – James Banner: USINE – Pantopia Festival, Berlin
7.7. (21:00) – Banner/Henkel/Mills/Virtaranta – Café Plume, Berlin
11.7. – Camila Nebbia/Heikki Ruokangas/Landon George/James Banner – Petersburg Art Space, Berlin
12.7. – Camila Nebbia/Heikki Ruokangas/Landon George/James Banner – Morphine Records Raum, Berlin
13.7. – Tilo Weber and Five Fauns – MusikZeit, Villa Hasenholz, Leipzig
17.7. – Practically Married with João Lopes Pereira – Robalo Festival, Lisbon
19.7. – July Jazz (Will Howard/Declan Forde/Jordan Dinsdale/James Banner) – Seven Arts, Leeds
2.8. – Practically Married #43 with Ugo Alunni – Donau115, Berlin
5.8. – with Declan Forde + Aurora Nealand – Donau115, Berlin
7.8. – James Banner: solo – experimontag @ Madame Claude, Berlin
19.8. – Camila Nebbia/James Banner + tbc – Sowieso, Berlin
20.8. – Borage + Nebbia/Forde/Gerstner/Banner – Petersburg Art Space, Berlin
24.8. – Borage with Aurora Nealand and Declan Forde – Spektral Raumohr, Berlin (live recording)
27.8. – video recording with Hiromu Seifert – Berlin
28.8. – class-work – Jaki, Köln
1.9. – Borage (Megan Jowett / James Banner): transitory – album release concert – WIM, Zurich
14.9. – Borage (Megan Jowett / James Banner): transitory – album release concert, Beethoven Fest, Kreuzkirche, Bonn
15.9. – EXT INC / Remember Me – Beethoven Fest, Bonn
15.9. – Borage (Megan Jowett / James Banner): transitory – album release, WismART Records
15.9. – Rachel Sermanni: Dreamer Awake – album release, Navigator Records
28.9. – Panel on class origins in music – Jazz Forum, Darmstadt
29.9. – Borage + Arne Braun – disfigured rivers @ TRXXXTR, Berlin
1.10. – Borage – Noiseberg @ Atelier Äuglein, Berlin
6.10. – Bruchgold und Koralle – Donau115, Berlin
7.10. – SWR2 – Activism and Jazz, Radio Interview (German) – 22:00
8.10. – Premiere of Two Movements for Three Guitars by Fractal Guitar Trio at Foro Internacional de Música Nueva: Manuel Enríquez – Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City
20.10. – Songs of Wounding with Mariana Sadovska – Leipziger Jazztage
27.10. – Practically Married #43 with Liz Kosack and Megan Jowett – Donau115, Berlin
29.10. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – DB Museum, Nürnberg
8.11. – Camila Nebbia, Declan Forde, James Banner, Fermín Merlo – Donau115, Berlin
9.11. – Declan Forde, James Banner, Fermín Merlo – Petersburg Art Space, Berlin
15.11. – gabby fluke-mogul, Megan Jowett, James Banner (18:00) – Café Plume
15.11. – gabby fluke-mogul, Megan Jowett, Paula Sanchez, Marcela Lucatelli, James Banner – amorphq @ Petersburg Art Space, Berlin
16.11. – Tilo Weber and Five Fauns – Jazzhall, Hamburg
20.11. – João Gato, Declan Forde, James Banner – Café Plume, Berlin
21.11. – Michaël Attias, Declan Forde, Fermín Merlo, James Banner – Café Plume, Berlin
22.11. – Roger Eno – Fotografiska Museum, Berlin
30.11. – João Almeida, James Banner, João Lopes Pereira – Café Dias, Lisbon
1.12. – Practically Married debut duo album release – Bandcamp
1.12. – Hans Koller, John O’Gallagher, James Banner, João Lopes Pereira – Tavola, Lisbon
2.12. – Decateto Porta-Jazz/Robalo, performing music by Hans Koller at Festa do Jazz – CCB, Lisbon
4.12. – Ricardo Toscano, James Banner, João Lopes Pereira – o Limbo, Lisbon
5.12. – solo/duo w Mariana Nunes – Agua Ardente, Lisbon
14.12. – Teresa Riemann, Alexander Markvart, James Banner – PAS, Berlin
16.12. – Bruchgold und Koralle – Saxstall, Pohrsdorf
21.12. – Birgitta Flick Quartet – Holzmarktperle, Berlin
2024
4.2. – Decateto Porta-Jazz/Robalo, performing music by Hans Koller – Porto
5.2. – Practically Married FINAL SERIES EVER: Family Band with Mariana Dionísio, João Pereira, Megan Jowett – Donau115, Berlin
7.2. – Tracapangã / Dionísio/Pereira/Jowett/Forde/Banner – PAS, Berlin
8.2. – Family Band Remix (Dionísio/Pereira/Jowett/Forde/Banner) – Spektral Raumohr, Berlin
2.3. – Performance of Two Movements for Three Guitars by Fractal Guitar Trio at Festival de Arte y Exploración Sonora – Xoxafi Caves, Mexico City
5.3. – Borage – PRiMi, Copenhagen
6.3. – Borage (with Eva Lindal) – Khimaira Projektplats, Stockholm
7.3. – Borage (with Eva Lindal) – Omnikvariatet, Uppsala
8.3. – Borage – Sowieso, Berlin
18.3. РFritz Moshammer VIER: w Rieko Okuda, James Banner, Fabian R̦sch РKunstfabrik Schlot, Berlin
20.3. – Borage (with Arne Braun) – HoÅ¡ek Contemporary, Berlin
23.3. – Performance of Cubistics with Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoğlu, as part of Miya Masaoka’s solo exhibition Refuge in The Vegetal World (as part of Topographies of Hearing, MaerzMusik 2024) – SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin
6.4. – Bruchgold und Koralle – Guten Morgen Eberswalde, Eberswalde
6.4. – Fritz Moshammer VIER: w Rieko Okuda, James Banner, Fabian Rösch + Bill McHenry – Donau115, Berlin
7.4. – Nebbia / Banner / Andrzejewski: Presencia – Saxstall, Pohrsdorf
9.4. – Nebbia / Banner / Andrzejewski: Presencia – Jazz+, Munich
10.4. – Inside Series: James Banner (presenting class-work + Nebbia / Banner / Andrzejewski: Presencia) – Kunstfabrik Schlot, Berlin
11.4. – Nils Ostendorf, Toma Gouband, Megan Jowett, James Banner – Kühlspot, Berlin
12.4. – Max Andrzejewski’s HÜTTE ‘Reduce’ – Jazzahead, Bremen
13.4. – Max Andrzejewski’s HÜTTE ‘Reduce’ – Kalchreuth
17.4. – Amirtha Kidambi, Andrea Parkins, James Banner – KM28, Berlin
21.4. – Borage w Birgitta Flick – Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, Berlin
26.4. – w NDR Bigband + Charlie Bates ,,People, Places and Things” – Stadthalle, Neumünster
27.4. – w NDR Bigband + Charlie Bates ,,People, Places and Things” – Sendesaal, Bremen
10.5. – Nebbia / Banner / Andrzejewski: Presencia – Jazz in E. No. 29, Eberswalde
15.5. – Nebbia / Banner / Andrzejewski: Presencia – Panda Jazz, Berlin
24.5. – Han Bennink / Toby Delius / Declan Forde / James Banner – Kunstfabrik Schlot, Berlin
29.5. – Bruchgold und Koralle – FatJazz @ Brückenstern, Hamburg
30.5. – Bruchgold und Koralle – Waldzimmer, Lübeck
2.6. – String Quartet: Mattrey / Jowett / Dunston / Banner – Spektral Raumohr, Berlin
3.6. – Joanna Mattrey / Keisuke Matsuno / James Banner – Café Plume, Berlin
6.6. – Borage – Jazz No Picadeiro, Lisbon
8.6. – solo – Cossoul, Lisbon
7.-9.6. – Boragapangã (James Banner, Megan Jowett, Mariana Dionísio, João Lopes Pereira) – BOTA, Lisbon
15.6. – Duo with João Almeida – Spektral Raumohr, Berlin
26.6. – João Pedro Coelho / André Sousa Machado / James Banner – Távola, Lisbon
27.6. – António Carvalho / Bernado Tinoco / Duarte Ventura / James Banner – So What, Lisbon
29.6. – Decateto Robalo + Porta-Jazz with Hans Koller – Jazz No Parque, Barreiro
30.6. – John O’Gallagher / Hans Koller / James Banner / João Lopes Pereira (Robalo: Lota) – Penha Sco, Lisbon
5.7. – Tilo Weber & Five Fauns (album release show) – Donau115, Berlin
6.7. – Tilo Weber & Five Fauns – KoncertKirken, Copenhagen (Jazz Festival)
12.7. – Gianni Gagliardi / Martín Iannoccone / James Banner – Gottfried-Benn-Bibliothek, Berlin
24.7. – Aida Shirazi / Megan Jowett / James Banner – Hošek Contemporary, Berlin
8.8. – Gianni Gagliardi / Martín Iannoccone / James Banner – Gottfried-Benn-Bibliothek, Berlin
9.8. – Lina Nyberg / Birgitta Flick / James Banner – Trinitatis-Kirchengemeinde, Berlin
11.8. – Lina Nyberg / Birgitta Flick / James Banner – Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, Berlin
14.8. – Duo Barbara Togander / James Banner – Neue Zukunft, Berlin [Future Bash Series]
25.8. – Documentary recording with Freya Arde – Berlin
31.8. – Nebbia / James Banner / Max Andrzejewski: Presencia – ZomerJazzFiets, Groningen, Netherlands
3.9. – solo @ Berlin Solo Impro – Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin
11.9. – Tilo Weber & Five Fauns – Kunstfabrik Schlot, Berlin
12.9. – Gianni Gagliardi / Martín Iannoccone / James Banner – Gottfried-Benn-Bibliothek, Berlin
14.9. – João Pedro Dias / João Carreiro / João Valinho / James Banner – Porta Jazz, Porto
15.9. – solo – Sonoscopia, Porto
16.9. – João Pedro Dias / João Carreiro / João Valinho / James Banner – Hotelier, Porto
17.9. – João Pedro Dias / James Banner – Maus Hábitos, Porto
19.9. – João Pedro Dias / João Almeida / João Lopes Pereira / James Banner – Café Dias, Lisbon [19:00-20:30]
19.9. – Joao Pedro Dias / João Carreiro / João Valinho / James Banner – SMUP, Lisbon [21:30]
21.9. – Birgitta Flick Trio – Die Holzbläser, Berlin
4.10. – Practically Married #45 new location launch w Megan Jowett – Spektral Raumohr, Berlin
9.10. – Divide by Zero Series: Cassie Kinoshi / Nick Dunston / Bex Burch / James Banner – KM28, Berlin
11.10. – Clara Haberkamp Trio – Jazz Club, Hanover
12.10. – Jeremy Viner / James Banner Duo – Die Holzbläser, Berlin
15.10. – Songs of Wounding – Immer Wieder Aufbruch!, Köln
17.10. – Nebbia / Banner / Andrzejewski: Presencia – Album Recording, Berlin
18.10. – Clara Haberkamp Trio – Kulturforum, Kiel
19.10. – Clara Haberkamp Trio [workshop + concert] – Jazz&TheCity, Salzburg
31.10. – Nebbia / Banner / Baumgärtner: Presencia @ Stuttgarter IG Jazztage – Theaterhaus, Stuttgart
9.11. – Practically Married #46 + Jeremy Viner – Spektral Raumohr, Berlin
18.11. – guest with Hear Now Berlin – Tangoloft, Berlin
20.11. – Max Andrzejewski’s HÜTTE ‘Reduce’ – Loch, Wuppertal
21.11. – Max Andrzejewski’s HÜTTE ‘Reduce’ – Stadtgarten, Köln
23.11. – with Roland Satterwhite, Peter Somos, Yochai Noah Sadeh – Jazzkollektiv, Halle
24.11. – hot club of berlin – Zigzag Jazz Club, Berlin
1.12. – guest with Hear Now Berlin – Aula, Stadtlohn
31.10. – Nebbia / Banner / Baumgärtner: Presencia @ Stuttgarter IG Jazztage – Theaterhaus, Stuttgart
9.11. – Practically Married #46 + Jeremy Viner – Spektral Raumohr, Berlin
18.11. – guest with Hear Now Berlin – Tangoloft, Berlin
20.11. – Max Andrzejewski’s HÜTTE ‘Reduce’ – Loch, Wuppertal
21.11. – Max Andrzejewski’s HÜTTE ‘Reduce’ – Stadtgarten, Köln
1.12. – guest with Hear Now Berlin – Aula, Stadtlohn
2.12. – guest with Hear Now Berlin – Tonali Saal, Hamburg
Aurora Nealand / Declan Forde / James Banner / João Lopes Pereira: Vacationville – Spain/Portugal Tour 2024
5.12. – Big Mama Ballroom, Madrid
6.12. – Riquela Club, Santiago de Compostela
7.12. – Porta-Jazz, Porto
10.12. – A Casa de Arriba, Vigo
11.12. – Sala Anexa, Lisbon [trio]
15.12. – solo – Improbellissimo – Theatre Vrijburcht, Amsterdam
16.12. – All Strings Night – de Tanker, Amsterdam
19.12. – Gianni Gagliardi / Martín Iannoccone / James Banner – Gottfried Benn Bibliothek, Berlin
2025
15.2. – Conductors’ Workshop with Marin Alsop – UdK Kammermusik Saal, Berlin
19.2. – Bruchgold und Koralle – PandaJazz, Berlin
20.2. – Nebbia/Banner/Andrzejewski: Presencia – Sowieso, Berlin
22.2. – solo – Archives Sonores III @ DB Studios
30.3. – Birgitta Flick Trio – DB Museum, Nürnberg
2.4. – Vincent Dombrowski / Flow Regulator – FatJazz, Hamburg
4.4. – Vincent Dombrowski / Flow Regulator – Jazz Tied, Hamburg [TV Recording]
5.4. – Vincent Dombrowski / Flow Regulator – Saxstall, Pohrsdorf
12.4. – Practically Married #47 w/Megan Jowett + João Gato – Sowieso, Berlin
24.4. – Julius Windisch/Nick Dunston/Mariá Portugal/James Banner – Sowieso, Berlin
2.5. – Practically Married with Tobias Delius and Han Bennink: Live in Berlin – Album Release
25.5. – James Banner/Julius Windisch – Luisenkirche, Berlin
30.5. – Kiez Salon with Cassie Kinoshi – Schloss Britz, Berlin
7.6. – Mariana Dionísio, Almut Kühne, Declan Forde, James Banner – Spektral Raumohr, Berlin
27.6. – Presenting Birgitta Flick’s Doctorate Work – MDW, Vienna
2.7. – Practically Married #48 w Michaël Attias – Sowieso, Berlin
20.7. – Borage @ Robalo Satélite – Penha Sco, Lisbon
22.8. – Orchestral Sessions Phase Two – Halle am Berghain, Berlin
4.9. – Practically Married #49 with Dae Bryant – Sowieso, Berlin
6.9. – Declan Forde/Toby Delius/Michaël Attias/James Banner/Dae Bryant – Donau115, Berlin
14.9. – SATISFACTIONACTION (Max Andrzejewski) – Beethovenfest, Bonn [PREMIERE]
19.9. – Birgitta Flick/James Banner Duo – Saxstall, Pohrsdorf
24.9. – Borage – Hosek Contemporary, Berlin
1.+2.10. – SATISFACTIONACTION (Max Andrzejewski) – Tischlerei im Deutsche Oper, Berlin
2.10. – Hollie McNish + Michael Pederson – Sowieso, Berlin [curated by James]
9.10. – Fabiana Striffler, Declan Forde, James Banner: Orchestrated Ellington – Orania, Berlin
11.10. – Camila Nebbia/James Banner/Devin Gray – Sowieso, Berlin
18.10. 19:00 – PREMIERE SCREENING of Sexy Time Soup – Berlin Kiez Film Festival
30.10. – Fabiana Striffler, Declan Forde, James Banner play Ellington – Orania, Berlin
TBC.11. – SCREENING of Sexy Time Soup – Ha Ha Harvest Comedy and Film Festival – New Jersey
4.11. – performing with Zaho de Sagazan – Berliner Philharmonie
5.11. – Declan Forde/James Banner/Julian Erdem – Silent Jazz Bar, Berlin
7.11. – Nebbia/Banner/Andrzejewski: Presencia – ALBUM RELEASE (ears&eyes Records)
10.11. – Nebbia/Banner/Baumgärtner: Presencia – Open Music, Graz
20.11. – Roland Satterwhite, Declan Forde, James Banner: Orchestrated Ellington – Orania, Berlin
14.11. – Bruchgold und Koralle – Jazzstudio, Nürnberg
21.11. – Nebbia/Banner/Baumgärtner: Presencia @ Jazztopad – Mleczarnia Club and Café, Wrocław
23.11. – House Concert info tbc – Wrocław
27.11. – Practically Married #50 with Sofía Salvo – Sowieso, Berlin
last update 31.12.2025. – this page usually gets an update when I apply for funding or a residency
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