Upstairs at Cherry Reds Mark Nightingale and Dave Sear Quintet

COMING UP! 🍒🔥😍

The Mark Nightingale and Dave Sear Quintet 🔥 WEDNESDAY 2ND OCTOBER 🔥

7:30PM DOORS MUSIC AT 8PM

Expect swinging music from the UK’s top trombone players!

Tickets are available via skiddle (link in bio) or on the door! (£10/7)

Multi award-winning jazz trombonist Mark Nightingale is now a firmly established favourite on the UK jazz scene, and has gained a reputation as one of the top-flight jazz trombonists in Europe and worldwide. Mark has had longstanding musical associations playing in bands lead by John Dankworth, Cleo Laine, Stan Tracey, Kenny Wheeler, Andy Panayi and Alan Barnes over the years. He also fronts various small groups and a big band of his own, featuring his own compositions and arrangements.

Mark is also a busy studio musician in London and has played on hundreds of movie soundtracks, and has been fortunate to play and record with some of the greats in all genres of music. These include Ray Brown, Clark Terry, Scott Hamilton, James Morrison, Bill Holman, Frank Sinatra, Charlie Watts, Sting and Steely Dan.

Dave Sear is paving the way for jazz trombone in the UK, and is a regular sight on gigs throughout a multitude of genres. He gained a place at the prestigious Birmingham Conservatoire in 2012 and graduated with a First Class Degree (BMus Hons) in July 2016.

In January 2021 Dave became an official artist for B.A.C trombones and in 2022 he joined the faculty at Birmingham Conservatoire teaching jazz trombone, alongside releasing his debut album - rated 5* BBC Music.

"You've got a great sound, and you've got great technique" -

Elliot Mason (Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra) 

The two amazing trombonists will be joined by an incredible rhythm section made up of Birmingham’s finest