Gigs
Josh Bailey Trio
Josh Bailey is a highly talented young jazz pianist based in Birmingham who has rapidly made a name for himself in the West Midlands music scene. Described as a "Hall Green wonderkid," he is currently undertaking a jazz degree course at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. He is also an alumni of B:music’s talent development programme B:and Together and also the Junior Royal Birmingham Conservatoire jazz course where he studied with tutors Ben Muirhead and Mike Williams.
In his trio is 3rd year jazz bassist Casper Hamilton and graduate drummer Dom Holyoake. The trio have worked together for the past year and a half and have had opportunities to play in many different venues and events in Birmingham and West Midlands, including Digbeth Jazz, 1000 trades, Pan Pan, Upstairs at Cherry Reds, Birmingham Eastside jazz club, Wolverhampton Arts Centre, Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival and also B:music’s Town Hall where they played the support set for American jazz trumpeter Benny Benack III and jazz at Lincoln centre. The trio will perform an unmissable mix of original compositions and jazz standards.
“Josh Bailey was more than ready to shine when we had the opportunity to play together - already possessing the musical maturity of a seasoned pro, a pleasure to make music with!” - Benny Benack III